LEADERSHIP From the CEO
As healthcare systems change and evolve, running a play therapy private practice requires more business knowledge than ever. In this issue of Play TherapyTM
CEO Kathy Lebby, CAE, CMP
, three private practitioners share how their experiences and insights, struggles and successes, and varying business models help them navigate the legal, organizational, and clinical issues involved in the business of play therapy. As an added bonus, Eliana Gil and Phyllis Booth address the underpinnings and
future of the Theraplay® model in Part 2 of their interview. Each of the four authors detail the power of peer relationships in achieving personal and professional balance in the process of starting or running their practices. You can contribute your own expertise to your play therapy peers by articles to APT’s Resource Center. As your membership organization, APT is committed to providing play therapy practitioners, supervisors, and academics access to vital resources necessary for success in different practice settings. The growing selection of material on this platform can be used with clients, supervisees, and students and can be accessed through the APT website at
http://www.a4pt.org/page/ResourceCenter; Submit your contributions to Megan Dawes at
MDawes@a4pt.org Finally, our Point-Counter Point-The Middle Ground column debuts in this issue. Three authors offer differing
perspectives on controversial issues
common to play therapists. We invite your feedback on this column and encourage you to submit topics of interest for possible future publication. Our greatest strength as an organization is how our diverse membership contributes to making APT the “engaged and vibrant play therapy community” that it is (APT, Ends Policy 5.05)
ENDS POLICIES
The Association for Play Therapy, a national professional society, promises to 1) advance and promote play therapy as a credible mental health treatment and,
in order access to information,
to better serve the public, 2) assure affordable recommended best
practices, Registered Play
Therapist and Supervisor credentials, education and training, and peer connections necessary to enhance the play therapy expertise and success of its member mental health professionals.
BECAUSE APT EXISTS:
5.01 5.02
5.03 5.04
5.05
Mental health professionals can increase their play therapy knowledgeand expertise.
Licensed mental health professionals can earn and display credentialsto publicly promote their play therapy expertise.
for further research will be promoted.
engaged and vibrant play therapy community.
APT observes the Policy Governance© Model. The board scans the mental health environment and then determines which Ends (outcomes or impacts) will best advance play therapy and assist play therapists. It then holds its only direct report, the CEO, accountable for collaborating with members to produce the programs that accomplish those Ends.
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GLOBAL ENDS POLICY 5.00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Sharolyn Wallace, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S (OK) Chair-Elect Tami Langen, LISW-S, RPT-S (OH) Secretary Scott Riviere, LPC-S, LMFT, RPT-S (LA) Past Chair Jodi Crane, PhD, LPCC, RPT-S (KY) Director Art Cleveland, LCSW, LMFT, BCD, RPT-S (FL) Director Erin Dugan, PhD,LPC-S, RPT-S (LA) Director Pam Dyson, LPC-S, NCC, RPT-S (TX) Director Rick Gaskill, EdD, LCPC, RPT-S (KS) Director John Seymour, PhD, LMFT, RPT-S (MN) Director Anne Stewart, PhD, RPT-S (VA) President & CEO Kathryn Lebby, CAE, CMP (CA)
COMMITTEE CHAIRS Conference Program Robert Jason Grant, EdD, LPC, CAS, RPT-S (MO) Ethics & Practices Janet Courtney, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S (FL) International JournalTM
Awards of Excellence Kara Carnes-Holt, PhD, LPC, RPT-S (WY) Leadership Academy Debbie Campbell, MA, LMFT, LPCC (CA) Mining Reports Ryan Holliman, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S (TX) Nominations Jodi Crane, PhD, LPCC, RPT-S (KY) Play TherapyTM
Sarah D. Stauffer, PhD, RPT-S (SUI)
Registration & Continuing Educ Sueann Kenney-Noziska, LISW, RPT-S (NM) Research Dee Ray, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S (TX) University Education LeAnne Steen, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S (LA)
FOUNDATION FOR PLAY THERAPY Chair Edward Franc Hudspeth, PhD, LPC, RPT-S (NH) Vice-Chair Mary Anne Peabody, EdD, LCSW, RPT-S (ME) Secretary Teri Krull, LCSW, ACSW, RPT-S (AZ) Treasurer Sueann Kenney-Noziska, LISW, RPT-S (NM) APT Chair & CGO Sharolyn Wallace, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S (OK) President & CEO Kathryn Lebby, CAE, CMP (CA)
STAFF President & CEO Kathryn Lebby, CAE, CMP Vice President & COO Diane Leon Clinical Coordinator Claudia Vega, PhD Continuing Education & Credentialing Coordinator Alexandra Jarrell Member Services Coordinator Esther Gomez Membership & Communications Coordinator Melissa Villegas Project Coordinator Megan Dawes
PLAYTHERAPY™
Publisher & Editor Kathryn Lebby, CAE, CMP Clinical Editor Sarah D. Stauffer, PhD, LP, RPT-S Assistant Clinical Editor Megan Dawes Art Director Keith Cappelluti,
www.keithcappelluti.com
Publication Policies: Play TherapyTM is published by the Association for Play Therapy on behalf of
its member psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals and subscribers who apply the therapeutic power of play to effec- tively communicate with and help clients, especially children, achieve optimal mental health. It is produced and distributed quarterly via 3rd class mail each March, June, September, and Decem- ber. Its
$50.00 annual subscription fee is included in membership dues. Publication of articles
and advertisements is not an endorsement of authors, advertisers, or their opinions and products. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of APT or its members, directors, or staff. APT reserves the right to reject, omit, or cancel advertising for any reason, edit for clarity and spatial purposes, and refuse discriminatory content. Advertisers contact
www.a4pt.org. Copyright 2017 Association for Play Therapy, ISSN 1934-9785.
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Chair Sharolyn Wallace, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S
Edward Franc Hudspeth, PhD, LPC, RPT-S (NH)
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