Individuals choose to act or not act because it serves some purpose and utility for them. Thus knowing the goals of behaviors is very useful in counseling and psychotherapy. Adler believed the goal-striving nature of human beings. He observed that an individual's bel,avior could be understood best in relation to what man valued and moved toward achieving. The idea that a child's maladjustive misbehavior has a goal is very useful for a play therapist, in order to understand the child's misbehavior and plan the therapy strategies and process. Dreikurs and the other individual psychologists classified misbehaviors of all child into four categories, each corresponding to the goal of the misbehavior
: 1) attention, 2) power, 3) revenge, and 4) display of inadequacy. Recognizing the child's goal helps tl1e therapist understand child's intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics. It's important to make this determination as the intervention strategies in play sessions differ according to the counselor's understanding of it. By understanding the goals, the subcategories within these, and goal-specific techniques appropriate for play therapy and parent consultation, the therapist can plan effective intervention strategies. The Adlerian play therapy strategies used in dealing with misbehavior are somewhat goal specific.