CEs Available: 25      |      Four Day Training      |      In-person      |     $1,260.00 - $2,335.00

This training is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of the Theraplay model. After completing this training, participants will be able to begin applying Theraplay principles into their work with existing and new clients. For more information about this training, click here.

Schedule

This is a four day training taking place July 15-18, 2024 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Central Time each day. View agenda.

Materials Included

Your registration includes Theraplay: The Practitioner’s Guide, the Theraplay Activities Flipbook, and the MIM Card Set. These materials will be shipped to the shipping address listed in the registration form. Read Chapters 2, 4, and 6 of Theraplay: The Practitioner’s Guide prior to the training or during the training week and bring all materials with you for reference each day. All other materials will be provided via email or on the first day of training. TTI's media coordinator will be in touch to make arrangements to receive materials for late registrants, and can be reached at [email protected] with any questions.

Trainer

Shannon Murphy Cerise, MSW/LCSW, is a Trainer and Supervisor-in-Training as well as the leader at SMC Counseling Services. Shannon completed Theraplay Level One training in 2015 and specializes in helping adults, children and  families impacted by trauma, including through adoption and foster care. Read full bio.

Summary    

• Principles of attachment theory on an intellectual and experiential level   
• The Four Dimensions of Theraplay   
• The Theraplay protocol   
• An introduction to the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM): administration, analysis and as a guide for treatment planning  
• Adapting Theraplay for working with children and families impacted by complex trauma and other populations    
• Managing resistance throughout the treatment process   
• Managing countertransference in your work  with children and families   
• Implementing Theraplay into your practice

Learning Objectives     

1. Differentiate three play, attachment-based theories and how they support the work of Theraplay   
2. Define how children with various attachment styles present in play therapy sessions   
3. Explain the benefits of using the MIM in your play therapy practice   
4. Arrange the MIM play therapy assessment tool   
5. Analyze the MIM at a beginning level to benefit families in play therapy   
6. Construct a play therapy treatment plan based upon the MIM analysis   
7. Classify three play therapy goals to be achieved during a MIM feedback session with parents   
8. Describe the four dimensions of Theraplay, a modality of play therapy   
9. Indicate one play-based activity from each dimension: Structure, Engagement, Nurture and Challenge.   
10. List three possible ways of adapting Theraplay into play therapy treatment to meet the needs of a child with complex trauma   
11. State how to guide parents to participate in a Theraplay, a modality of play therapy, in treatment session   
12. Specify how to prepare parents to use Theraplay play therapy techniques at home to further therapeutic goals   
13. Express how various parent attachment styles present in play therapy sessions   
14. Demonstrate adapting Theraplay play therapy techniques to three different populations of families   
15. Apply Theraplay techniques to work through resistance in play therapy sessions   
16. Practice how to adapt Theraplay activities for children of different ages   
17. Explain how to prepare for termination of Theraplay treatment   
18. Evaluate how the clinician is impacted by the functioning of parents and children in play therapy sessions   
19. Identify two types of clients for whom Theraplay would not be an appropriate play therapy modality

Who Should Attend?

People who work with children and families in many different capacities will benefit from training programs offered by The Theraplay Institute. Visit our Who Should Attend page for more information. This course’s Content Level is Intermediate.

Bibliography

View this training’s bibliography for books and other materials referenced in the development of the content for this program.

For information about our CE process, cancellation policy, and how to contact us with questions and concerns visit our FAQ page. Attendance of the entirety of a program (in-person or virtual) is required in order to receive continuing education or a letter of completion.

There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

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