The Encouragement Zone Training


Theory, Theory, What’s My Play Therapy Theory???

Photo by Jacob 2012

Learning Objectives–Participants will be able to:

1. Articulate their own philosophical beliefs related to how people’s personalities are formed and how they change; describe their comfort related to being directive or non-directive in the play therapy process, and articulate their convictions about the relative importance of cognitive insight, emotional awareness, and behavior change.

2. Describe how each of the selected theoretical approaches to play therapy deals with all of the above.

3. Describe the basic constructs of the following: child-centered, Gestalt, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, Adlerian, Jungian, Theraplay, and prescriptive.

4. Describe which of the above theory (or theories) is the best fit with their own philosophical and practical beliefs.

5. Articulate how they will use their chosen theory (or integrated theories) to conceptualize play therapy clients and develop play therapy treatment strategies.



THIS CLASS NOT OFFERED in 2014