Branch Trainings

Delving into the world of play behaviors and themes is a captivating journey for both novice and experienced play therapists alike. Recognizing play behaviors and themes may offer valuable insight into the child’s inner world, but simply understanding is not enough. Responding with intentionality through thematic responses will strengthen the therapeutic relationship and pave the way for self-awareness, acceptance, and ultimately self betterment. We invite you to join us as we explore typical play behaviors, understand the intention, and empower play therapists to develop their own genuine thematic responses that can make an impact in treatment.

This training is hands on, didactic, and integrative Play Therapy Training. This workshop is grounded in the theories of CCCPT and Adlerian Play Therapy as well as the use of Internal Family Systems (IFS). Participants will understand the intermodal use of Play Therapy and IFS as it relates to helping clients develop metaphors to externalize challenges.

Treatment planning is an important aspect of a therapist’s clinical skills, however many struggle in writing treatment plans from a Child Centered Play Therapy perspective. A common belief is that there are aspects of the Child Centered philosophy that are inconsistent with the real-life requirement of treatment planning. Join me in this hands-on workshop and learn to write a treatment plan from a Child Centered Play Therapy perspective AND we will have fun- I promise!