Course Description

Working with children and families who have been exposed to trauma can be a daunting prospect for mental health clinicians. Trauma is manifested and experienced differently for each child, parent, and family system. So much of what the child experiences is “unspeakable” and learning to use the natural language of childhood to explore, process, and make meaning for the child is critical. Helping the family to repair, rebuild, and create security is a crucial element to trauma work, including with protocols such as EMDR and the attachment component is often neglected or misunderstood.

In this exciting workshop for mental health professionals and graduate students, participants will learn:

  • How trauma impacts brain development, relationships, and behavior.
  • What complex trauma entails and how to assess for the warning signs
  • How play therapy can help clients heal from and move beyond their personal trauma - letting go of their victim status and integration of the pre/post trauma self
  • Ways to create safety within the attachment system and help the family repair and move forward together


Objectives

1. Utilize attachment centered play therapy to help trauma victims heal repair and rebuildattachment security, including in the EMDR preparation and processing phases

2. Practice two new play therapy interventions to address trauma symptoms manifested by
children and families exposed to trauma

3. Develop understanding of how trauma impacts brain development, relationships and behavior

Instructor Clair Mellenthin, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S

Clair Mellenthin, PhD, LCSW, RPT-S holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California. Throughout her career, she has focused on providing play therapy to children, teens, and their families. She is currently the Director of Child & Adolescents at Wasatch Family Therapy.Ms. Mellenthin is a sought after supervisor, training graduate students and interns in play therapy, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern California MSW program. She is the Past-President of the Utah Association For Play Therapy and remains an active member on the Board of Directors. She is the author of Attachment Centered Play Therapy, My Many Colors of Me Workbook.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Course

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    1. PowerPoint: Treating Childhood Trauma with EMDR and Attachment-Centered Play Therapy

    2. Course Video

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    2. Quiz (Required)

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About this course

  • $75.00
  • 6 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content