Play Therapy Basic Training: A Child Centered Approach (6.5 Hours)
6.5 APT Non-Contact Credits from Integrative Mental Health Counseling Services, APT Approved Provider 06-128. No NBCC Credits.
Course Description:
For over 50 years, Child-Centered Play Therapy has helped children heal and grow through a therapeutic process that is best suited to children’s development. In play therapy, children are provided an opportunity to communicate, problem solve and develop through the most intuitive process in childhood; play.
PLAY THERAPY BASIC TRAINING Course:
This important, informative, and compelling 2-hour virtual workshop training is most effectively viewed as a complement to the Play Therapy Basic Training Workbook.
The course includes:
♦ unique & thought provoking perspective of working with children from a multi-cultural counseling framework
♦ discussion of the child-centered play therapy philosophy
♦ an overview of the skills necessary in child-centered play therapy interventions
♦ excerpts from actual Play Therapy Basic Training workshops
♦ a look inside a therapeutic playroom
♦ footage from an actual play therapy session, along with commentary to enhance the learning experience
♦ opportunities to earn Continuing Education Credits toward the prestigious Registered Play Therapist (Association for Play Therapy) credential
This is an introductory training in play therapy with Dr. Jodi Mullen that assists in the building of a trusting relationship between the professional and the child.
Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
1) identify three ways to use play therapy with children
2) have experience and replicate play therapy techniques suitable for children
3) use beginning play therapy skills to address the developmental and emotional needs of children.
Supplemental workbook included with the course:
Play Therapy Basic Training Workbook
by Dr. Jodi Mullen
The Play Therapy Basic Training Workbook: A guide to learning and living the child centered play therapy philosophy guides budding and seasoned play and child therapists through a philosophical orientation to child-centered play therapy while simultaneously integrating reflective and experiential exercises that are relevant to clinical practice. Readers are engaged in the learning process from start to finish and as a result will witness personal and professional growth with completion of each section.
Some chapter highlights include:
- Childhood as a culture
- Stages of child-centered play therapy
- How to set limits in a play therapy session
- Is the child ready for termination?
- A Guide for Learning & Living the Child-Centered Play Therapy Philosophy
Continuing Education Credits
Integrative Counseling Services, PLLC is approved by The Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. Our provider number is 06-168. This course provides 6.5 non-contact APT credits.
Integrative Mental Health Counseling Services, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0085. This course provides 6.5 CE credits.
Integrative Mental Health Counseling Services, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0308. This course provides 6.5 CE Credits.
Instructor Jodi Mullen, PhD, LMHC, NCC, RPT-S, CCPT-S
Dr. Jodi Mullen is a professor at SUNY Oswego in the Counseling & Psychological Services Department. She primarily teaches in the Mental Health Counseling Program. She is the director of Integrative Counseling Services, with several offices in Central New York. Dr. Mullen is an international speaker, author, credentialed play therapist and play therapy supervisor. Dr. Mullen has over 30 years in the field of counseling. She has authored books on play therapy, counseling children and adolescents, supervision, grief counseling and parenting. Dr. Mullen was the 2008 recipient of the Key Award for Professional Training & Education through the Association for Play Therapy. She is the proud Momma of Leah & Andrew.
Course curriculum
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VIDEO: Welcome to Play Therapy Basic Training
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Play Therapy Basic Training PowerPoint (2021)
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VIDEO: Play Therapy Basic Training Part 1
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VIDEO: Play Therapy Basic Training Part 2
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Play Therapy Basic Training BONUS: Activities
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BONUS: Is it child-centered?
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BONUS: Is it child-centered? Answers explained
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Play Therapy Basic Training Workbook
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Downloadable Resources
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Raising Freakishly Well-Behaved Kids: 20 Principles for Becoming the Parent Your Child Needs
FREE PREVIEW -
Glossary of Play Therapy Terms
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Dr. Mullen's Recommended Play Therapy Reading
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Evaluation (Required)
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Quiz (Required)
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About this course
- $195.00
- 16 lessons
- 7.5 hours of video content
