Required Readings | Play Therapy Supervision and Training

REQUIRED READINGS

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

PRACTICUM READINGS

Association for Play Therapy. (2025). Play Therapy Best Practices: Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Retrieved from

Association for Play Therapy. (2025). Paper on Touch: Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Retrieved from

Professional Psychology: Research and Practices, Vol. 36, No. 4, 376-390.

Landreth, G. (2024). The art of the relationship (4th Edition). New York, NY: Routledge.

Lin, Y. & Bratton, S. (2015). A meta-analytic review of child-centered play therapy approaches. Journal of Counseling & Development, Vol. 93, 45-58.

internship Readings

Constantino, M. J., Boswell, J.F., & Coyne, A.E. (2021). Patient, therapist, and relational factors. In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, &

L.G. Castonguay (eds.), Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change (pp. 225-260). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Giordano, M., Landreth, G., & Jones, L. (2005). A practical handbook for building the play therapy relationship. Latham, MD:

The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.

Slade, A., (2005). Parental reflective functioning: An introduction. Attachment & Human Development, September 2005;

7(3): 269-281.

FOR THOSE SEEKING CREDENTIALING AS A PLAY THERAPIST:

APT's Paper on Touch

FOR THOSE SEEKING LICENSURE IN ILLINOIS:

Professional Counseling Rules:

Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act:

Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code:

National Board for Certified Counselor's Code of Ethics:

FOR THOSE SEEKING LICENSURE IN MISSOURI:

Chapter 1-General Rules

Chapter 2-Licensure Requirements

Chapter 3-Professional Responsibility

RSMo. 337.500-337.550

HIPAA

National Board for Certified Counselor's Code of Ethics: