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SUPERVISION Training
Explore the complex nature of clinical supervision, the various tasks and roles of a supervisor, techniques and supervision models.
Consultation
Helping seasoned or emerging clinicians enhance professional development.In-person and virtual options, customizable, package rates available.
ETHICS Training
Ethical practice is a way of recognizing and thoughtfully resolving, to the best of one’s ability, the inevitable conflicts that arise in our work.
PLAY Therapy Training
Learn the basics, explore theory, understand the science of play and its clinical applications across populations and more.
Individualized & Mutually Created
Clinical or personal consultations for individuals or organizations; individual sessions utilizing sandtray and expressive arts; and a variety of co-created processes to meet your needs
Whether for personal wellbeing or professional use, expressive modalities can be profoundly impactful. Many of our workshops & retreats provide CE hours for participation.
Does not include book. Book can be purchased by following this link. We support independent bookstores.
Description
Adlerian Play Therapy (3rd Edition) by play therapy expert Terry Kottman and her colleague Kristin Meany-Walen, offers a thorough and engaging guide for integrating Adlerian principles with the expressive power of play therapy.
With warmth and clarity, the authors guide practitioners through the key elements of putting theory into practice. This book is practical, highly detailed, and easy to read while also being extremely thorough. It covers the specific tenants of Adlerian/ Individual Psychology, conceptualization for various elements necessary for application, treatment planning, and work with parents. The text offers practical techniques and case illustrations to further anchor learning. Readers will learn specific methods for building a relationship with children and their families, exploring intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics, as well as ways to help the child and family gain insight into behavioral patterns and develop new interactional skills. Numerous appendixes contain useful worksheets, checklists, and resources that can be integrated into practice.
Updated to reflect current research trends and evidence-based practices, this book is a definitive resource for all play therapists regardless of their theoretical orientation.
7 non-contact CE hours granted after completing an evaluation and post-test. Counts for the following Association for Play Therapy categories, distribution based on participant discretion.
Seminal / Historically Significant Theories
Skills and Methods
Objectives
Describe the core principles of Adlerian psychology and how they inform the use of play in therapeutic settings with children.
Identify and learn how to apply the four phases of Adlerian play therapy (relationship-building, lifestyle exploration, insight, and reeducation) using developmentally appropriate methods.
Use creative interventions (e.g., play, storytelling, art, sandtray, movement) to facilitate emotional expression and behavior change in children.
Assess child behavior through Adlerian constructs, including the Crucial Cs (Connect, Capable, Count, Courage), personality priorities, lifestyle patterns, and goals of misbehavior.
Develop individualized treatment plans and conceptualizations grounded in Adlerian theory and responsive to the child’s family, school, and cultural context.
Identify how to build collaborative relationships with parents and teachers that promote shared responsibility for the child’s growth.
Implement encouragement, reflection, and appropriate limit-setting techniques tailored to the child’s developmental and interpersonal needs.
Utilize and adapt tools provided in the textbook, including checklists and worksheets, to guide treatment planning, intervention, and progress monitoring.
Critically evaluate research findings and demonstrate awareness of evidence-based practices and ethical considerations in Adlerian play therapy.
Reflect on one’s own therapeutic style and cultural responsiveness, integrating Adlerian values such as social interest, creativity, and self-determination into clinical practice.
Course Outline
All lessons must be marked as complete to receive certificate.
Inner Resources Training Institute is an approved provider for the following organizations:
Indiana Professional Licensing Board has approved this organization to provide category 1 continuing education hours for LSWs, LCSWs, LMFTs, and LMHCs. Provider # 98000765A
Association for Play Therapy Approved Provider #07-200
Registered Sand Therapist Trainer RST-C/T World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals
Inner Resources Training Institute follows all CE guidelines for the hours it provides and maintains full responsibility for all aspects of programming.
This program does not qualify for NBCC CE hours. To ensure that the credit hours you receive are applicable for your purposes, please contact the agencies for which you are seeking credit directly. You must complete all lessons to receive credit, no partial credit will be issued.
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