The Integration and Approaches of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Supervision

Abstract

The counseling profession is a diverse field in which clinicians in many settings identify themselves in many ways. Facilitating the growth of play therapists, especially according to one's theoretical orientation, is still relatively new with limited research in the area of supervision; therefore, play therapist supervisors need to consider how to blend theory, play therapy, and supervision so that they can assist their supervisees in discovering impactful ways of providing services. In this chapter, the authors provided information related to best practices in clinical supervision and cognitive behavioral play therapy (CBPT) as a way to integrate and provide recommendations to supervisors who want to promote CBPT, as well as practice supervision through the same theoretical lens. The cognitive behavioral play therapy skills checklist (CBPTSC) was described and promoted as a tool a supervisor may utilize when working with play therapist supervisees.