Recommended Books on Play Therapy
| Child Centred Play Therapy 2Ed | Janet West |
| Play Therapy – The Inner Dynamics of Childhood | Virginia M. Axline |
| Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents in Crisis | Nancy Boyd Webb |
| Play Therapy: A Non-Directive Approach for Children and Adolescents | Kate Wilson |
| Children’s Stories in Play Therapy | Ann Cattanach |
| Short Term Play Therapy for Children | Heidi Gerard Kaduson & Charles E. Schaefer |
| Play Therapy with Abused Children | Ann Cattanach |
| Play Therapy | Virginia M Axline |
| Child Centered Play Therapy | Risë Van Fleet & Andrea E. Sywulak |
| Child Centered Play Therapy Workbook: A Self-Directed Guide For Professionals | Jodi Ann Mullen & June M. Rickli |
| A Handbook of Playtherapy with Aggressive Children | David Crenshaw |
| Integrating Play Therapy and EMDR with Children | Victoria McGuinness |
| Play Therapy Today: Contemporary Practice with Individuals, Groups and Carers | |
| Essential Play Therapy Techniques: Time Tested Approaches | Charles E. Schaefer & Donna Cangelosi |
| Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship | Garry L. Landreth |
| Child Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children | Nancy H. Cochran |
| Play Therapy Interventions with Children’s Problems: Case Studies with DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses | Garry L. Landreth & Dee C. Ray |
| 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques | Heidi Kaduson & Charles Schaefer |
| The Dialogue of Touch-Developmental Play Therapy | Viola Brody |
| Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual | Sue C. Bratton, Garry L. Landreth, Theresa Kellam & Sandra R. Blackard |
| Family Play Therapy | Eliana Gil, Ph.D. |
| A Child’s First Book About Play Therapy | Marc A Nemiroff & Jane Annunziata |
| Play Therapy – Children | Dr. Kay Sudekum Trotter, Counseling Services |
| 101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques | Heidi Kaduson & Charles Schaefer |
| A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy: Helping Things Fall Apart, The Paradox of Play | Dennis McCarthy |
| A Practical Handbook for Building The Play Therapy Relationship | Leslie Jones & Garry Landreth |
| Adlerian Play Therapy | Terry Kottman, PhD |
| Advanced Play Therapy (with CD): Essential Conditions, Knowledge, and Skills for Child Practice | Dee C. Ray |
| AutoPlay Therapy for Children and Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum | Robert Jason Grant |
| Blending Play Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Athena Drewes |
| Child Centered Play Therapy Research: The Evidence Base for Effective Practice | Jennifer Baggerly & Dee Ray-Sue Bratton |
| Contemporary Play Therapy: Theory, Research and Practice | Charles Schaefer & Heidi Gerard Kaduson |
| Cultural Issues in Play Therapy | Eliana Gil & Athena Drewes |
| International Handbook of Play Therapy: Advances in Assessment, Theory, Research and Practice | Charles Schaefer, Judy McCormick & Akiko Ohnogi |
| Mindfulness Based Play-Family Therapy: Theory and Practice | Dottie Higgins-Klein |
| Play Therapy and Asperger’s Syndrome: Helping Children and Adolescents Grow, Connect, and Heal Through the Art of Play | Kevin Hull |
| Play Therapy Dimensions Model (with DVD): A Decision-Making Guide for Integrative Play Therapists | Lorri Yasenik-Ken Gardner |
| Play Therapy for Very Young Children | Charles Schaefer, Sophronia Kelly-Zion, Judith McCormick, Akiko Ohnogi |
| Play Therapy With Kids & Canines: Benefits for Children’s Developmental and Psychosocial Health | Rise Venfleet |
| Play Therapy with Traumatized Children: A Prescriptive Approach | Paris Goodyear-Brown |
| Play Therapy with Vulnerable Populations: No Child Forgotten | Eric Green & Amie Myrick |
| Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond | Terry Kottman |
| Techniques-Techniques-Techniques: Play Based Activities for Children, Adolescents & Families | Sueann Kenney-Noziska |
| Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse | Paris Goodyear Brown |
| Tackling Touchy Subjects | Paris Goodyear Brown |
| Digging The Buried Treasure: 52 More Prop-based Play Therapy Interventions for Treating The Problems of Childhood | Paris Goodyear-Brown |
| Worry Wars | Paris Goodyear-Brown |
| Breaking Free from the Victim Trap | Diane Zimberoff & Welness Press |
| Born For Love | Maia Szalavitz & Bruce D. Perry, Morrow |
| Children in Distress | Linda Whitney Peterson & Milton Edward Hardin, W. W. Norton & Company |
| Longing for Belonging | Diane Zimberoff, Welness Press |
| Sandplay | Dora M. Kalff, Temenos Press |
| The Whole Parent | Debra Wesselmann, Da Capo Press |