In this work, child therapist, Clark Moustakas, demonstrates how play can be used to free children to express their tensions, conflicts and frustrations. Moustakas offers examples of children who suddenly became disturbed in their family or school life and tells how these children work out their fear and anger in just a few sessions. He also describes helping seriously disturbed children in their struggles to achieve emotional maturity, faith in themselves and respect for others. This book is aimed at anyone who works with children or their parents and includes an important chapter on...

Clark Moustakas clearly discusses the theoretical underpinnings of phenomenology, based on the work of Husserl and others, and takes the reader step-by-step through the process of conducting a phenomenological study.

This text examines a series of pervasive themes of human existence and the challenges of being and relating. Areas investigated include: the nature and meaning of being different; possessiveness and being possessed; and dimensions of loneliness, mystery and self-disclosure.