Are you ready to take the next step on your play therapy journey? This in-person workshop will provide opportunities to apply the theories of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Filial Therapy. The course will begin with a brief review of these theories, and then participants will engage in role-plays of Child-Centered Play Therapy sessions. The group will review recorded role-plays and discuss themes that emerge in the play. Finally, participants will have an opportunity to practice skills of providing feedback to parents after Filial Therapy sessions. Ample time will be provided to process the experience and answer participants’ questions.

PLEASE NOTE: Prior training on Child-Centered Play Therapy and Filial Therapy is strongly recommended before taking this skills-focused course.

Price: $240, 6 Hours (APT Credits and ASWB CEs available) (live,in person)

Refunds issued up to 30 days in advance; less a $25 fee for administrative costs.

Questions: Call Melissa Sellevaag, LICSW, 202-204-5033 or email Training@wendtcenter.org

Instructor: Emily Prusator, MSW, LICSW, RPT™

Emily is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Human and Organizational Development and Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in Child Development from Vanderbilt University. Emily earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in Gender Violence Intervention.

Emily has ten years of experience in fundraising, research, and advocacy for survivors of trauma. She has been providing direct, clinical grief and trauma services for children and their families for over seven years in school, community, and office settings. Emily’s earliest clinical work was in providing school-based Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to children ages 6-17 years with complex trauma. More recently, her work has centered on providing group and individual services to children and adults who are navigating trauma, loss, and the intersection of both.

Emily has received specialized training in play therapy, including integration of sand therapy, the expressive arts, sensory integration work, and particular assessment methods such as the Extended Play-Based Developmental Assessment. She has been a Registered Play Therapist since 2020. Emily is also certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1) and EMDR to support children, youth, and adults in processing traumatic experiences. She is currently pursuing training and consultation in the model of Sensory Motor Arousal and Regulation Treatment (SMART).

Workshop Agenda:

9-9:10am Introductions and agenda review

9:10-9:40am Child-centered play therapy theory review

9:40-12:10pm Session role-plays and processing

12:10-1pm Lunch

1-2:30 Identifying themes in recorded sesions

2:30-2:45pm Break

2:45-4:15pm Parent feedback skills and processing

4:15-4:30 Closing and questions

Learning Objectives:

After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

-Demonstrate the skill of structuring at the beginning and end of a CCPT role-play,

-Demonstrate the skills of listening and following 3-5 times in a CCPT role play,

-Demonstrate the skill of limit-setting using the ACT model at least once in a CCPT role play,

-Identify at least three challenges that might arise in a CCPT session,

-Identify at least ten themes in a recorded CCPT session,

-Demonstrate an ability to communicate themes in two parent feedback role-plays.

Target Audience: Licensed mental health professionals

Content Level: Beginner - Intermediate

Credits are available through APT and ASWB:

The Wendt Center is an APT Approved Provider APT 25-768. Mental health professionals completing this course receive 6 contact hours.

The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing, 1737, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: March 13, 2024 - March 13, 2027. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credits.

** The Wendt Center reserves the right to cancel training sessions for under-enrollment. Should that occur participants will be provided with a refund or option to carry full credit forward to another trianing.

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