Appalachian Play Therapy Center
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About Us
In support of the missions of Lindsey
Wilson College (LWC), the School of Professional Counseling (SPC),
and the Association for Play Therapy (APT),
The mission of the Appalachian Play Therapy Center (APTC) at LWC
is to foster the mental health and development of children and
families, especially those in the Appalachian region of the United
States, through the processes of play and play therapy. To
satisfy this goal, APTC provides play therapy services, offers play
therapy training and supervision to students in SPC and mental
health professionals, advances play therapy research, and promotes
play and play therapy in the community.
The APTC is an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education by the
Association for Play Therapy (APT). For more information on
play therapy consult APT's website.
Our email address is play@lindsey.edu and you can
contact us by phone at (270) 384-8155 (Dr. Crane's office phone
#).
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3rd Annual
Conference
Terry Kottman, founder of Adlerian Play Therapy, will present on
Adlerian Play Therapy on June 8, 2011, and on Preventing Play
Therapy Burnout on June 9, on the main Lindsey Wilson campus in
Columbia. Download a brochure with all the details
here.
News
The 2nd annual play therapy conference was a success.
Special thanks to the 55 professionals and students from 5 states
who attended and heard Felicia Carroll present on Gestalt Play
Therapy on June 24 and 25. Read more
here. For photos from the conference click
here.
Play Therapy
Services
The APTC offers play therapy services to the community through
Lindsey Wilson Counseling Services. To schedule an
appointment contact (270) 384-8150. All services are
supervised by Dr. Crane.
About the
Director

Dr. Jodi Crane, LPCC, NCC, RPT-S is Associate Professor in the
SPC at LWC where she teaches courses in lifespan development,
assessment, play therapy, and filial therapy. She received
her play therapy training at the University of North Texas under
Drs. Garry Landreth, founder of the Center for Play Therapy (CPT)
and leading expert in child-centered play therapy, and Sue Bratton,
current Director of CPT and Past President of the Association for
Play Therapy (APT). She is the author of chapters in
Landreth's Innovations in Play Therapy and R. Van Fleet
& L. Guerney's Case Studies in Filial Therapy (with
Sue Bratton). She is the first recipient of APT's Research
Grant to complete and publish her research in the International
Journal of Play Therapy. She is a member of APT, the
Kentucky Association for Play Therapy where she served as President
for four years, ACA, KMHCA, AAMFT, IAMFC, ACES, and ACC.
In 2010, she received the Terry Fontenot Play Therapy Award
for her service to play therapy in Kentucky. She and her
husband, Dr. Jeffrey Crane, have two children, Meredith (11) and
Miles (5). She blogs about play and play therapy here.