FAPT 2017 Conference

March 23, 2017

                               Morning & Afternoon Workshop: 
                                        "Medical Play Therapy & Child Life Practice:
                                         Interventions in Clinical & Medical Settings"
                                  presented by: Lawrence Rubin, Ph.D., LMHC, Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor

                                                                                                       Evening Workshop:

                       "An evening with Eric: Advanced Supervision for Play Therapists"

                                  presented by: Eric Green, Ph.D., LPC-S, SP, Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor

                       

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                          March 24, 2017
                         Morning & Afternoon Workshop:
                    "Jungian Play Therapy"
                                          presented by: Eric Green, Ph.D., LPC-S, SP, Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor

March 23, 2018 8:00am - 4:30pm

"Medical Play Therapy and Child Life Practice: Interventions in Clinical and Medical Settings"
Description: Play therapists, by virtue of their training and experience with a wide range of presenting problems, populations and settings, are uniquely positioned to provide therapeutic support in the way of play therapy  to children, teens and families struggling with medical challenges ranging from medical well-visits and acute health conditions and diseases to chronic illness, terminal conditions and dying. Child life practice which is traditionally more centered in hospital and medical settings  utilizes play-centered interventions, on a more acute and as needed basis to attend to the medical and health needs of children, teens and families. Working collaboratively, play therapists alongside specialists using child life practice can build a strong alliance for children inside and outside of medical walls along the full continuum of care, from primary to quaternary. This workshop will provide an opportunity for play therapists to strengthen their play therapy tool box and collaborative efforts with specialists using child life practices in hospitals and medical settings.  It will be set around the prevention, treatment and after-care of children struggling with physical health challenges and their psychological and psycho-social components. Through a combination of didactic, case-driven and hands-on experiences rooted in a resilience orientation to assessment and treatment, attendees will become familiar with the basic theories and practices of both medical play therapy and child life practice, and in so doing strengthen the foundation of their ability to work with children, teens and families affected by medical trauma. Learner Objectives:1- define medical play therapy and child life practice. 2- appreciate the relationship and overlap between and medical play therapy and child life practice. 3-make appropriate medical play therapy recommendations and work collaboratively for the benefit of children, teens and families with medical problems. 4- creatively utilize their current play therapy skill set to address the psycho-social needs of children, teens and families struggling with a wide range of medical and health-related problems. 5- develop new and effective medical play therapy strategies to address medical challenges in children typically seen in their practices, regardless of setting. 6- appreciate the state of empirically-supported assessment and treatment in medical play therapy and the dominant ethical issues involved in its implementation.

March 23, 2018 5:00pm - 7:00pm

"An Evening with Eric: Advanced Supervision for Play Therapists"
Description: This 2-hour workshop will include an hour of didactic learning on Dr. Green's Jungian-oriented model of play therapy supervision, along with an hour of experiential practice. Specifically, transference, critical reflection and analytic techniques to deepen the supervisor relationship will be covered.  Learning Objectives: At the end of this workshop participants will: 1- Learn Jungian-oriented model of supervision to incorporate into play therapy supervision sessions. 2- Practice critical reflection and analytic techniques to deepen the play therapy supervisor-supervisee relationship. 3- Define the transference in the play therapist supervisor relationship.

March 24, 2018 8:00am - 4:30pm

"Jungian Play Therapy"

Description:This one-day workshop covers Jungian play therapy, an integrative model, which honors symbols and the healing nature of the analytic relationship. A practical overview of the theory/techniques will be illustrated, as well as active participation in mandalas and fairytales.  Children are subjected to a variety of psychological assaults and potentially traumatic events at school and home, including the dissolution of the family unit, that adversely impacts their psychological well-being. Meaningful social and familial relationships characterized by appropriate emotional/physical closeness are infrequent. As a result, some children feel isolated, disconnected, and overly dependent on technology for social connection. Furthermore, many children have limited opportunities, at school and at home, to play freely. Overtime, they may develop a guarded or defended heart, which inhibits their resilience. Jungian play therapy, an integrative model is one method of treatment from the “depth psychology” paradigm that is responsive to a child’s development and promotes a soulful healing trajectory. Some of the concepts this workshop covers include the analytical process of play, the “symbolic attitude,” amplification, and well-timed verbal interpretations. Analytical techniques such as coloring mandalas and fairytales will be practiced. Learner Objectives:1-After the workshop, participants will be able to recall the central premise of guiding children toward an undefended heart through Jungian play therapy and the analytic relationship. 2- After the workshop, participants will be able to identify two characteristics of play therapists needed to conduct therapy with children from a Jungian perspective. 3- After the workshop, participants will be able to articulate one research-informed principle supporting play therapy interventions with children from an analytical perspective. 4- After the workshop, participants will be able to identify the steps to facilitate two Jungian play therapy interventions: (1) mandalas and (2) fairytales. 5- After the workshop, participants will be able to articulate the definitions for three Jungian concepts: (1) amplification, (b) interpretation, and (c) the transference.