Purple Stream
Therapeutic Play Skills
Continuing Education Series
Offerings
Enter the Metaphorical Journey: Inquiry Skills for Play Therapists Six Hour Continuing Education Certificate
This Master Class is for Play Therapists and Therapeutic Play practitioners who use expressive arts, projective activities and sandplay with their clients and introduces play therapists to an array of questions that may be utilized when engaging with children, youth and adults during an exploration phase of an expressive-based activity. Through the inquiry skills training, therapists will be encouraged to “stay out of the way” of interpretation and instead assist the client to explore their scene or product while remaining in the metaphor.
Course Objectives
- Explain the purpose of using non-directive exploratory questions with clients
- List at lease 5 types of Inquiry questions
- Discuss the difference between leading and non-leading questions when assisting a client to explore their expressive products
- Demonstrate the ability to follow the client’s lead when choosing what question to ask next
- Explain what it means to impose meaning on clients’ expressive products and how this changes the course of treatment
- Explain what it means to “weave” when doing inquiring about an expressive product with a client
Materials needed by participants:
- Miniatures
- Sandtrays
- Paper
- Crayons
- Journaling Notebook
Judi A. Parson, PhD, MA Play Therapy, BN, RN, APPTA RPT-S, Discipline Leader and Senior Lecturer in Play Therapy, School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia. Judi is dedicated to the development of Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play.
Therapeutic Play Skills Group Supervision Two Hour Letter of Attendance
This is an open-group process that occurs in pre-scheduled two-hour time blocks (Mountain Standard Time). The cohorts meet for a two-hour exploration of case studies where they have an opportunity to share insights and turning points with other colleagues, as well as receiving direct feedback and supervision from a CPT-S/RPT-S to enhance their existing knowledge of therapeutic play.
Supervision Includes:
- Approved Play Therapy Supervisors
- Self-development activities
- A unique case conceptualization format using the Play Therapy Dimensions Model
Introduction to Therapeutic Uses of Sandtray Directive and Non-Directive Sandtray When Working with Children, Adolescents, and Adults in Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play
Six Hour Continuing Education Certificate
Participants will be introduced to the principles, theory, and practice of using the sandtray with clients. Both Directive and Non-directive activities will be discussed and exemplified. Participants will have an opportunity to try a variety of approaches to the use of the sandtray in order to gain an experience of the differences between directive and non-directive use of sand as well as the use of sand with and without objects.
Goals of Introduction to Sandtray will Include:
- Introduction to sandtray, history and theory
- Experience sandtray with and without objects
- Experience sandtray with objects
- Debrief sandtray scenes with a partner
- Document the sandtray process using sandtray sketch & recording forms
Learning Objectives:
- Describe at least one theory applied to use of sandtray
- Demonstrate the ability to use sandtray with and without objects
- Analyze a sand scene
- List ways to use sandtray with child, adolescent and adult clients
Materials needed by participants:
- Miniatures
- Sandtrays
- Journaling Notebook
Introduction to Puppets: Creating a Co-Therapist Character and Exploring Directive/Non-Directive Puppet Play Therapy
Participants will be introduced to the principles, theory, and practice of using puppets with clients. Both Directive and Non-directive activities will be discussed and exemplified. Participants will have an opportunity to try a variety of approaches to the use of puppets as well as the creation of a “Co-Therapist” character to use when working with children and explore the metaphors behind puppet play.
Learning Objectives:
1) Describe the history and theories in the use of puppets
2) Demonstrate the use of puppet play scenes with a partner
3) Compile session notes using structured recording forms
4) Create a puppet story and demonstrate contributing to the child’s narrative
Materials needed by participants: 4-5 puppets, Journaling Notebook