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I. General Principles to Guide Practice 1. Why Children Clam Up in Therapy, Cathy A. Malchiodi & David A. Crenshaw 2. Resistance in Child Psychotherapy: Playing Hide-and-Seek, David A. Crenshaw 3. A Neurosequential Therapeutics Approach to Guided Play, Play Therapy, and Activities for Children Who Won't Talk, Richard L. Gaskill & Bruce D. Perry II. Master Clinician Approaches 4. The Sound of Silence in Play Therapy, Anne L. Stewart & Lennis G. Echterling 5. Play Therapy with Children Who Don't Want to Talk: "Sometimes We Talk, and Sometimes We Play," Nancy Boyd Webb 6. Polyvagal Informed Dance/Movement Therapy with Children Who Shut Down: Restoring Core Rhythmicity, Amber Elizabeth Gray & Stephen Porges 7. Play Therapy through the Lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology: Up and over the Mountain, Theresa Kestly 8. Treating Adolescent Attachment Trauma: Ten Ways to Co-Regulate and Stay Connected, Martha B. Straus 9. Silencing and the Culture of Sexual Violence: The "Shadow Abuser," Sarah Caprioli & David A. Crenshaw 10. Art Therapy Approaches to Facilitate Verbal Expression: Getting Past the Impasse, Cathy A. Malchiodi 11. Animal Assisted Play Therapy with Reticent Children: With a Little Help from Friends, Rise VanFleet & Tracie Faa-Thompson Index