Course Description:

Advanced Adlerian Play Therapy Strategies and Case Conceptualization is a three-credit hour advanced level training designed to guide play therapists to create deeper case conceptualizations that focus not only on emotions and behavior but add lifestyle and temperament considerations to increase the effectiveness of Adlerian Play Therapy techniques. This training includes techniques specific to addressing temperament and lifestyle as strengths rather than obstacles.

Objectives:

  • Participants will identify and assess temperament qualities within the Adlerian Play Therapy framework.

  • Participants will demonstrate and understanding of upper-level Adlerian skills including encouragement, therapeutic metaphors, and diversity affirming treatment planning.

  • Participants will utilize one client of theirs to develop a case conceptualization that is based in an Adlerian Play Therapy perspective.

Outline:

  1. Activity: Write up your case (1 page or less).

  2. Video 1: Review the concepts

  3. Activity: Update it for Adlerian focus.

  4. Video 2: Deepening your Approach

  5. Activity 3: Outline a therapeutic metaphor for your client.

  6. Video 3: Working with Parents:

  7. Activity 4: Reflect on your work with the parents.

  8. Video 4: Case Example Reviews



Continuing Education Credits

Calming Communities, PLLC is approved by The Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy.

APT Approved Provider 22-677. This course provides 3 non-contact APT credits. 



Instructor Robyn Reyna, LPC-S, RPT-S

Robyn Reyna is a Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor ™ in Houston, Texas. She is also certified in AutPlay® and is working on a certification in Synergetic Play Therapy as of 2024. She is the founder of Calming Communities Counseling & Wellness, PLLC, an affirming family therapy agency focused on connecting parents, teachers, and kids with a deeper understanding of the neuroscience behind mental health to help our community raise confident, capable, and connected children. Robyn has been providing play therapy for ten years and play therapy trainings for more than seven years, and has presented locally, nationally, and internationally. Robyn’s trainings focus on Adlerian play therapy, neuroaffirming play therapy, and neuroscience-based parenting strategies. Finally, Robyn is a published author of several children’s books focused on child mental health and social navigation topics. She has also published in APT’s Play Today Magazine, several scientific journals, Dr. Grant’s Play Interventions for Neurodivergent Children and Adolescents and Liana Lowenstein’s Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Course

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    1. PowerPoint: Advanced Adlerian Strategies and Case Conceptualizations

    2. VIDEO 1: Review the Concepts

    3. VIDEO 2: Deepening. your Approach

    4. VIDEO 3: Working with Parents

    5. VIDEO 4: Case Examples

    6. Practice Activities

    1. Evaluation (Required)

    2. Quiz (Required)

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About this course

  • $75.00
  • 10 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content