ABSTRACT

LEGO® bricks are a staple in many child and play therapists’ offices, and Seriously Therapeutic Play with LEGO® shows therapists and counselors how to integrate LEGO® in a therapeutically valuable way. This book presents a therapeutic approach based in biological, psychological, and social research, one that supports participants as they build models that represent their thoughts, emotions, experiences, and reflections. Using a variety of evidence-based intervention techniques, chapters show clinicians how to incorporate the model and associated metaphors to help clients, and they do so in a way that is compatible with any number of therapeutic orientations or perspectives.

Though based in current research, Seriously Therapeutic Play with LEGO® is designed for psychologists, social workers, school counselors, occupational therapists, clinical educators and supervisors, coaches, support workers, and other health care providers across the lifespan who wish to use play therapeutically.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction Seriously therapeutic play

An introduction via a biopsychosocial “lens”

chapter Chapter 1|21 pages

LEGO® as a 3-Dimensional tool

chapter Chapter 2|18 pages

The neuroscience of play

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

The biology and evolution of play

chapter Chapter 4|17 pages

Psychology at play

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

Speaking “LEGO®”

The psychology of language

chapter Chapter 6|14 pages

Breaking down brick walls

The relationship of STP to the therapeutic disciplines

chapter Chapter 7|13 pages

The social side of health

Building relationships

chapter Chapter 9|13 pages

Clutch power

When therapeutic powers connect

chapter Chapter 10|16 pages

Building socially and emotionally

From me to we

chapter Chapter 11|33 pages

Putting it into play

Practical applications and case studies