Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. General Principles to Guide Practice. 1. Why Children Clam Up in Therapy / Cathy A. Malchiodi and David A. Crenshaw ; 2. Resistance in Child Psychotherapy: Playing Hide-and-Seek / David A. Crenshaw ; 3. A Neurosequential Therapeutics Approach to Guided Play, Play Therapy, and Activities for Children Who Won't Talk / Richard L. Gaskill and Bruce D. Perry -- II. Master Clinician Approaches. 4. The Sound of Silence in Play Therapy / Anne L. Stewart and Lennis G. Echterling ; 5. Play Therapy with Children Who Don't Want to Talk: "Sometimes We Talk, and Sometimes We Play," Nancy Boyd Webb ; 6. Polyvagal Informed Dance/Movement Therapy with Children Who Shut Down: Restoring Core Rhythmicity / Amber Elizabeth Gray and Stephen Porges ; 7. Play Therapy through the Lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology: Up and over the Mountain / Theresa Kestly ; 8. Treating Adolescent Attachment Trauma: Ten Ways to Co-Regulate and Stay Connected / Martha B. Straus ; 9. Silencing and the Culture of Sexual Violence: The "Shadow Abuser" / Sarah Caprioli and David A. Crenshaw ; 10. Art Therapy Approaches to Facilitate Verbal Expression: Getting Past the Impasse / Cathy A. Malchiodi ; 11. Animal Assisted Play Therapy with Reticent Children: With a Little Help from Friends / Risë ; VanFleet & Tracie Faa-Thompson -- Index