Research
Play Therapy
Other Professional Documents:
- Association for Play Therapy (2022). Paper on touch.
- Association for Play Therapy (2025). Play therapy best practices: Clinical, professional, and ethical issues.
- Association for Play Therapy (2023). Play therapy competencies.
- Association for Play Therapy (n.d.). Therapeutic powers of play.
- Dugan, E., Ray, D., & Kenney-Noziska, S. (2023, September). Ethical considerations for implementing telemental health in play therapy: A reflective exercise for play therapists based on the association for play therapy’s best practice guidelines. Play Therapy™ Magazine, 24-27.
- Mangan, L., Oster, K., Hindman, M., Yang, R., Borkan, T., Byrd, R., Donovan, A., Fazio-Griffith, L., Harris, B., Levieux, J., Libios, T., Reyna-Vasquez, Swan, A., & Long, A. (2025). Ethical considerations for incorporating artificial intelligence in play therapy: A reflective exercise for play therapists based on the association for play therapy’s best practice guidelines. Association for Play Therapy, 1-11.
Articles Summarizing Seminal & Historically Significant Play Therapy Theories:
- Booth, P., & Lindaman, S. (2019, September). Attachment theory and theraplay®. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 14-16.
- Carroll, F., & Orozco, V. (2019, September). Gestalt play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 36-38.
- Cornett, N., & Bratton, S. (2015). A golden intervention: 50 years of research on filial therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy, 24(3), 119-133.
- Drewes, A., & Cavett, A. (2019, September). Cognitive behavioral play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 24-26.
- Kottman, T., & Ashby, J. (2019, September). Adlerian play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 12-13.
- Lilly, P., & Heiko, R. (2019, September). Jungian analytical play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 40-42.
- O’Connor, K., & Vega, C. (2019, September). Ecosystemic play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 32-34.
- Punnett, A., & Green, E. (2019, September). Psychoanalytic play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 46-48.
- Ray, D., & Landreth, G. (2019, September). Child-centered play therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 18-19.
- Scuka, R., & Guerney, L. (2019, September). Filial therapy. Play Therapy Magazine™, 14(3), 20-22.
Couple Therapy
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