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Meet the Presenter:

Nikole Pauli, LMHC, NCC, RPT-S, C-AdPT

Nikki runs a successful private practice in her college turned home town of Cedar Falls, IA. She is passionate about walking alongside adults, children, families, and couples. In addition to counseling, Nikki loves working with high school students as a mentor, youth director, and high school track coach. Nikki loves teaching for the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists. Outside of serving those in her community, Nikki enjoys spending time with her husband and their four children. You can find them enjoying the outdoors as often as possible or cuddled up reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Series of Unfortunate Events. Nikki finds joy in time spent laughing with her people, dirtying her hands gardening, getting in a good workout, and enjoying good food.

Thursday Full-Day Presentation:

Considering Temperament for Conceptualization and Intervention in Adlerian Play Therapy (6 hours)

Overview:

In this fun, experiential Adlerian play therapy workshop, explore 9 temperament traits and learn tools for assessing those traits in the play room, including temperament as one component in your conceptualization of play therapy clients, and designing play therapy interventions.

Objectives:

  1. Give a clear definition of temperament and a rationale for why knowing about temperament can be important in Adlerian play therapy.
  2. List and define at least 5 of the 9 elements of temperament.
  3. Describe how understanding a child’ temperament can be useful in conceptualizing and treatment planning in Adlerian play therapy.
  4. Explain the importance of understanding where a play therapy client is on the continuum of each of the temperament elements.
  5. Describe how the child’s temperament might be evidenced in a play therapy session.  
  6. Describe how a play therapist would work in play therapy with a child based on at least 2 of the temperament elements.
  7. Describe at least one play therapy intervention that could be used to work with a child who is demonstrating either end of each of the temperament elements.
  8. Explain the importance of consulting with parents (or teachers) about a child’s temperament in Adlerian play therapy consultation

Friday Full-Day Presentation:

Let’s get Messy: Play Therapy with Divorced and Blended Families (6 hours)

Overview:

It’s time to get MESSY! Working with blended/divorced families can be complex and it’s absolutely worth it! Learn to lean into the complexity of these families as you gain confidence to conceptualize and plan treatment uniquely and effectively.

Objectives:

  1. Describe four interventions that align with the four phases of Adlerian play therapy that will help you support your work with blended and divorced families.
  2. Explain 3 of the 5 basic concepts of Adlerian theory and how they are relevant to play therapy with blended and divorced families. 
  3. Identify at least 3 unique concerns that bring blended families into the play therapy room.
  4. List at list four barriers that keep play therapists from doing parent consultation.
  5. List the four phases in parent consultation in Adlerian play therapy.
  6. Explain at least two rationale for incorporating parent consultation into their work with children and families in Adlerian play therapy.
  7. Explain how to conceptualize individual family members and the family as a whole from an Adlerian play therapy perspective.
  8. List and describe at least 3 creative play therapy interventions to address presenting concerns of blended and divorced families.