Institute Professor elected National Play Therapy President
(Clovis, CA) William Nordling, PhD, associate professor and psychology department dean at the Institute of Psychological Sciences in Arlington, was installed as president of the Association for Play Therapy on Oct. 10 during its annual conference in Atlanta.
Nordling, a licensed psychologist and registered play therapist-supervisor (RPT-S) residing in Beltsville, MD, will chair the association’s board of directors during the next year. He was initially elected to the board in 2005 and re-elected three years later.
Play therapy is a form of mental health counseling by which licensed mental health professionals incorporate the use of play to better communicate with and help clients achieve optimal mental health. It is particularly effective with children because, just as adults use words to communicate ideas and feelings, children use play.
APT is a national professional society formed in 1982 to advance the field of play therapy. It sponsors research, training, and credentialing programs to assist the professional development of its nearly 6,000 member psychologists, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists in approximately 25 nations. Additional information is available at www.a4pt.org.
(Clovis, CA) William Nordling, PhD, associate professor and psychology department dean at the Institute of Psychological Sciences in Arlington, was installed as president of the Association for Play Therapy on Oct. 10 during its annual conference in Atlanta.Nordling, a licensed psychologist and registered play therapist-supervisor (RPT-S) residing in Beltsville, MD, will chair the association’s board of directors during the next year. He was initially elected to the board in 2005 and re-elected three years later.
Play therapy is a form of mental health counseling by which licensed mental health professionals incorporate the use of play to better communicate with and help clients achieve optimal mental health. It is particularly effective with children because, just as adults use words to communicate ideas and feelings, children use play.
APT is a national professional society formed in 1982 to advance the field of play therapy. It sponsors research, training, and credentialing programs to assist the professional development of its nearly 6,000 member psychologists, social workers, counselors, and marriage and family therapists in approximately 25 nations. Additional information is available at www.a4pt.org.