Solution Focused Play Therapy A Strengths Based Clinical Approach to Play Therapy 1st Edition by Elizabeth Kjellstrand Hartwig ISBN 9781000223750 1000223752

1 The Restorative Powers of Play: Foundations of Play Therapy

What Is Play Therapy?

Significant Contributions in Play Therapy

The Need for a Book on SFPT

SFPT and the Therapeutic Powers of Play

Journey of SFPT

References

2 Building Solutions with Clients: Foundations of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Foundations of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

SFBT Framework: Family Systems and Cybernetics

Case Example: Wilson and the Angry Gator

Problem-Focused Beginnings

SFBT Philosophy: Postmodernism and Social Construction

Expansion of SFBT

Is SFBT a Clinical Theory?

SFBT as an Empirically Supported Clinical Approach

SFBT as a Culturally Responsive Approach

SFBT as an Affirming Approach with the LGBTQ Community

SFBT with Adults

SFBT with Children and Adolescents

SFPT

Contraindications of SFBT

Bringing It All Together

References

3 How Did You Do That? Solution-Focused Play Therapy Key Concepts and Stages of Solution Building

Essential First Step: Building a Collaborative Relationship

It’s You I Like

Magic Eyes

Every Child Deserves a Champion

SFPT Beliefs about Children

Case Example: Delilah Expresses Her Feelings

Key Concepts of SFPT

If It Isn’t Broken, Don’t Fix It

If It Works, Do More of It

If It’s Not Working, Do Something Different

Small Steps Can Lead to Big Changes

The Solution Is Not Necessarily Related to the Problem

Solution-Building Language Is Different from Problem Talk

No Problems Happen All the Time

The Future Is Both Created and Negotiable

Does Solution-Focused Therapy Have to be Brief?

Leading from One Step Behind

Collaborative Communication

Grounding

Selecting, Not Reflecting

Listen, Select, Build

Stages of Solution Building

Describing the Problem

Developing Well-Formed Goals

Searching for Solutions

End-of-Session Feedback

Evaluating Client Progress

Bringing It All Together

References

4 Growing with Solution-Focused Play Therapy: How Development Impacts the Play Therapy Process

How Neurobiology Impacts the Healing Process in Children

Holding a Brain in the Palm of Your Hand

Limbic System 101 – Emotions, Attachment, and Stress, Oh My!

Making Meaning with the Neocortex

Understanding the Whole Brain

Bottom-Up Processing

How Neurobiology Applies to SFPT

Integrating Neuroscience into SFPT

Increasing Internal Regulation Skills

Enhancing External Regulation Resources

How Child Development Supports SFPT

Piaget’s Stages of Development

Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory of Development

Bruner’s Modes of Representation

How Speech, Language, and Hearing Development Influence SFPT

Language Development in Children from Birth to Age of Two

Language Development in Children Aged Two to Four

Language Development in Children Aged Four to Five

Language Development in Children Age Six and Beyond

Bringing It All Together

References

5 Solution-Focused Play Therapy Resources: Strength-Based Tools for the Playroom

Furniture and Large Items

Playroom Toys

Categories of Play

Physical Play

Language Play

Exploratory Play

Fantasy Play

Constructive Play

Social Play

Resources for Older Children and Adolescents

Rapport-Building Resources

Resources for Clinical Goals

Where to Find Playroom Toys

Curate, Don’t Accumulate

Bringing It All Together

References

6 Setting Children up for Success: Caregiver Consultations, First Sessions, and Treatment Planning

Solution-Focused Marketing

Initial Connections

SFPT Client Information Form

Description of Presenting Problem

Previous Efforts

Exceptions

Miracle Question

Goals

Scaling

Strengths

Family Therapy

Questions

Caregiver Consultations

Consultations for Younger Children and Pre-Adolescents

Consultations with Adolescents

First Session with the Child

Caregiver Presence

Introducing the Playroom

First Session Activities

Session Two and Beyond

Treatment Planning

Bringing It All Together

References

7 Essential Skills in Solution-Focused Play Therapy: The 12 Basic Skills

SFPT Basic Skills: Skills for Not Knowing

SFPT Nonverbal Skills

Practitioners’ Nonverbal Behavior

Empathy

Reflecting Behavior

SFPT Content Skills

Reflecting Content

Reflecting Feelings

Summarizing

SFPT Encouragement Skills

Complimenting

Amplifying Solution Talk

Returning the Focus to the Client

SFPT Interviewing Skills

Open-Ended Questions

Relationship Questions

Exploring Client Meanings

How Directive Is SFPT?

