Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy, 3rd Edition / Edition 3

by Terry Kottman, Kristin Meany-Walen

Overview

Play therapy expert Terry Kottman and her colleague Kristin Meany-Walen provide a comprehensive update to this spirited and fun text on integrating Adlerian techniques into play therapy. Clinicians, school counselors, and students will find this to be the definitive guide for using Adlerian strategies with children to foster positive growth and effective communication with their parents and teachers.

After an introduction to the basics of the approach and the concepts of Individual Psychology, the stages of Adlerian play therapy are outlined through step-by-step instructions, detailed treatment plans, an ongoing case study, and numerous vignettes. In addition to presenting up-to-date information on trends in play therapy, this latest edition emphasizes the current climate of evidence-based treatment and includes a new chapter on conducting research in play therapy. Appendixes contain useful worksheets, checklists, and resources that can be easily integrated into practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556203527
Publisher:	American Counseling Association
Publication date:	12/15/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Terry Kottman, PhD, NCC, RPT-S, LMHC, founded The Encouragement Zone, where she provides play-therapy training and supervision, life coaching, counseling, and “playshops” for women. Dr. Kottman developed Adlerian play therapy, an approach that combines the ideas and techniques of Individual Psychology and play therapy. She regularly presents workshops and writes about play therapy, activity-based counseling, school counseling, and life coaching. She is the author of Partners in Play, Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond, and several other books. 

Kristin K. Meany-Walen, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S, is an assistant professor of counseling at the University of Northern Iowa. Kristin actively researches and publishes articles that explore the effectiveness and implications of Adlerian play therapy. In addition to researching and teaching, she works with children and adolescents in school-based settings and private practice.  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

About the Authors

Chapter 1 So, What Is Play Therapy, and Why Should We Care?

Chapter 2  How on Earth Can You Combine Adlerian Theory With Play Therapy?

Chapter 3  What Is Up With This Kid? Using Adlerian Concepts to Understand Children

Chapter 4  Consulting With Parents and Teachers? Oh Dear! 

Chapter 5  Where Do I Begin? Building an Egalitarian Relationship With the Child

Chapter 6 Just Say “Yes!” Just Say “No!”? Encouraging and Limiting

Chapter 7 Who Is This Kid, and How Did He Get This Way? Exploring the Child’s Lifestyle

Chapter 8 What Do I Do With All This Information? Developing Adlerian Lifestyle  Conceptualizations and Treatment Plans

Chapter 9 Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Helping the Child Gain Insight

Chapter 10  How Can I Wind It Down and Wrap It Up? Reorienting/Reeducating

Chapter 11  Who Me? Conduct Research?

Appendix A Selected Fun Things to Do in Play Therapy

Appendix B Children’s Lifestyle Questions for Parents

Appendix C Children’s Lifestyle Questions for Teachers

Appendix D  Children’s Lifestyle Questions

Appendix E Adlerian Questioning Strategies for Kinetic Drawings

Appendix F Informal Assessment of Lew and Bettner’s Crucial Cs

Appendix G Lifestyle Conceptualization and Treatment Plans

Appendix H  Research and Anecdotal Support for the Efficacy of Play Therapy With Specific  Populations

Appendix I Adlerian Play-Therapy Parent Consultation Skills Checklist

Appendix J Adlerian Play-Therapy Teacher Consultation Skills Checklist

Appendix K Adlerian Play-Therapy Skills

Appendix L Adlerian Play-Therapy Session Summary

Appendix M  Adlerian Play-Therapy Progress Form

References

Index