New to Play Therapy? Interested in an overview of the fundamentals of Play Therapy? This two-hour workshop will provide a brief overview of the theories of play therapy, the toys most commonly found in a playroom, and the basics of limit setting within play therapy.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the ten core play therapy tenets of relating to children from Gary Landreth.

2. Describe the difference between directive and non-directive play therapy theories.

3.  List the 6 types of toys often found in a play therapist's playroom.

This training will expand on the basic skills from Trauma Focused - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) specifically how to support children and teens in the narrative pieces of healing.

With the time allotted we will practice some of these techniques, so be sure to grab some paper and pens/crayons/markers.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify 3-5 directive play therapy interventions to use when working on trauma narratives in therapy sessions with children and teens.

2. Discuss how to find a creative, play therapy based interventions to help process trauma narratives with children and teens.

3. Demonstrate how to utilize compassionate clinical skills, with play therapy techniques, in supporting the processing of trauma narratives in therapy.

Are your clients excited about the latest superhero movie or show? Are you unsure of how to incorporate that into their work with you? Are you a fellow geek therapist and looking for additional ways to incorporate pop culture into your work? This two-hour workshop will provide a brief overview why you may want to include superheroes in your playroom, how to do so when maybe you are not familiar with their pop culture reference, and a few fun play therapy interventions to get you started.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify three Therapeutic Powers of Play used when including superheroes and pop culture in play therapy,

2. Describe at least two reasons to utilize superheroes and pop culture in play therapy.

3.  List the 3 scientifically supported superhero benefits when used in play therapy.

Needing to refresh your telehealth play therapy interventions? Want to learn how to do play therapy via zoom?  Using the Therapeutic Powers of Play, Maria will be giving tons of interventions for you to use in your own play therapy practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify at least two Therapeutic Powers of Play and how they are utilized in the provided interventions.

2. Engage in two play therapy interventions via telehealth. 

3. Discuss considerations when doing play therapy via telehealth.

Are you a bit timid or unsure of family therapy sessions? Are you looking for fun, play based ways to engage the family system? This two-hour workshop will provide a brief overview of the importance of family play sessions, identifying some of the barriers to family engagement in play therapy and some of the family based play therapy interventions that have been effective in practice!

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the three barriers to family engagement in play therapy sessions.

2. Engage in at least two play therapy interventions that can be used with families. 

3.  List the Powers of Play Therapy that accompany the play therapy interventions learned.

Not "in to" play therapy because you only work with adults? Feeling stuck in your work with adults? This two-hour workshop will provide a brief overview on why play therapy with adults is fun and effective, how to overcome resistance to play therapy for adults and some effective play therapy interventions that can be used with adults in individual and relational therapy sessions!

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify two reasons and/or situations in which play therapy interventions may be beneficial to adult therapy sessions,

2. List three common reasons for resistance to play therapy techniques by the provider and the client.

3. Discuss the Therapeutic Powers of Play connected to the interventions taught.

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Supervisors this one is for you!! Not only have you been holding space for your client, but you have been the sounding board and safe harbor for your play therapy supervisees! This two hour workshop will breathe life into your supervision practice as we explore play therapy techniques to incorporate into your supervision practice!

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Learning Objectives:

1. Identify how the three roles of a supervisor are linked to the Therapeutic Powers of Play. 

2. Describe signs of burn out and compassion fatigue in play therapists, 

3. Discuss how their chosen play therapy theory of choice can help structure their supervision practice.

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We have all stepped up for our communities and our clients during this unpredictable and stressful time, and we invite you to join us for an important discussion of ethical self care! We promise this conversation is not all bubble baths and yoga - we are going to refer to our ethical standards and utilize playful interventions to create realistic steps to prevent burnout and emotional fatigue. So much has changed in our communities, our society and our country in the past 18 months - your boundaries surrounding your clinical practice may need to be adjusted to better support you in this highly charged environment. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify three examples of ethical self care according to the ethical guidelines of their licensing board and the APT Best Practices guide.

2. Identify four examples of signs of stress and burnout from their play therapy practice.

3. Develop a self care plan, utilizing the ethical guidelines and core competencies for each area of the play therapist's self care plan from the core competencies from their license and/or the Association for Play Therapy.