Adlerian Play Therapy and Family Play Therapy
Dr Terry Kottman
Dates: 10th – 13th April 2017
Cost: €550
In this fun, interactive, and experiential workshop, Terry Kottman, the "inventor" of
Adlerian play therapy, will introduce you to Adlerian play therapy and Adlerian
Family Play Therapy, integrating the concepts and techniques of Individual
Psychology with the practice of play therapy and family play therapy.
In Adlerian play therapy and Adlerian family play therapy, therapists use the concepts
of Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology to conceptualize clients--children, siblings,
and their parents and teachers, while using toys, art, play material, and
metacommunication to connect with them. The process of co-creating a relationship
with the child and other members of the child’s family through play allows therapists
to communicate (mostly through metaphor, but sometimes through direct verbal
interaction) in a way that facilitates exploration of the family members’ patterns of
thinking, feeling, and behaving, helps the members of the family gain insight into
those patterns, and invites family members to make changes in any patterns that are
self-defeating or destructive. Engaging the child’s parents and teachers, exploring their
own lifestyles and their interaction with the child, helping them to understand the
child’s patterns, and teaching them skills for improving the relationship is an integral
part of the custom-designed parent and teacher consultation component of Adlerian
play therapy.
In this fun, interactive, and experiential workshop, participants will learn techniques
for establishing relationships with children and other members of their families,
exploring family members’ life-styles, helping family members gain insight into their
lifestyles, and reorienting and reeducating family members. The presenter will
introduce the participants to several of the unique ways that Adlerians conceptualize
children and the significant people in their lives: goals of misbehavior, the Crucial Cs,
and personality priorities. We will explore play therapy strategies, active games, art
techniques, metaphors, and storytelling strategies for working with a wide range of
clients. You will learn activities to involve the various members of a family in play
therapy and use the power of play to help them communicate more clearly, strengthen
relationships, and solve problems more efficiently.
Learning Objectives
After the workshop, participants will be able to explain the rationale for Adlerian
family play therapy and, in relation to Adlerian play therapy and family play therapy,
describe:
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3 basic concepts of Individual Psychology
5 family play therapy techniques
5 active games for family sessions
5 art techniques to use in family play therapy
3 Adlerian concepts they could use to understand family members
• 5 strategies for building a relationship with the child and other members of the
child’s family
• 5 strategies for exploring the lifestyles of the child and other members of the
child’s family
• 3 strategies for helping the child and other family members gain insight into
their lifestyles
• 3 strategies for reorientation/reeducation of the child and other members of the
child’s family
• 5 strategies for consulting with parents and teachers
Terry Kottman, Ph.D., RPT-S, LMHC, NCC, is the "inventor" of Adlerian play
therapy. She is the founder and director of The Encouragement Zone in Cedar Falls,
Iowa, a training center for play therapists and other counselors who work with children
and their families. She regularly presents workshops, writes books, and plays
therapeutically with children at a local elementary school. Terry recently won a
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Play Therapy.
CTC Booking Form
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Adlerian Play Therapy and Family Play Therapy
Dr Terry Kottman
Dates: 10th – 13th April 2017
Cost: €550
Venue:
Children’s Therapy Centre, Ballymore, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
Times:
10am – 5pm
Payment:
Please include fee (or invoicing details) of €550, payable to Children’s
Therapy Centre
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Bookings: Return booking form with fee to CTC, Tír Na nÓg, Slievenagorta, Ballymore, Mullingar, Co.
Westmeath, or email to [email protected] and send payment in post. Cheques should be made
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Cancellations: In the event of any cancellation a booking fee of €150 will be retained. Full fee is non refundable
in the event of cancellations within 2 weeks of the event, although substitutions are possible.
Further Details: Eileen Prendiville 087 6488149, [email protected], Website:
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