PlayLit

PlayLit Online Bibliography of Play Therapy Literature

Did you know that CPT houses the world’s largest play therapy library? We have collected thousands of books, articles, dissertations, and more on play therapy and child development. This library is available to anyone on the University of North Texas campus, but our goal is to make it available to anyone in the world through our new online database, PlayLit. PlayLit is a searchable, user friendly database that you can use to find anything you need to know about play therapy. Right now, you can access the APA references for every entry in our library. To find the full length articles, you can copy and paste the reference or the DOI into your web browser or your university’s online library search bar (some entries will be open access and can viewed by all users, while other entries may require payment or special access through memberships). PlayLit is the best place to start your research into play therapy and child development.

How to Use PlayLit

This database includes over 5,000 entries regarding many different aspects of play therapy. In order to help you sort through these entries to find the items you need, we have included a filter function along with a general search bar. The search bar can be useful, but may yield a plethora of results. If you are looking to condense your search results, click on the "add filter" button below. You can add as many filters as you want to narrow your results. For example, if you are interested in finding what has been written about child-centered play therapy for children diagnosed with ASD, you can click on "Add Filter" then "Theory/Treatment Model" then "Child-Centered Play Therapy." Then add a second filter by clicking on "Add Filter" then "Disorders/Presenting Concerns" then "Autism Spectrum Disorder." Click apply and all journal articles, magazine articles, book chapters, books, etc. concerning both child-centered play therapy and ASD will populate on the page for you. You will find many references for research articles on play therapy in this database, but if you are interested specifically in outcome research related to play therapy, we advise that you use our Evidence-Based Research Databaseto get specific information and summaries related to more stringent play therapy research.

 

Carden, M. (2009). Understanding Lisa: A play therapy intervention with a child diagnosed on the autistic spectrum who presented with self harming behaviors. British Journal of Play Therapy, 5, 54-62.

Kellam, T. L. T. (2001). Filial therapy: A family systems intervention. Family Therapy, 28, 63-71.

Westland, N. (2002). More than child's play. Foster care, 109, 12-14.

Gammage, D. (2007). The play therapist as a mirror. British Journal of Play Therapy, 3, 24-31.

Baggerly, J. (2005). Motivations, philosophy, and therapeutic approaches of a child-centered play therapist: An interveiw with Garry L. Landreth. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 44, 117-127.

Goetze, H. (1978). Nondirected handling of children in practices: Use of procedures of nondirected play therapy. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeinmedizin, 54, 256-263.

Schmidtchen, S. (1976). The client-oriented play therapy. Medizinische Klinik, 71, 143-146.

Schmidtchen, S. (1973). Effects of client-centered play therapy. Zeitschrift fuer Klinische Psychologie, 1, 49-63.

Sweeney, D., & Landreth, G. (1993). Healing a child's spirit through play therapy: A scriptural approach to treating children. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 1, 351-356.

Adachi, A., & Morita, Y. (2002). The non-directive approach in the play therapy practice. Kyoto Kyoiku Daigaku Kiyo. A. Jinbun Shakai, 100, 13-26.

Buehler, C. (1941). Science contributes: Play therapy. Child Study, 18, 115-116.

Campos, A. (1981). Non-directive play therapy: Essence and research. Actas Luso Espanolas de Neurologia, Psiquiatria y Ciencias a fines, 9, 255-262.

Kranz, P., & Lund, N. (1993). Axline's eight principles of play therapy revisited. International Journal of Play Therapy, 2, 53-60.

Axline, V. (1951). Hidden learnings are crucial. Progressive Education, 28, 144-148.

Landreth, G. (1972). Why play therapy?. Texas Personnel and Guidance Association Guidelines, 21, 1.

Bagley, M. (1975). Play and the basic needs of children. Counseling and Values, 20, 19-24.

Ryan, V., & Wilson, K. (1995). Non-directive play therapy as a means of recreating optimal infant socialization patterns. Early Development and Parenting, 4, 29-38.

Fall, M. (1994). Self-efficacy: An additional dimension in play therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy, 3, 21-32.

Lebo, D. (1958). A theoretical framework for nondirective play therapy: Concepts from psychoanalysis and learning theory. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 22, 275-279.

Guerney, L. (2001). Child-centered play therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy, 10, 13-31.

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