Play Therapy, First Edition: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice

About

David A. Crenshaw PhD ABPP RPT-S is Clinical Director of the Childrens Home of Poughkeepsie New York and Adjunct Faculty at Marist College. He has taught graduate courses in play therapy at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University and has published widely on child and adolescent therapy child abuse and trauma and resilience in children. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of its Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology Dr. Crenshaw has received lifetime achievement awards from the New York Association for Play Therapy and the Hudson Valley Psychological Association. He is a past chair of the board of directors of the Coalition against Sexual and Domestic Abuse and a member of the professional advisory board of the Courthouse Dogs Foundation and of the Dutchess County Task Force against Human Trafficking. Anne L. Stewart PhD RPT-S is Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University where she teaches supervises and conducts play therapy each week. She has written and presented internationally about crisis intervention attachment supervision military families improvisation and resilience. She is Founder and President of the Virginia Association for Play Therapy Chair of the National Foundation for Play Therapy and an editorial board member of the International Journal of Play Therapy. Dr. Stewart is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Play Therapy and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.