Additional SFPT Skills

Limit Setting

Case Example

Timing

Maintaining Structure

Crisis Response

Embracing Diversity

Confidence

Integrating Feedback

Bringing It All Together

References

8 Cultivating Resiliency: Solution-Focused Play Therapy Techniques

Putting the Play in Play Therapy

Goal Setting

Characteristics of Well-Formed Goals

Case Example: Grant Chooses a Goal

Defining a Goal

Miracle Question

Magic Wand Question

Magic Wand Intervention

Alternatives to the Miracle Question

Scaling

Defining the Scale

Describing Each End of the Scale

What Are You Doing to Get to That Number?

What Will It Take to Get to the Next Step?

Play Scaling

Hopscotch Scaling

Creative Scaling

Finding Exceptions

Finding Exceptions Using Questions

Finding Exceptions in Play Behavior

Case Example: Cody and the Crashing Dinosaur

Presupposing Change

End-of-Session Feedback

Solution Message

SFPT Solution Mission

Solution Mission Questions

Bringing It All Together

References

9 Let’s Play!: Creative Interventions in Solution-Focused Play Therapy

Directive or Nondirective?

Nondirective SFPT

Case Example: Tammy and the Doll House

Directive Interventions in SFPT

Considerations for SFPT Interventions

Not a “One Size Fits All” Intervention

Leading from One Step Behind

Integrate SFPT Skills and Techniques

How to Create Interventions

SFPT Interventions

Increasing Self-Confidence

Identifying and Expressing Feelings

Developing Grief Coping Skills

Enhancing Regulation Skills

Bringing It All Together

References

10 Creating Change in the Family System: Solution-Focused Family Play Therapy

Benefits of Integrating SFPT with Family Play Therapy

Components of Effective Solution-Focused Family Play Therapy

Shifting from an Individual to a Family Goal

Involving Family Members Who Are the Best Fit

Integrating SFPT Skills and Techniques

Involving Play

Selecting Interventions That Involve the Youngest Child in the Family

Solution-Focused Family Play Therapy Interventions

Family Zoo

Family Reflections

Families Say What?

Bringing It All Together

References

11 Searching for Solutions: Strength-Based Documentation and Progress Assessment

SFPT Mission Report

SFPT Session Note and EARS

Elicit What’s Better

Amplify What’s Better

Reinforce the Change

Start Again

SFPT Caregiver Consultation Progress Note

Elicit What’s Better

Amplify What’s Better

Reinforce the Change

Start Again

Bringing It All Together

Reference

12 Celebration Sessions: How to Terminate Solution-Focused Play Therapy Sessions

When Do You End SFPT?

Achieving Goals and Setting New Goals

Termination Checklist

Ways to Terminate

Graduated Termination

Transitioning to another Form of Play Therapy

Transitioning to a New Practitioner

Three-Session Process

Celebration Session Interventions

Strengths Portfolio

Dream Board

When Clients Need to Come Back

Bringing It All Together

In Conclusion

References

Appendix A

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Playroom List

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Skills Checklist

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Client Information Form

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Treatment Plan

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Session Note

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Caregiver Consultation Progress Note

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Solution Mission

Solution-Focused Play Therapy Mission Report

Appendix B

Magic Wand

Strengths Tower

Create Your Own Magnificence

Feelings Darts

Feelings Faces

Celebration of Life Sandtray

Invisible String Art

Awe Walk

Head to Toe Regulation

Family Zoo

Family Reflections

Families Say What?

Strengths Portfolio

Dream Board

Index