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CEU: The Power of Parents in Play Therapy
This is a 1 hour CEU pre-recorded class that shares the basics about how to invite parents into the play therapy setting! This class includes interventions you can use immediately in your practice and instant access to your certification upon completion.
Healing Wounded Hearts
6-CEUs
Cost, $150, CEUs
Understanding Attachment Disruptions in Childhood Using Attachment Centered Play Therapy
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how attachment theory applies to play therapy and to view family systems through the lens of attachment.
- Conceptualize attachment patterns that impact parent-child relationships.
- Conceptualize generational attachment patterns and how these manifests in family-based play therapy.
- Analyze attachment theory as it applies to play therapy to provide integrated therapeutic treatment.
- Evaluate the four key concepts of attachment theory and how these concepts apply to attachment centered play therapy.
- Analyze various family systems through the lens of attachment theory to strengthen clinical assessment skills.
Play therapy is not just an effective therapeutic approach for young children, it is also a powerful tool for use with teens and adults as well! Participants will engage in a fun, experiential play therapy training to explore how you can apply play therapy techniques with any client, regardless of age or presenting symptom.
Play Therapy Across the Lifespan: Treating Children, Teens, and Adults
6-CEUs
Cost, $150, CEUs
Learning Objectives:
- Describe 6 effective play therapy strategies across ages and stages of development
- Identify how play therapy impacts neuropsychological development
- Conceptualize attachment patterns to strengthen client’s relationships.
- Develop 2 new techniques to engaging parents in family play therapy.
- Practice evidence-based play therapy techniques to treat children, teens, and adults
- Identify effective evidence-based play therapy techniques that can be used immediately with their client populations.
Through the lens of attachment theory, participants will gain a new understanding of how children and families interact and bond to one another in healthy vs maladaptive ways. We will be exploring how trauma, abuse, and neglect impact the bonds of attachment within the family system and how the power of Attachment Centered Play Therapy can help to heal these wounds.
Attachment Centered Play Therapy
Cost, $150, CEUs
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify how attachment theory applies to play therapy and to view family systems through the lens of attachment.
2. Conceptualize attachment patterns that impact parent-child relationships.
3. Conceptualize generational attachment patterns and how these manifests in family-based play therapy.
4. Analyze attachment theory as it applies to play therapy to provide integrated therapeutic treatment.
5. Evaluate the four key concepts of attachment theory and how these concepts apply to attachment centered play therapy.
6. Analyze various family systems through the lens of attachment theory to strengthen clinical assessment skills.
Participants will spend the day learning new and innovative play therapy techniques including hands on experiential activities, sand tray interventions, and expressive arts. You will leave with a creative toolbox of tips, techniques, and a clear understanding of how attachment styles impact relationships.