Children entering therapy have many questions and many fears. And the Spanish version of A Child's First Book About Play Therapy book has many answers! In large print and clear terms, using Margaret Scott's jubilant, witty illustrations, the book explains concepts such as confidentiality, the special bond between therapist and child, and the ways that therapy can help children feel better and help their problems become smaller. It's an essential guide to a potentially difficult situation.
Marc Nemiroff is a psychologist in Maryland. He earned his doctorate at Catholic University and is a graduate from a three-year writing program offered by New Directions in Writing from the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. He has held faculty positions at the Washington School of Psychiatry, George Washington University Doctor of Psychology Program, and he was a long-time adviser to the Children's Book Division of American Psychological Association. He served as Consultant to The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children. He is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs and Sometimes I'm Scared. Visit Dr. Nemiroff at www.marcnemiroff.com. Jane Annunziata, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist with a private practice specializing in children and families in McLean, Virginia. Dr. Annunziata taught and supervised at multiple universities. As a writer, she has contributed parent guidance sections to many children's books on such varied topics as shyness, parental depression, ambivalence, and a new baby in the family. She is the author of of many books for children including Shy Spaghetti and Excited Eggs and Sometimes I'm Scared. Margaret Scott is a prize-winning illustrator of children's books, including A Child's First Book About Play Therapy, Help Is On The Way: A Child's Book About ADD, and Why Am I An Only Child?. She also does pen-and-ink drawings on a regular basis for a number of daily newspapers, from the Washington Post on the East Coast to the San Francisco Chronicle on the West.
"Dr. Robert Schachter, a child psychologist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, said that by reading the book with the child 'the parent is saying, 'This isn't a bad thing and this is something we're going to do together.''"-The New York Times "Another great introduction to therapy for young children. It will walk the child through common symptoms of problems that therapy can address, entering treatment, the environment of the therapist's office and equipment, and the process of play therapy.... an excellent precursor to entering therapy for the first time."-PositivePsychologyProgram.com
