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.
Ryan, V., & Wilson, K. (1995). Child therapy and evidence in court proceedings: Tensions and some solutions. British Journal of Social Work, 25, 157-172. |
Hill, A. (2009). Factors influencing the degree and pattern of parental involvement in play therapy for sexually abused children. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 18, 455-474. |
Wilson, K., & Ryan, V. (2001). Helping parents by working with their children in individual child therapy. Child and Family Social Work, 6, 209-217. |
Kerr-Edwards, S. (2012). 'Let's start at the beginning': In play therapy, how can the initial reactions of both the child and therapist in the beginning play help us further our understanding of the child and of the responsiveness of the therapist?. British Journal of Play Therapy, 8, 12-20. |
Wilson, K., & Ryan, V. (1994). Working with the sexually abused child: the use of non-directive play therapy and family therapy. Journal of Social Work Practice, 8, 67-74. |
Tyndall-Lind, A. (1999). Revictimization of children from violent families: Child-centered theoretical formulation and play therapy treatment implications. International Journal of Play Therapy, 8, 9-25. |
Frick-Helms, S. (1997). ''Boys cry better than girls'': Play therapy behaviors of children residing in a shelter for battered women. International Journal of Play Therapy, 6, 73-91. |
Davoren, E. (1979). Low budget play therapy for very young children. Child Abuse and Neglect, 3, 199-204. |
Ryan, V. (2004). Adapting non-directive play therapy for children with attachment disorder. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 9, 75-87. |
Ryan, V., & Wilson, K. (2000). Conducting child assessment for court proceedings: The use of non-directive play therapy. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 5, 267-279. |
Armstrong, S. A., Brown, T., Foster, R. D. (2015). Humanistic sandtray therapy with preadolescents . Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling , 1, 17-26. |
Carmichael, K. (1991). Play therapy: Role in reading improvement. Reading Improvement, 28, 273-276. |
Carmichael, K., & Atchison, D. H. (1997). Music in play therapy: Playing my feelings. International Journal of Play Therapy, 6, 63-72. |
Hutton, D. (2004). Storytelling and its application in non directive play therapy. British Journal of Play Therapy, 1, 5-15. |
Griffin, C., & Aufhauser, T. (1973). Don't let them hurt me. Association of Operating Room Nurses Journal, 17, 59-65. |
Trotter, K., Eshelman, D., & Landreth, G. (2003). A place for bobo in play therapy. International Journal for Play Therapy, 12, 117-139. |
Glazer, H. R. (1999). Children and play in the Holocaust: Friedl Dicker-Brandeis-Heroic child therapist. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 37, 194-199. |
Ryan, V. (2004). 'My new mum'. How drawing can help children rework their internal models of attachment relationship in non-directive play therapy. British Journal of Play Therapy, 1, 35-46. |
Robinson, S. (2011). What play therapists do within the therapeutic relationship of humanistic/non-directive play therapy. Pastoral Care in Education, 29, 207-220. |
Sommers-Flanagan J. (2007). The development and evolution of person-centered expressive art therapy: A conversation with Natalie Rogers. Journal of Counseling & Development, 85, 120-125. |