Play Therapy and Telemental Health gives clinicians the tools they need to bring their therapy sessions online.
Chapters present the fundamentals of play therapy and telemental health therapy and introduce play therapists to a variety of special populations and interventions specific to telemental health. Expert contributors discuss using a wide variety of telehealth interventions― including Virtual Sandtray®©, nature play, and EMDR ―with children affected by autism, trauma, and more. Readers will learn how the fundamentals of play therapy can be expanded to provide effective treatment in web-based sessions.
This is a vital guide for any clinician working in play therapy in the 21st century.
Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S™, is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for more than 25 years. Dr. Stone’s interest in therapeutic digital tools, specifically using virtual reality, tablets, and consoles, has culminated in clinical mental health use and research for mental health, medical and crisis settings. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad (VSA) and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality (VSA-VR). Dr. Stone has numerous publications to date including Integrating Technology into Modern Therapies, Game Play, Play Therapy Theory and Perspectives, Play Therapy and Telemental Health, and Digital Play Therapy in addition to numerous chapters in a variety of books. She has served as the president of the California Association for Play Therapy Nominations committee, is a member of the AutPlay and Digital Play Therapy Advisory Boards and serves as an affiliate of the East Carolina University College of Education Neurocognition Science Laboratory.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jessica Stone maintains a private practice and is the CEO of Virtual Sandtray®©. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad (VSA) and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality (VSA-VR) and receives royalties as a published author. Jessica Stone receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jessica Stone serves as the chair of Mental Health Virtual Reality International Coalition and Digital Play Therapy™. She serves on the board for World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals, Frontiers: Virtual Reality in Pediatric Medicine, and is an advisory board member of AutPlay.
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