Dr. Rebecca Dickinson PhD, LISW, RPT-S

Dr. Dickinson is an Assistant Professor in Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa. Dr. Dickinson teaches across both the undergraduate and graduate levels and serves as the MSW Program Director. She has been trained and supervised in Adlerian play therapy by Dr. Terry Kottman. Dr. Dickinson completed her dissertation as a randomized control trial on Group Adlerian Play Therapy for children with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties and continues to engage in research on the effectiveness of Adlerian play therapy. She is an instructor for Dr. Kottman's League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) as well as Dr. Risë Vanfleet's International Institute for Animal Assisted Play Therapy©.