Jen Taylor Play Therapy Services

Course Description:

In this seminar, participants will be encouraged to examine the various effects that parental conflict related to custody and visitation disputes have on children.  Emphasis will be placed on viewing these experiences through a trauma lens, allowing a clinician to shift their perspective in treatment modality for this population.  How these traumas impact children’s lives across multiple contexts creates a need for mental health professionals to be well versed in consulting with various providers and professionals to advocate for the client’s well-being.  Participants will learn techniques in consulting with caregivers and professionals to ensure that all parties involved are collaborating to maintain the emotional well-being of children.  Interventions for clinicians will also be provided, with an emphasis of play therapy being an appropriate modality due to its effectiveness in providing children a safe environment in which to process their feelings in a developmentally appropriate way.

Objectives

1.Define childhood trauma in the context of parental conflict relating to custody and visitation disputes and how it is displayed in play therapy sessions

2.Define child/caregiver attachment, how it is affected by different co-parenting styles, and how this plays out in play therapy sessions

3.Examine the multiple systems for children that are affected by parental conflict regarding custody and visitation and how play therapy facilitates healing across multiple systems

4. Implement techniques in consulting about play therapy with client’s caregivers, legal professionals, and service providers through experiential practice

5. Provide rationale for utilizing play therapy with children traumatized by custody and visitation disputes

6. Identify three play therapy techniques to utilize with children exposed to parental conflict related to co-parenting

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 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 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 5 CE credits.