DATE: November 9-11, 2019
COST: CAN $550 + GST
CEU CREDITS: 18
Recommended
Prerequisite:
Expressive Play Therapy, A Holistic and Integrative Approach
or equivalent
Overview
This 3-day seminar is for practitioners who use play therapy with grieving children. The focus will be on using expressive play therapy methods with children who have suffered the loss of a primary caregiver or family member, whether it be a temporary or recurring loss such as separation, divorce, hospitalization, incarceration or a permanent loss due to death, adoption, foster care, immigration.
- Review a theoretical framework of grief and the stages of the grieving process.
This 3-day seminar is for practitioners who use play therapy with grieving children. The focus will be on using expressive play therapy methods with children who have suffered the loss of a primary caregiver or family member, whether it be a temporary or recurring loss such as separation, divorce, hospitalization, incarceration or a permanent loss due to death, adoption, foster care, immigration.
- Theoretical principles of Holistic Expressive Play Therapy as related to the subject of children suffering from grief and loss.
- Review a theoretical framework of grief and the stages of the grieving process.
- Discuss extra considerations that need to be addressed in the intake prior to starting the play therapy process, particularly in the case of children who have experienced complicated traumatic losses.
- Discuss the needs of grieving children at each stage of their healing process and examine, through a slide presentation, the corresponding expressive play therapy methods that will be used to help such children deal with their issues.
- View a slide presentation, which demonstrates the recurring images in the art, sand play and play of grieving children through the various stages of the play therapy process.
In the afternoons, participants will have the opportunity to experience and explore the image making process through the use of expressive play therapy media ( such as art, sandplay, sewing, singing, storytelling) to address issues related to loss.
The Centre for Expressive Therapy is accredited both by the Canadian Association for Play Therapy and the British Columbia Play Therapy Association. Please visit their websites for details as to their specific requirements.
CAPT Provider number (#09-102)
*For those seeking CAPT certification this course will go towards 3 hours of theory/approach, 3 hours techniques and 12 hours special populations.*
CENTRE FOR EXPRESSIVE THERAPY
Marie-José Dhaese Ph.D., RCC, ATR, RPT-S, CPT-S
Phone: (250) 248-1290
Marie-José Dhaese Ph.D., RCC, ATR, RPT-S, CPT-S
Phone: (250) 248-1290
