25th Annual Play Therapy Conference

Join Us for Our 25th Annual  NY Association for Play Therapy Conference

June 6 & 7, 2025 | Marist University, Poughkeepsie, NY

Speaker Highlight:

CUTTING EDGE IN ADLERIAN PLAY THERAPY: ADVENTURES IN CONNECTING
Terry Kottman, Ph.D., RPT-S, LMHC, founded The Encouragement Zone. Terry 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 is the author of Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond, co-author (with Kristin Meany-Walen) of Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy (3rd ed.) and Doing Play Therapy: From Building the Relationship to Facilitating Change, and several other books. In 2014, she won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Play Therapy, and in 2017, she won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Iowa Association for Play Therapy. She is also Jacob’s mom and Rick’s wife, the best accomplishments of her lifetime of striving.

Registration:

Download conference flyer (PDF)

Register online NOW!

Continuing Education Packet, Campus Directions and Other Downloads:

• Continuing Education Packet (PDF)
• Directions to Dyson Center at Marist University (PDF)
• Bringing Play (& Sand Play) into Play Therapy Supervision (PDF)
• Using Adventure Therapy and Improv in Adlerian Play Therapy (PDF)
• Meeting Clients Where They Are: Using the Language of Video Games in Play Therapy (PDF)

Accommodations:

Option 1:

Marriott Courtyard, 2641 South Rd. Rt. 9, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

$159.00 per night Thursday 6/5.
$199.99 per night Friday 6/6 and/or Saturday 6/7.

To reserve- Call Sandra at (845) 485-6336 and indicate that you are with the Marist University NYAPT.

Option 2:

Holiday Inn, 2170 South Rd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

$169 per night Thursday 6/5.
$210 per night Friday 6/6 and/or Saturday 6/7.

To reserve – you can use this link which has the discount applied.

For both hotels the final date to book for the discount is May 8th.

Are you interested in room and/or ride sharing? Information will be available soon. Be sure to keep checking our Facebook page .