Virginia Ryan's Publications (2000 onwards), including:

Books

Guerney, L and Ryan, V (manuscript to be submitted 2011) Group filial therapy: Training parents to conduct special play sessions with their own children.  London: Jessica Kingsley.

Wilson, K, and Ryan, V (2005) Play therapy: a non-directive approach for children and adolescents. 2nd Edition. London: Elsevier Science  Pp 289

Ryan, V and Wilson, K (2000/1996) Case studies in non-directive play therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley.   Pp 251

Book Chapters

Jaeger, J and Ryan, V (in preparation) Integrating Attachment Theory and Non-directive Play Therapy to Treat Children with More Serious Attachment Problems.  In S Bratton, A Drewes and C E Schaefer (Eds) Integrative Play Therapy.  New York: Wiley.

Ryan, V (2009) Play therapy: psycho-social approaches to trauma and emotional problems in young children. In K Stagnitti and R Cooper (Eds) Play as therapy: assessment and therapeutic interventions.  London: Jessica Kingsley, pp 187-204.

Ryan, V and Bratton, S (2008) Child-centered/non-directive play therapy for very young children.  In C E Schaefer, S Kelly-Zion, J McCormick and A Ohnogi (Eds), Play therapy for very young children. Maryland, USA: Rowman and Littlefield.

Ryan, V (2007) Non-directive play therapy with abused children and adolescents. In K Wilson and A James (Eds) The child protection handbook, 3rd  Edition. London: Bailliere Tindall, pp 414-432.

Ryan, V and Wilson, K (2005) Using non-directive play therapy with emotionally troubled adolescents.  In Schaefer, C E and Gallo-Lopez, L (Eds) Adolescent play therapy.  New York: Jason Aronson, pp 96-120.

Ryan V (2001) Home visiting and play therapists. In Schaefer, C E and Kadusen, H (Eds) 101 play therapy techniques, Vol II. Northvale, NJ: Aronson

Wilson, K and Ryan, V (1993) Physical abuse and non-directive play therapy. In Ferguson, H, Gilligan, R and Torode, R (Eds) Surviving childhood adversity: issues for policy and practice. Dublin: Social Studies Press, pp. 312-320

Journal Articles

Ryan, V and Courtney, A (2009) Therapists’ use of congruence in child-centred/non-directive play therapy and filial therapy.  International Journal of Play Therapy, 18(2), 114-128.

O’Sullivan, L and Ryan, V (2009) Therapeutic limits from an attachment perspective. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 14(2), 215-.235.

Ryan, V (2007)Filial Therapy: Helping children and new carers to form secure attachment relationships. British Journal of Social Work, 37, 643-657.

Jaeger, J and Ryan, V (2007) Evaluating clinical practice: using play-based techniques to elicit children’s views. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12(3), 437-450.

O’Dowd, T and Ryan, V (2007) Using play therapy in schools: the teacher’s role. Educational and Child Psychology, 24(1), 73-86.

Ryan, V (2004) ‘My new mum’: How drawing can help children rework their internal models of attachment relationship in non-directive play therapy.  British Journal of Play Therapy, 1(1), 35-46.

Ryan, V (2004) Adapting non-directive play therapy interventions for children with attachment disorders. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 9(1), 75-87.

Ryan, V (2004) Playing matters.  Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, 15(1), 27-29.

Josefi, O and Ryan, V (2004) Non-directive play therapy for young children with autism: A case study. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 9(4), 533-551.

Wilson, K and Ryan, V (2002) Play therapy with emotionally damaged adolescents.  Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 7(3), 178-192.

Wilson, K and Ryan , V (2001) Helping parents by working with their children in individual child therapy. Child and Family Social Work, 6, 209-217.

Ryan, V and Needham, C (2001) Non-directive play therapy with children experiencing psychic trauma. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 6(3), 437-453.

Ryan, V and Wilson, K (2000) Conducting child assessments for court proceedings: the use of non-directive play therapy. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 5(2), 267-279.

Ryan, V and Wilson, K (2000) Using non-directive play therapy in court assessments: our response to Turner’s legal commentary’. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 5(2), 282-283.