Preface. Introduction. Observing Play Activity. 1. Structural Analysis of Play Activity. 2. The Adaptive Player. 3. The Conflicted Player. 4. The Rigid/Polarized Player. 5. The Extremely Anxious/Isolated Player. 6. Play Activity, the Player, and Development of the Self. References. Index.
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Chazan uses a structured approach to observational data and contextual involvement in order to make sure that specific circumstances will not stop her asking important questions about what is going on at any stage of the therapeutic process - with questions she needs to ask in order to understand. At this level, the tension between interpretation and encounter - which is the therapist's version of the thought/feeling conflict - may be prevented from interfering with the reader's own imaginative participation in what is being described. The result is an extremely vivid piece of writing.