This volume looks at play therapy through a multicultural lens. Experienced practitioners examine how cultural factors may influence the ways children express themselves through play, the feelings they associate with different activities, and the responses of children and parents to particular interventions.

From sensitivity to competence in working across cultures /Eliana Gil -- Play in selected cultures : diversity and universality ; -- Suggestions and research on multicultural play therapy / Athena A. Drewes -- Impact of culture on art therapy with children / Cathy A. Malchiodi -- Play therapy in the African American "village" / Sonia Hinds -- Therapeutic play with Hispanic clients / Silvina Hopkins, Virginia Huici, and Diana Bermudez -- Musings on working with Native American children in play therapy / Geri Glover -- Play therapy with Asian children / Shu-Chen Kao -- Appendix, Multicultural play therapy resources / Athena A. Drewes.