Beginning Adlerian Play Therapy In-Person

Financial aid may be available for this class. Go to https://adlerianplaytherapy.com/financial-aid-for-leapt-classes/ for details.

In this class, the instructor will use discussion, encouragement, videos, role playing, and actual work with children to help you refine your skills so that you will be able to use play therapy skills and techniques to (a) build relationships with children; (b) explore children's lifestyles; (c) help children gain insight into their lifestyles; and (d) help children make changes in their thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviors. You will also learn and practice strategies for developing a conceptualization of the child and consulting with parents and teachers as a part of the Adlerian play therapy process. Built into this class is the opportunity to make videos of your practice with a child in the playroom and receive supervision from the instructor. This emphasis in this class is on play therapy skills, Adlerian theory as applied to play therapy,  and working with specific populations using Adlerian play therapy. Required reading before class: Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy  (3rd ed.) (Kottman & Meany-Walen, 2016).

35 Contact CE Hours.   (includes 18 hours on Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant Theories, 11 hours on Play Therapy Skills and Methods, 3 hours on Play Therapy Special Topics, 2 hours of Play Therapy Cultural and Social Diversity, and 1 hour on the History of Play Therapy) 5 hours of play therapy consultation/supervision are included in the class.  

APT Approved Provider 99-055

League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7402. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Progress toward masters degree in mental health 

Required reading before class: Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy  (3rd ed.) (Kottman & Meany-Walen, 2016). 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. List and describe 4 basic concepts of Adlerian theory
2. Explain how each of these basic concepts of Adlerian theory apply to play therapy
3. Define the Adlerian concept of lifestyle
4. Explain the importance of the term “feelings of inferiority” in Adlerian theory
5. Describe each of the 4 phases of Adlerian play therapy
6. Explain the Adlerian stance on being directive sometimes and nondirective other times in play therapy
7. Describe the relationship between the phases and the degree of therapist directiveness in Adlerian play therapy
8. Describe 2 play therapy skills used in Adlerian play therapy for building the relationship with a child client
9. Demonstrate 2 play therapy skills used in Adlerian play therapy for building the relationship with a child client

10. Describe at least 1 Adlerian play therapy technique used for establishing a relationship with the child in play therapy

11. Demonstrate at least 1 Adlerian play therapy technique used for establishing a relationship with the child in play therapy

12. Explain the steps of limit setting in Adlerian play therapy

13. Describe the rationale for cleaning the room with a child at the end of the session in Adlerian play therapy

14. Describe each of the following elements of lifestyle and explain why exploring each of them in connection with every child client is important in Adlerian play therapy: (a) culture, (b) family atmosphere, (c) family constellation, (d) Crucial Cs, (e) personality priorities, (f) goals of misbehavior, (g) purposes of behavior, (h) assets and strengths, (i) lifestyle convictions, (j) mistaken beliefs, and (k) private logic

15. Explain at least one strategy for exploring each of these lifestyle elements in your sessions with a child in Adlerian play therapy

16. Demonstrate one strategy for exploring 3 of these lifestyle elements in your sessions with a child in Adlerian play therapy (This would total 3 distinct strategies—could be skills or techniques.) Explain the importance of exploring culture as a part of a child’s lifestyle.

17. Explain the role of cultural humility in working with diverse populations of children and families.

18. Describe 1 skill used in Adlerian play therapy for exploring the lifestyle of a child client

19. Demonstrate at least 1 Adlerian play therapy skill for exploring the lifestyle with a child client

20. Describe at least 1 Adlerian play therapy technique used in exploring the lifestyle of a child client

21. Demonstrate at least 1 Adlerian play therapy technique used in exploring the lifestyle of a child client

22. Using the Johari Window, explain the rationale for using metacommunication in Phase 3 of Adlerian play therapy

23. Describe at least 1 Adlerian play therapy skill used in helping the child client gain insight in play therapy

24. Demonstrate at least 1 Adlerian play therapy skill used in helping the child client gain insight in play therapy

25. Describe 2 Adlerian play therapy techniques used in helping the child gain insight in play therapy

26. Demonstrate at least 1 Adlerian play therapy technique used in helping the child gain insight in play therapy

27. Define metacommunication in Adlerian play therapy

28. Demonstrate a here-and-now metacommunication

29. Demonstrate a metacommunication across sessions

30. Demonstrate a lifestyle metacommunication

31. Demonstrate a “bridging” metacommunication

32. Describe 2 Adlerian play therapy skills used in the reeducation/reorientation phase for teaching the child new patterns of feeling, thinking, and/or behaving

33. Describe at least 1 Adlerian play therapy technique used in the reeducation/reorientation phase for teaching the child new patterns of feeling, thinking, and/or behaving

34. Describe the role of encouragement in Adlerian play therapy

35. Demonstrate at least 1 Adlerian play therapy skill or technique used in the reeducation/reorientation phase for teaching the child new patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving

36. Explain the purpose of conceptualizing clients in Adlerian play therapy

37. Describe the relationship between conceptualizing clients and developing treatment plans for them in Adlerian play therapy

38. Demonstrate competency using Adlerian play therapy skills for establishing a relationship with a child client by attaining at least a 70% fidelity score on the Adlerian Play Therapy Skills Checklist for Phase 1

39. Demonstrate competency using Adlerian play therapy skills for exploring a child client’s lifestyle by attaining at least a 70% fidelity score on the Adlerian Play Therapy Skills Checklist for Phase 2

40. Demonstrate competency using Adlerian play therapy skills for helping a child client gain insight into his or her lifestyle by attaining at least a 70% fidelity score on the Adlerian Play Therapy Skills Checklist for Phase 3

41. Demonstrate competency using Adlerian play therapy skills for helping a child client learn and practice new patterns of thinking, feeling, and/or behaving by attaining at least a 50% fidelity score on the Adlerian Play Therapy Skills Checklist for Phase 4

42. Explain how play therapy client's culture affects the development of their lifestyle

8:00 AM Start

10:15 AM Break 1 (15 mins)

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Resume Class

3:00 PM Break 2 (15 mins)

5:30 PM End