Publications
The Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy model and its clinical applications, documented in our published works.
A Research Center that advances and documents the CBPT model through publication.
La Play Therapy Cognitivo Comportamentale
The core manual on CBPT. Thirty years after its first applications, Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy — theorized by Susan M. Knell — is presented in an updated theoretical model that integrates the literature and underscores the decisive role of case conceptualization, defining a path for selecting tools and procedures and for future research.
Trattamento neurocognitivo nei disturbi del neurosviluppo
Presents CBPI-R (Cognitive Behavioral Play Intervention–Remediation), a neurocognitive treatment model for neurodevelopmental disorders. It combines structured play with cognitive and behavioral techniques to improve engagement and learning skills — addressing communication, reading, writing, calculation and movement — with clinician-guided, goal-oriented sessions and family involvement.
Comprendere il mondo dei bambini giocando
A guide for parents: play is the most natural way to relate to children, understand their needs, explore thoughts and feelings, and learn more adaptive behaviors — how play can become therapy, with parents actively involved.
Mio figlio ha paura. Che faccio?
A practical guide on childhood fears: how fears appear across developmental stages, which behaviors parents should adopt or avoid, and how to intervene with cognitive-behavioral play therapy.
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