Identification: W3
Credits: None available.
In this workshop play therapists will learn how maternal mental health, specifically Postpartum Depression/Anxiety, affects attachment processes and the social - emotional development of the child. Attendees will learn to incorporate specific play therapy techniques to utilize in the treatment of the family as a whole.
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Identification: W5
Credits: None available.
Trauma, abuse, grief, and loss impact the bonds of attachment within family relationships. Attachment Centered Play Therapy creates a new framework for understanding and treating families who have experienced these issues using expressive, experiential, and interactive play therapy techniques.
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Identification: W7
Credits: None available.
This workshop examines how to develop and maintain a therapeutic alliance in your play therapy sessions with men that encourages growth between fathers and their children. Careful attention is given to cultural context and the family of origin experiences of the client and the therapist.
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Identification: TH2
Credits: None available.
Working in the child abuse field creates unique challenges for play therapists. This workshop will explore applying trauma principles and emerging neuroscientific research into practice as well as trends for collaboration with protective services, law enforcement, and our legal system.
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Identification: TH12
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Research indicates practicing mindfulness results in increased executive control and decreased emotional reactivity; two areas that are beneficial towards improved emotional regulation. This workshop teaches Play Therapy mindfulness interventions to help foster a calmer, more focused and regulated child.
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Identification: F3
Credits: None available.
This workshop is intended to provide advanced play therapists a cursory understanding of Jungian Analytical Play Therapy with the intention to provide them with a relevant model and structure by which they can deepen their understanding of children's therapeutic play.
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Identification: F7
Credits: None available.
Theraplay®, an attachment enhancing model of play therapy, is effective in reducing aggression across a wide age range. This workshop will cover the fundamentals of Theraplay, related brain and touch research and a case illustration with an aggressive child.
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Identification: F5
Credits: None available.
Adlerian play therapy is a fun and practical approach to working with children and families. In this interactive session, participants will learn Adlerian concepts, practice conceptualizing, and create interventions that meet their clients’ needs.
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Identification: F13
Credits: None available.
Focus is difficult play therapy cases, and play “messages” that indicated children’s process. Play therapy video excerpts highlight issues: aggressive child with Reactive Attachment Disorder; terminally ill child coping with dying; child witnessed infant sibling’s death; abused/homeless and other cases.
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Identification: S1
Credits: None available.
When working with sexually abused children, and/or children who engage in problematic sexual behavior, a host of difficult content lies before us. Come learn a variety of play therapy games that aid in accomplishing sex-related treatment goals with developmental nuance.
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