Exploring Application of Early Recollections in Adlerian Play Therapy

“Think back to a long time ago when you were little, and try to recall one of your earliest memories, one of the first things that you can remember.” Clients’ early recollections can give the play therapist clues about clients’ strengths, their patterns of solving problems and communicating, their strategies for gaining a sense of belonging and significance, and their expectations of themselves and others in social situations. We will introduce you to several different methods of gathering and interpreting early recollections and discuss ways you can use early recollections in each of the 4 phases of Adlerian play therapy. We also practice gathering and interpreting ERs from child clients, teens clients, and adult clients.

5 Live Webinar CE Hours. (5 hours on Play Therapy Skills and Methods). This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."

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.

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

1. Describe two different processes of gathering early recollections from play therapy clients.

2. Explain the rationale for play therapists gathering early recollections during play therapy sessions.

3. Explain how a play therapist can use early recollections to explore play therapy clients’ strengths.

4. Describe how a play therapist can use early recollections to explore play therapy clients’ lifestyle in Phase 2 of AdPT.

5. Describe how a play therapist can use early recollections to help play clients gain insight in Phase 3 of AdPT.

6. Explain how a play therapist can use early recollections to support play therapy clients in making changes in their patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving in Phase 4 of AdPT.

7. Describe 2 different methods of interpreting early recollections in play therapy.