International Handbook of Play Therapy: Advances in Assessment, Theory, Research and Practice

About

Charles E. Schaefer PhD RPT-S a nationally renowned child psychologist is professor emeritus of psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck New Jersey. He is co-founder and director emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy and has written or edited more than sixty-five books on parenting child psychology and play therapy including The Therapeutic Use of Child's Play Family Play Therapy andShort-Term Play Therapy for Children. Schaefer maintains a private practice in child psychotherapy in Hackensack New Jersey. Akiko J. Ohnogi PsyD is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Tokyo Japan who specializes in treating children adolescents and families parent education and multicultural issues. Judy McCormick MEd is a registered play therapist-supervisor who is currently working as a play therapist for the Mid-Western Health Board in Limerick Ireland. She is involved in the supervision and training of play therapists and others interested in play therapy. She is the former secretary of Play Therapy Ireland. Presently she is involved in research using play therapy in an early intervention program and using Filial Therapy with an Irish population.