Introduction to Adlerian Play Therapy

In Adlerian play therapy, therapists use the concepts of Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology to conceptualize a child’s world, while using toys, art, play material, and metacommunication to connect and communicate with them. The process of co-creating a relationship with the child through play allows therapists to connect and communicate in a way that facilitates exploration of the child’s patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, helps the child gain insight into those patterns, and invites the child to make changes in any patterns that are self-defeating or destructive.

After this training, participants will be able to:

1. List and describe 4 basic concepts of Adlerian theory
2. Describe each of the 4 phases of Adlerian Play Therapy
3. Define metacommunication in Adlerian Play Therapy
4. Demonstrate encouragement in Adlerian Play Therapy
5. List and describe the Crucial C's in Adlerian Play Therapy
6. List and describe the Personality Profiles
7. Define the concept of lifestyle in Adlerian Play Therapy

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