A Child's First Book about Play Therapy Book

Children entering therapy have many questions and many fears. And this book has many answers! In large print and clear terms, using Margaret Scott's jubilant, witty illustrations, the book explains concepts such as confidentiality (&#34that's the only really big word in this book!"), the special bond between therapists and child, and the ways that therapy can help children feel better and help their problems become smaller and smaller!

Bestseller! Over 100,000 copies sold! ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Marc A. Nemiroff has a Ph.D in clinical psychology from the Catholic University of America. DR. Nemiroff has 16 years of experience in the treatment of children at the Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health in Annandale, Virginia, where he is the Coordinator of Youth and Family Programs. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, a fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric Association, and an affiliate member of the Baltimore&#151Washington Society for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Nemiroff maintains a private practice in Potomac, Maryland.

Jane Annunziata has a PsyD in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. She has taught at the University of Bergen (Norway). Mary Washington College, and George Mason University. For five years she was a member of the Children's Intensive Treatment Team at the Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health in Annandale, Virginia. Dr, Annunziata is in private practice in northern Virginia (McLean), where she specializes in work with children and their families as well as the individual treatment of adults.

ILLUSTRATOR BIOGRAPHY: Margaret Scott is a prize-winning illustrator of children's books. 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.

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