Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy

(Skills & Methods)

Live Webinar

Description:

When play therapists work with children they also work with their families because children are one part of a larger system – children don’t exist in a vacuum.  And – they can’t be their own agents of change because they need the adults in their life to help them make the change.  And – when the whole family (or even parts of the family) engage in the play therapy session play therapists can see in “real time” the relationship patterns to identify problems area and strengths in the family and parenting. Play therapists won’t need to rely on self-report because they'll see the dynamics right in front of them.  This includes the role of siblings in the change process to help the whole family heal so play therapists can create a healthy family environment for clients to develop and sustain resiliency. 

Attachment-Based Family Play Therapy uses the theory and research of neuroscience, attachment theory, and family therapy combined with the therapeutic powers of play to help children, and their families achieve long-term changes in treatment.  In this training, play therapists will learn the neuroscience of relationships and emotion regulation using an attachment and neuroscience lens. play therapists will learn an attachment-based family play therapy framework to help your clients and their families engage in the play therapy process.  .  

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the attachment neuroscience components of relationships
• Define the concept of mentalization and its role in relationships
• Explain how the therapeutic powers of play can be used in family play therapy sessions
• Define the components of Family SPACE and the Three Rs of Relationships
• Explain how to choose play therapy interventions based on relationship patterns observed in family play therapy sessions
• Describe at least two play therapy interventions for each phase of treatment

Presenter: Cathi Spooner, LCSW, CTS-C, RPT-S™

Cathi Spooner is an LCSW, CTS-C, RPT-S™, in Utah and Nevada. She specializes in working with children, adolescents and adults impacted by trauma and attachment. Cathi is the sole owner of Renewing Hearts Counseling & Consulting currently focused on providing play therapy and expressive arts and training, consulting, and supervision to mental health professionals working with children, youth, and families. She has extensive training in sand tray play therapy and has provided numerous sand tray training in CBPS and other agencies. Cathi is the author of Attachment-based Family Play Therapy: An Intervention for Children and Adolescents After Trauma published by Routledge. She has provided professional play therapy and expressive arts training nationally, internationally, and online since 2007.

Cancellation Policy:

Written notification of cancellation must be received in our office at least 10 business days prior to a training for a refund. A $25.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the refund. There will be no refund for cancellation notification less than 10 business days.

CBPS reserves the right to cancel a training due to inclement weather or insufficient enrollment. In the event of such cancellation, you will receive a full refund. 

Cancelling your Zoom meeting registration does not constitute cancellation of your CBPS session registration. Please refer to our cancellation policy in the training announcement, which supersedes all other mentions of options to cancel your registration.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Education Approval for Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Social Workers/ School Psychologists/MFCCs/Play Therapists/Art Therapists 

SOCIAL WORKERS

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. Social Work Boards in most states accept this approval status. 

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Washington , D.C. Board of Social Work Examiners.

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5763. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CBPS is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school Psychologists, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for the program. 

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS  

The Maryland and Washington, DC Boards of Psychology Examiners Recognizes national Association of School Psychologist approval status with CBPS and grants CE hours to clinical psychologists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

PLAY THERAPISTS

Chesapeake Professional Seminars (CBPS) is an Association for Play Therapy (APT) approved provider of continuing education, APT Approved Provider #97-034.

ART THERAPISTS

Art Therapists (LCPAT, ATR-BC) may obtain CE Hours based on our NBCC approval status.