Required Readings for Clinical & Play Therapy Supervision
The following readings and professional resources are required or recommended as part of supervision, depending on the supervisee’s training level, credentialing goals, and licensure requirements. Readings are organized for graduate student supervision, play therapy credentialing, and clinical licensure supervision in Illinois and Missouri.
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
Practicum Readings
Association for Play Therapy. (2025). Play Therapy Best Practices: Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Retrieved from
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/publications/best_practices.pdf
Association for Play Therapy. (2025). Paper on Touch: Clinical, Professional & Ethical Issues. Retrieved from
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/Publications/Paper_On_Touch.pdf
Bratton, S., Ray, D., Rhine, T., & Jones, L. (2005). The efficacy of play therapy with children: A meta-analytic review.
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.
Required Readings for RPT & SB-RPT Credentialing
Supervisees working toward the Registered Play Therapist (RPT) or School-Based Registered Play Therapist (SB-RPT) credential are expected to become familiar with the following Association for Play Therapy professional resources.
APT's Play Therapy Best Practices
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/publications/best_practices.pdf
APT's Paper on Touch
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.a4pt.org/resource/resmgr/resource_center/Paper_on_Touch_2022__-_Final.pdf
Illinois Licensure Supervision
Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice: https://ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1324&ChapAct=225 ILCS 107/&ChapterID=24&ChapterName=PROFESSIONS%20AND%20OCCUPATIONS&ActName=Professional%20Counselor%20and%20Clinical%20Professional%20Counselor%20Licensing%20Act.
Professional Counseling Rules:
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act:
https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2043&ChapterID=57
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code:
HIPAA
https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/health-insurance-portability-accountability-act-1996
National Board for Certified Counselor's Code of Ethics:
https://www.nbcc.org/assets/ethics/nbcccodeofethics.pdf
Missouri Licensure Supervision
Chapter 1-General Rules
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2095-1.pdf
Chapter 2-Licensure Requirements
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2095-2.pdf
Chapter 3-Professional Responsibility
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20c2095-3.pdf
RSMo. 337.500-337.550
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=337
HIPAA
https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/health-insurance-portability-accountability-act-1996
National Board for Certified Counselor's Code of Ethics:
https://www.nbcc.org/assets/ethics/nbcccodeofethics.pdf