POINT, COUNTER POINT, THE MIDDLE GROUND


Should the play therapist be the parent’s individual therapist or


refer them to another clinician?


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ABOUT THE AUTHORS


Kim Feeney, MSW, LISW, RPT-S has a private practice, Butterfly Beginnings Counseling, in  Adlerian play therapy. Kim currently serves as president of the Iowa Association for Play Therapy. buttrflicrzy@gmail.com


Ann L. Tilman, EdD, SB-RPT, is an Assistant Professor in Counseling at Florida Gulf Coast University, Vice President of Florida Association for Play Therapy, and a member of APT’s Registration & CE Committee. She advocates for the SB-RPT credential for school counselors, and is a member of Community Autism Network@ FGCU. dranntilman@gmail.com


Jessica Wachs, MSW, LCSW, RPT provides therapy for children, teens, and families at a non-  and attachment issues. She has a passion for working with adopted children and their families by facilitating healing through relationships. jwachs@elkhartsamaritan.org


CLINICAL EDITOR’S COMMENTS: This column features insights and differing


perspectives on important play therapy issues. Contributors present opposing arguments for the sake of intellectual exploration and debate and 


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