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February 2020
Session 4- Child-Centered Play Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify, compare, and contrast theories used within the profession of play therapy
• Recognize theories within different formats of play therapy (individual, group, family, school, etc.)
• Use 19 Proposition to identify how maladjustment occurs in children
• Explore theory (Jaak Panseek) about circuits of emotion and the importance of connection with children when utilizing child-centered play-therapy.
Session 5- Child-Centered Play Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify the purpose and rationale of therapeutic limit setting in child-centered play therapy.
• Recognize the importance of the relationship in therapeutic limit setting in child-centered play therapy.
• Demonstrate the use of ACT model in therapeutic limit setting during play therapy session.
• Identify personal concerns using limit setting in play therapy.
Session 6- Child-Centered Play Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate basic play therapy skills with non-clinical child volunteers, with immediate supervisory feedback.
• Observe live non-clinical play therapy sessions with immediate supervisory feedback.
• Give feedback about observations of others and self.
• Identify areas of personal growth for next micro-practicum
Session 7- Child-Centered Play Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Identify play behaviors.
• Review understanding of Being With in play therapy
• Begin to conceptualize child using play behaviors as reference.
• Explore typical non-facilitative responses in play therapy.
Using Creativity in Ethical Clinical Supervision
Using Creativity in Ethical Clinical Supervision: Inclusivity, Expansiveness, and Engagement Often, practicing counseling supervisors are placed in situations to supervise counseling interns and students without having the appropriate supervisory skills and/or support. The objectives of this six-hour workshop are to provide the participant with knowledge and skills of supervision as well as to help the professional clearly define their own personal role expectations of both the supervisor and the supervisee. Using creativity as the catalyst, experiences will be provided…
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Session 8- Child-Centered Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Understand importance of including parents when conducting child-centered play therapy.
• Explore types of parent interviews.
• Identify characteristics of good parenting.
• Explain play therapy it parents.
Session 9- Child-Centered Play Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate basic play therapy skills with non-clinical child volunteers, with immediate supervisory feedback.
• Observe live non-clinical play therapy sessions with immediate supervisory feedback.
• Give feedback about observations self and others.
• Identify areas of growth regarding play therapy skills.
Session 10- Client-Centered Play Therapy: An In-Depth Exploration
Learning Objectives: By attending this session, participants will be able to:
• Review code of ethics for represented associations of participants as it pertains to children.
• Identify ethical issues involved in providing play therapy for children and their caregivers.
• Develop understanding of confidentiality in play therapy.
• Determine therapeutic termination when implementing play therapy.
POSTPONED: Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Ethics In Therapy
**Event shall be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rescheduled date to be announced.** Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Ethics In Therapy With Dr. Joseph Christopherson, ED D., LMFT Class Objectives: Participants will be able to identify the most common ethical issues that lead to legal or civil litigation. Participants will learn the LMFT and LPC (APA) Codes of Ethics sufficiently to identify the ramifications of ethical violations. Participants will learn useful techniques to be able to identify potential…
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Clinical Supervision Training: For Licensed Professional Counselors
The Supervisor Training curriculum is designed to meet the 40-hour training requirement for professionals seeking qualification as an LPC Supervisor by the State of Texas or LMFT Supervisor by the State of Texas.
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