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Some of the material in this keynote appeared in the following books published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. “If You Turned into a Monster…” Transformation through Play, A Body-Centered Approach to Play Therapy, 2007 and A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy—Helping Things Fall Apart, The Paradox of Play, 2012.
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McCarthy, D. Becoming the Storm: Using the Energy and Imagery of Symptoms in Play Therapy to Help Children Heal. Am J Dance Ther 40, 113–137 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-018-9274-8
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