Full Description
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.
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
