POINT, COUNTER POINT, THE MIDDLE GROUND
Will too much research in play therapy make us rigid, inflexible, and dispassionate?
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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 perspectives expressed may not be their own.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Alicia Donovan LPC-S, RPT is the owner and clinical director of Small Steps in Wellness, a private group practice established to serve children and adults in Tucson Arizona. A graduate of the 2020 APT Leadership Academy, Alicia remains committed to promoting play therapy by serving on several committees within APT.
adonovan@stepsinwellness.com
Jared Andes, LCSW, RPT is a Utah APT board member, presenter, and play therapist who works in private practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. He specializes in treating children and teens affected by autism spectrum disorders and anxiety disorders including selective mutism.
jaredcandes@gmail.com
Terry Kottman, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S, developed Adlerian play therapy, an approach to working with clients that combines the ideas and techniques of Individual Psychology and play therapy. She recently founded the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists, a play therapy training center where play therapists
tkottman@cfu.net
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