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.
Mullen, J. A. (2004). Speaking of children: A study of how play therapists make meaning of children (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Metcalf, L. M. (2002). Countertransference among child therapists: Implications for therapist development and supervision (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Rogers, M. (1973). Therapists' verbalization and outcome in monitored play therapy (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Bennett, M. E. (2004). Experiential, activity-based, and play interventions in child therapy: A Delphi study (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Carson, S. C. (). Comparing burnout of play therapists and non-play therapists using the Maslach Burnout Inventory for human services survey (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). |
Olley, R. I. (1985). An exploration of personality, attitudes and play skill behaviors of undergraduate students (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Jones, T. N. (). It's not just playing: The experiences of a neophyte play therapist-training and preparation (Unplished master's thesis). |
Dodson, E. (). Clinicians' use of verbal interventions in play therapy: A project based upon an independent investigation (Unpublished master's thesis). |
Locker-Forman, A. (2005). When real meets pretend: An exploration of the impact of the therapist's pregnancy on child psychotherapy (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Kulla, M. (1966). A therapeutic doll play program with an emotionally disturbed child (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Linder, M. A. J. (1967). Verbal conditioning of aggression in doll play: Comparison of the effect of two therapeutic tools on aggression of nursery school boys in a therapy-like situation (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Schneider-Lerner, C. M. (1999). Therapist and puppeteer: A self-study manual for using puppetry as a therapeutic technique with preschoolers (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
O'Brien, C. L. (). Play therapy: A survey of usage among Montana elementary school counselors (Unpublished master's thesis). |
Maddox, R. P. (2016). Efficacy of an intensive play therapy workshop for school counselors: A mixed methods study. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Pascarella, C. (2012). Play therapy training among school psychology, social work, and school counseling (Doctoral Dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. |
Salgado, R. A., Jr. (2003). Counseling children who speak a language in which the counselor is not fluent: Play therapy and counselor perceived self-efficacy (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Hartsfield, L. (1990). A study to compare the play media model to the Carkhuff model in relation to self-concept, school attendance, and teacher perception in an elementary school setting (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Coffield, M. C. (1996). A qualitative investigation: Play counseling as used by elementary school counselors (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |
Holoman, W. C. (). Play therapy, A technique of pastoral care to pre-school age children (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). |
Catron, C. (1982). Play as therapy for young children in day care setting (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from Dissertation Abstracts International. |