Doing Play Therapy: From Building the Relationship to Facilitating Change

About Kristin K. Meany-WalenTerry Kottman

Terry Kottman PhD NCC RPT-S LMHC founded The Encouragement Zone in Cedar Falls Iowa where she provides play therapy training and supervision life coaching counseling and playshops for women. Dr. Kottman developed Adlerian play therapy an approach to working with children families and adults that combines the ideas and techniques of Individual Psychology and play therapy. She writes about play therapy and regularly presents workshops nationally and internationally. Dr. Kottman is a recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Association for Play Therapy and the Iowa Association for Play Therapy. Kristin K. Meany-Walen PhD LMHC RPT-S is Assistant Professor of Counseling at the University of North Texas. She was previously in private practice where she worked with a variety of clients who reinforced her belief in the significance of play and creative expression. Dr. Meany-Walen regularly publishes and presents on play therapy with children and adolescents. She conducted the first Adlerian play therapy study which was instrumental in Adlerian play therapy becoming recognized as an evidence-based treatment for reducing behavioral problems in children.