Contemporary Case Studies in Clinical Mental Health for Children and Ado

About the Editors: Jennifer N. Baggerly, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S is a Professor of Counseling and play therapy at the University of North Texas at Dallas. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with over 25 years of play therapy experience. Dr. Baggerly also provides counseling and play therapy at Kaleidoscope Behavioral Health in Flower Mound Texas. She is an award-winning Counselor Educator and distinguished leader in the field of counseling and play therapy. Some of her notable awards across the decades include UNT Dallas Graduate School Outstanding Faculty Award (2022), Texas Counseling Association Outstanding Supervisor Award (2021), Viola Brody Outstanding Play Therapist Award (2005), and Post-Secondary Counselor of the Year for Hillsborough Counseling Association (2004). She served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Association for Play Therapy from 2013-2014 and was a member of the board from 2009-2015. With over 75 publications, Dr. Baggerly is recognized as a prominent expert in children's crisis intervention and play therapy. She has provided Disaster Response Play Therapy throughout the world including Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, tsunami in Sri Lanka, Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, hurricanes in Florida, and tornados in Texas and Oklahoma. She demonstrated her play therapy skills through several training videos such as Disaster Mental Health and Crisis Stabilization for Children and Trauma Informed Child Centered Play Therapy. Athena A. Drewes, PsyD, MA, MS Ed, RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist, registered play therapist and play therapist supervisor, noted author and co-editor of over 13 books on play therapy including The Therapeutic Powers of Play: 20 Core Agents of Change (with Charles Schaefer, 2014, Wiley & Sons) and Cultural Issues in Play Therapy, 2nd Edition (with Eliana Gil, 2021, Guilford Press). She has produced a video demonstrating her Prescriptive Integrative Play Therapy approach through the American Psychological Association Children and Adolescents Series IX. She has a long and prestigious career as a passionate play therapist with over 45 years of clinical experience in working with children and adolescents with complex trauma and sexual abuse in schools, residential treatment, and foster care settings. She is currently semi-retired in Ocala, Florida, is a Guardian ad Litem (court-appointed special advocate for foster care children), and has a private practice focusing on supervision on the national and international level, consultation, and national and international training. She is Founder and President Emeritus of the New York Association for Play Therapy and Past Director of the Association for Play Therapy. Contributors: Jennifer Baggerly, Samuel Bore, Brook Bull, Sara Cantu, Peggy Ceballos, Allison Crowe, Dalena Dillman Taylor, Athena A. Drewes, Anelie Etienne, Tracie Faa Thompson, Caitlin Frawley, Robert Jason Grant, Chi-Sing "Denny" Li, Yu-Fen Lin, Kristin K. Meany-Walen, Domonique Messing, Felicia R. Neubauer, Jason O. Perry, Keith I. Raymond, Lisa Remey, Ana Guadalupe Reyes, Marium Sadiq, Clarissa L. Salinas, Angela I. Sheely-Moore, Rise VanFleet

Foreword Franc Hudspeth Preface Jennifer N. Baggerly and Athena A. Drewes Part I: Children 1. Depression: Child Centered Play Therapy with a Biracial Child Peggy L. Ceballos and Marium Sadiq 2. Adjustment Difficulties: Child Centered Play Therapy and Critical Race Theory with a Biracial Child Keith I. Raymond and Angela I. Sheely-Moore 3. Domestic Violence: Trauma-Informed Child Centered Play Therapy with a White Child Jennifer N. Baggerly 4. Disruptive Behavior after January 6th Washington, DC Uprising: Cognitive Behavior Play Therapy with a White Child Athena A. Drewes 5. ADHD and COVID-19: Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy with an African American Child Lisa Remey 6. Anxiety and Asian Hate: Adlerian Play Therapy with a Chinese American Child Kristin Meany-Walen 7. Autism and Neurodivergence: Group Play Therapy with Children Robert Jason Grant 8. Grief after COVID and Gun Violence: Sandtray Therapy with a Mexican American Child Clarissa Salinas and Jennifer Baggerly 9. Family Stress: Filial Therapy with an Indigenous American Family Rise VanFleet 10. Divorce: Child Parent Relationship Therapy with Parents of a White Child Dalena Dillman Taylor and Caitlin Frawley Part II: Adolescents 11. Depression: Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy with a Chinese American Adolescent Yu-Fen Lin and Chi-Sing Li 12. Social Anxiety: Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy with a Pakistani American Adolescent Yu-fen Lin and Samuel Bore 13. Divorce and Political Extremist Groups: Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Expressive Arts with a White Adolescent Jennifer N. Baggerly 14. Sexual Abuse: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Creative Approaches with a Biracial Adolescent Felicia Neubauer 15. Self-Harm: Dialectical Behavior Therapy with an African American Adolescent Anelie Etienne and Domonique Messing 16. Tourette Syndrome and Risk of Exploitation: Equine Assisted Family Play Therapy with a White Adolescent Tracie Faa Thompson 17. Eating Disorders: Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy with a Mexican American Adolescent Sara Cantu 18. Substance Use Disorder: Motivational Interviewing and Creative Approaches with an African American Adolescent Allison Crowe and Jason O. Perry 19. LGBTQ: Gestalt Therapy and Liberatory Approaches with a Dominican American Adolescent Ana Guadalupe Reyes 20. Gender: Narrative Therapy with Parents of a Nonbinary Transgender Chinese American Adolescent Brooks Bull Index About the Editors and Contributors