For As Long As It Takes: Relationship-Based Play Therapy for Children in Foster Care

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 43-53

  Clausen, June Madsen ^a,c   Ruff, Saralyn C ^b,c   von Wiederhold, Wendy ^c   Heineman, Toni V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c A Home Within   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

foster children; play therapy; psychoanalytic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861632843     PISSN: 15228878     EISSN: 15229033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228878.2012.666481     Document Type: Article

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