Beyond 'I Don’t Know': Helpful Approaches to Silence and Ambivalence

**Please note that attendance will be verified via Zoom. The number of CE credits earned will be based on length of time participant is logged in to Zoom.**

Overview

How often have your young clients said “I don’t know” or been totally silent? This conversational style training will guide play therapy conceptualization in a trauma informed way. How can we therapeutically respond to the "whatever" and "I don't know" responses that usually come with a shrug? Training will discuss techniques for working with hesitancy, trust, ambivalence, and silence of the children and adolescents we see.

Training will discuss tips for conceptualizing and documenting mostly nonverbal sessions.

Objectives

• Increase conceptualization of clients who present as less verbal
• Gain skills in working with hesitancy and ambivalence in child and adolescent clients.
• Gain skills in documenting sessions with low verbal content
• Gain resources and tools related to engaging youth clients

Second session of our 3-part series on trauma informed play therapy, see trainings below for more!

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Presenter

Angie Kuffel is a licensed professional counselor in the State of Wisconsin and the Intern and Clinical Supervisor for Professional Services Group, Inc. She received her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and Counseling Education from the University of Colorado- Denver. As a previous teacher, Angie has since sought out opportunities to find effective, creative ways to continue to support children and adolescents (and their caregivers and teachers) through School Based Individual Therapy.

Professional Services Group has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7066. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Professional Services Group is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Professional Serivces Group, 6233 39th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53142.

262-654-1004, info@psgcip.com, www.psgcip.com