Terry Kottman, Ph.D., RPT-S, LMHC, founded The Encouragement Zone. Terry developed Adlerian play therapy, an approach to working with children, families, and adults that combines the ideas and techniques of Individual Psychology and play therapy.  She is the author of Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond, co-author (with Kristin Meany-Walen) of Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy (3rd ed.) and Doing Play Therapy: From Building the Relationship to Facilitating Change, and several other books. In 2014, she won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Play Therapy, and in 2017, she won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Iowa Association for Play Therapy. She is also Jacob's mom and Rick's wife, the best accomplishments of her lifetime of striving.

Contact Information:

tkottman@cfu.net

(319) 830-2844

PO Box 1045

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Receiving training and supervision from Terry Kottman has been a journey that has profoundly changed my personal and professional life. As the author of Adlerian Play Therapy, she offers those whom she trains and supervises a valuable theoretical framework to guide their conceptualization of life experiences of clients, as well as their own. At the end of each of Terry's trainings, I left feeling exhausted yet revitalized, humble yet empowered, vulnerable yet knowing much more about myself than when I arrived, confronted yet cared for and with many new friendships. Through Terry, I have learned how to be more creative and authentic with clients of all ages, and especially a love of working with young children. Her knowledge, energy, compassion, generosity and sense of humor will always keep a person coming back for more.

Jim Greenwood, LMHC, LMFT Dunlap, IA