Play Therapy Masterclass - Two Amazing Trainings in One-Day (Limited Seats)
Event Information
Description
Attention Play Therapists!
If you’re a play therapist looking for top-notch training,
help children navigate difficult transitions,
market play therapy so you can grow your client load,
this double-header live masterclass is for you!
This masterclass training includes:
1. Crucial training on how to use play therapy to help children navigate transitions such as divorce, death, moving, new siblings, sensory challenges and more.
2. Foundational training on how play therapy really works so you can effectively explain & persuade parents, teachers and other influential people in children’s lives of the power of play therapy.
3. An intimate setting of only 15 participants and 2 top-notch play therapy trainers.
5 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS AVAILABLE
APT APPROVED PROVIDER # 18-533
Schedule:
8:30 am Registration
9 am - 12 pm training
12-1 Lunch (provided)
1:30pm- 3:30pm training
Training #1 - “Tackling Transitions in Play Therapy” - 3 CE Hrs
Instructors: Lisa Dion & Susan Stutzman
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Transitions are everywhere, in the expected and the unexpected. As a play therapist, it's important to be prepared to help our clients with transitions such as divorce, death, a move, new sibling, sensory challenges that often bring them to our playroom.
In this course, Lisa Dion and Susan Stutzman will explore how to navigate transition and change in the play therapy setting. Participants will walk away having gained an understanding of current neurobiological research that supports an understanding of how transitions can trigger a threat response in the brain causing activation of the autonomic nervous system.
From a neurobiological lens, the therapist will gain knowledge on how to best navigate the challenges of transitions that bring clients to play therapy and learn ways to navigate change and transition that happens during the therapeutic play process itself. Clinical applications for working through transitioning within professional working relationships will be touched on.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Objective #1 Participants will be able to describe the 4 threats of the brain that lead to activation of a nervous system in order to aid ethical treatment for play therapy clients where struggle with transition is a main source of treatment.
Objective #2 Participants will be taught 2 ways to recognize activation and arousal in a play therapy session caused by the threat of change or transition.
Objectives #3 Participants will discuss 3 best practices to navigate expected and unexpected transitions that can arise during the play therapy process.
Objective #4 Participants will discuss 5 best practices for facilitating closure with a child client from a Gestalt and Synergetic Play Therapy lens.
Objective #5 Participants will be able to explain 2 best practices to implement with the parents during the closure phase of the play therapy process.
Objective #6 Participants will be able to explain 3 ways to help facilitate transition when the child leaves the playroom at the end of their play therapy sessions.
Training #2 - “How Play Therapy Really Works: The science behind the therapeutic powers of play - 2 CE - Lisa Dion” - 2 CE Hours
Instructor: Lisa Dion
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In a profession that is fighting for recognition and to be taken seriously, not fully understanding exactly how play therapy transformation takes place is a big void in our understanding. Without really understanding how attuned play works to bring about lasting change, therapists are left feeling uncertain and without the language to effectively talk to parents, teachers and other influential people in children’s lives.
The therapist's ability to influence other professions to see the value in play therapy is also impacted. This presentation is designed to fill in gaps in play therapist’s understanding by addressing and teaching the answer to this very important question- how exactly does play therapy work? Through presentation and discussion, participants will be taken into the minds and biology of children for an inside look at what goes on that leads to their transformation and healing.
With the help of neuroscience, brain development, and interpersonal neurobiology, the “how” will be answered allowing participants to truly understand how the process works and what exactly is going on in the playroom. This dynamic, eye-opening and thought provoking presentation will empower therapists to begin to move beyond their current framework
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Objective 1: Participants will be able to describe the process of change that children go through in play therapy.
Objective 2: Participants will be able to describe how the projective process works and how children use the toys and the therapist to understand themselves.
Objective 3: Participants will analyze how the therapist's window of tolerance supports the child in being able to integrate their challenging perceptions and feelings.
Objective 4: Participants will analyze the intersection between neuroscience and the therapeutic powers of play to understand how transformation occurs for a child in play therapy.
Objective 5: Participants will be able to describe the importance of understanding the therapeutic powers of play as a key foundation for play therapy practice
Objective 6: Participants will list reasons why understanding how play therapy works is a challenge for many play therapists
**NOTE: This masterclass training will be video recorded. All participating will be asked to sign a media release form.**
About Lisa Dion:
Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S is an international teacher, supervisor, and author. She is the founder and President of the Play Therapy Institute of Colorado, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, Adjunct Faculty at Naropa University and host of the Lessons from the Playroom podcast and webinar series. She trains and supervises play therapists worldwide in play therapy and business creation.
About Susan Stutzman:
Susan Stutzman, LCPC, RPT, is the founder and owner of Kid Matters Counseling in Hinsdale, IL and the co-owner of Play Therapy Toolbox a digital resource to help support, train, and equip the next generation of play therapists and play therapy supervisors. She is adjunct faculty at Wheaton College Graduate School, president of the Illinois Association for Play Therapy, a mother of 3 children, and lives in Hinsdale with her husband of 14 years.
REFUNDS & GUARANTEE
REFUND: A Full Refund Is Available up to 7 days in advance of the training.
GUARANTEE: Enroll in the masterclass, stay till the end. If you’re not completely satisfied with the training, if in fact, you didn’t learn anything to help children in transition or explain how play therapy works to parents, then we refuse to keep your money. We’ll give you a CE certificate & a refund on the spot. No questions asked.
FREE BONUSES!!!
Enroll in this master class and get:
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Free Lunch & Snacks Will Be Provided ($20 value)
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Free parking!
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Free copies of the recorded training you can keep forever at PlayTherapyToolbox.com ($187 value)
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40% off of “How to Use a Sand Tray As a Regulation Tool” ($19 value)
