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FREE RESOURCES

Start learning or deepen your knowledge in the fields of play therapy, expressive arts, community crisis and trauma work by downloading free articles, watching podcasts and purchasing books published by top publishers.

NEW!!! Article Series:
Play is the Future

Free global articles highlighting the healing power of play in crisis work and real-life contexts.

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Article:
Through the eyes of the childlike empress: Play therapy with refugee children

Written by Isabella Cassina and Claudio Mochi for Psychotherapy.net (Apr. 2025).​​

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Article: 
Roles play therapist play. Post disaster engagement and empowerment of survivors

Written by Claudio Mochi & Risë VanFleet for Play Therapy Magazine (Vol. 4, Dec. 2009).

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Article:
Post-disaster roles for psychologists

Written by Risë VanFleet & Claudio Mochi for The National Psychologist (Nov/Dec. 2010).

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Podcast:
Play therapy in international crisis settings

Lisa Dion is joined by Isabella Cassina and Claudio Mochi, pioneers using play therapy in international crisis intervention (Aug. 2024).

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Article:
Trauma repetition. Intervention in psychological safe places

Written by Claudio Mochi for the Eastern Journal of Psychiatry (Feb/Aug 2009, Vol. 12, N. 1&2).​​

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Position paper: Disaster response guidelines

A document written by Claudio Mochi, Isabella Cassina & Ryoko Honda for the International Consortium of Play Therapy Associations IC-PTA (Nov. 2023).

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Webinar:
Exploring the relevance of play and expressive arts in crisis work

Isabella Cassina, guest of Artes Expresivas Latinoamérica (AELat), shares her field experience in training and project development (Nov. 2022).

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Interview:
Disaster relief group work and play therapy

Christy Livingston interviews Claudio Mochi and Isabella Cassina about disaster relief group work (Apr. 2025).

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Article:
The potential of miniatures and sand for migrant children

Isabella Cassina writes about her encounter with Omar, a refugee boy, by the river for the Playground Magazine (2024, pp. 14-17).

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Interviews at Deakin University

Video contributions on child play therapy featuring five internationally renowned play therapists (in alphabetical order): Sue Bratton, Claudio Mochi, Eileen Prendiville, Virginia Ryan and Charles E. Schaefer.

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Magazine:
Rivista di Play Therapy

Exclusive articles and interviews on therapeutic powers of play, developmental psychology and psychotherapy, and play therapy. The magazine is published by APTI in Italian.

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