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IN EVERY ISSUE 2 Leadership


11 Member Storytelling 18 Point, Counter Point, The Middle Ground 31 Video Review 32 News 34 Credentials 36 Play Therapy™ Magazine Reviewers


SPECIAL SECTIONS 3 National Play Therapy Week


9 Credentialing: Key Points for New RPT Applicants in 2020 and beyond!


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FEATURES 4 Express Yourself! Using Experiential Approaches with


Play Therapists in Trauma-Informed Supervision ANNE STEWART, PHD, RPT-S & SUE BRATTON, PHD, LPC-S, RPT-S


Trauma-informed care principles and expressive media can elevate play therapy supervision.


12 Structure, Symbol, and Countertransference in Group


Sandtray Consultation HEATHER MARITANO, LCSW, RPT-S; CHERYL MANSELL, LCSW; & LYNDA RANSBURG, LCSW, RPT-S


Group sandtray consultation enhanced a supervisee’s insight and contained her client’s story.


22 Play Therapy Supervision in Light of Changing


Contexts TERI KRULL, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S & LINDA HOMEYER, PHD, LPC-S, RPT-S The authors argue the importance of RPT-Ss remaining current with play therapy and mental health change drivers.


28 Top Stress-Release Toys for Adults CHARLES E. SCHAEFER, PHD, RPT-S


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CLINICAL EDITOR CLINICAL EDITOR


Mistie Barnes, Ed.D., LPC-S, RPT-S, is an assistant professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Psychology at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. She supervises the three-tier review process observed by Play TherapyTM mistiebarnes@yahoo.com


magazine.


Sarah D. Stauffer, PhD, LP (Switzerland), LPC, NCC, NCSC, RPT-S, is a play therapist with children and families facing sexual maltreatment at the   Lausanne’s Child Maltreatment Observatory. She is a Leadership Academy Graduate and member of the International Journal of Play Therapy Editorial Board and Research Committee. sarah.stauffer@me.com


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