Reel to Real: Using Adlerian Play Therapy to Conceptualize ‘The Goonies’ (Part Two)

This experiential Adlerian Play Therapy training is designed to help clinicians strengthen their conceptualization and treatment planning skills through collaborative discussion and experiential film analysis. Using “The Goonies” as a shared case study, participants will collaboratively conceptualize characters, relationships, and family dynamics through the lens of Adlerian Play Therapy.

Together, the group will examine themes of belonging, significance, discouragement, inferiority, social interest, peer dynamics, and family atmosphere while practicing Adlerian clinical thinking in an engaging and memorable format. Participants will conceptualize character behaviors and relational patterns as though the movie characters were clients entering the playroom.

Clinicians will also discuss potential treatment goals, Adlerian Play Therapy interventions, encouragement strategies, parent consultation considerations, and possible play themes that may emerge within therapy. This training is designed to increase clinicians’ confidence in translating Adlerian theory into practical, developmentally responsive treatment planning and intervention selection.

While participation in Part 1 may provide helpful foundational review, this training may also be attended as a standalone experiential conceptualization course.

2 Non-Contact CE Hours. (includes 2 hours on Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant)   

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 this training, participants will be able to:

1. Analyze character behaviors, relational dynamics, and family systems through the lens of Adlerian Play Therapy conceptualization.
2. Apply Adlerian Play Therapy principles to develop treatment goals, intervention strategies, and therapeutic responses for fictional child and family presentations.
3. Demonstrate increased competency in translating Adlerian conceptualization into practical treatment planning, parent consultation, and play therapy intervention selection.