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Adlerian Play Therapy Kottman Chapters 1-3

Adlerian Play Therapy Kottman Chapters 1-3. Adlerian Principles. People Are Socially Embedded Family Neighborhood School. Psychological Boxes. Smart Lazy Good Bad Phobic . Social Interest. Sense of Connectedness Sense of Belonging Sense of Friendliness

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Adlerian Play Therapy Kottman Chapters 1-3

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  1. Adlerian Play TherapyKottman Chapters 1-3

  2. Adlerian Principles • People Are Socially Embedded • Family • Neighborhood • School

  3. Psychological Boxes • Smart • Lazy • Good • Bad • Phobic

  4. Social Interest • Sense of Connectedness • Sense of Belonging • Sense of Friendliness • Primary Responsiblity of Counselor to Work with Parent to Foster Social Interest

  5. People Are Goal Directed • Behavior is Purposeful • Understanding Goals is Key • Behavior Tells Us What the Goals Are • Four Basic Goals of Discouraged Children

  6. Four mistaken goals of discouraged children • Attention • Power • revenge • display of inadequacy

  7. Determining the Child’s Goal • Child’s Behavior • People’s Reaction to Child’s Behavior • Child’s Reaction to Correction

  8. Goals of Positive Behavior • Attention, Involvement, Contribution • Autonomy and Self-Responsibility • Justice and Fairness • Avoiding Conflict and Acceptance of Other Peoples Opinion

  9. The Ultimate Goal of Therapy • Move from Goals of Misbehavior to Goals of Positive Behavior

  10. People view Life Subjectively • Children sometimes make erroneous conclusions/interpretations • Sometimes these faulty conclusions are incorporated into their lifestyle--Basic convictions about themselves, others, and the world

  11. Inferiority • Inferiority is the distance between self-perception and self-ideal • Two responses to inferiority are: • Discouragement • Inspiration • Encouragement is a key antidote to being overwhelmed by feeling of inferiority

  12. People are creative • Help client explore: • Assets • Lifestyle • Goals • Behaviors

  13. Four Phases of Counseling • Building the relationship • Exploring client’s lifestyle • Helping client gain insight into their lifestyle • Reeducating about how to reach goals more constructively

  14. Play therapy techniques • Tracking • Restatement of content • Reflection of feeling • Questioning strategies • Active interaction with the child • Cleaning room together/limit setting • Encouragement

  15. Investigating Child’s Lifestyle • Observation of child’s play • Questioning techniques with child and parents • Art therapy

  16. Lifestyle Investigation • What are goals of child’s behavior? • What is the family constellation? • What is the family atmosphere? • What are child’s early recollections?

  17. Insight • Lifestyle information is organized by the counselor and shared with the child and parent(s) • Tentative hypotheses, metaphors, and humor are used to help child and parent(s) decide which behaviors, attitudes,thoughts, and feelings they want to change

  18. Reeducation • The counselor helps the child and parent(s) move from insight into action, i.e. develop new ways of interacting with others • Brainstorming • Problems solving • Teaching

  19. Adlerian Play Therapy Overview • 5types of toys and theapuetic uses • Family/nurtuting toys----family contellation and atmosphere • Scary toys----mistaken beliefs, perceived threats and past traumas • Aggressive toys----control and trust issues • Expressive toys---feelings, family relationships and their unique creativity • Pretend/fantasy toys----relationships and practice new behaviors

  20. Family/nuturing toys-examples • doll house • dolls • animal families • people puppets • stuffed animals • sand /sandbox

  21. Scary toys-examples • snakes • rats • dinosaurs • alligator • shark

  22. Aggressive toys-examples • punch bag • weapons--dart gun,sword, rubber knives • toy soldiers, tanks, cannons • plastic shield • handcuffs

  23. Expressive toys-examples • easel and paints • crayons and markers • play dough or clay • finger paints • glue, newsprint,scissors

  24. Pretend/fantasy toys-examples • masks • doctors kit • dress up clothes • cars, trucks, airplanes, boats • puppets and theatre • magic wands • telephones

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