Designing Play Therapy Interventions
Presented by Joy Cannon MA LPC, RPT™, NCC
This highly interactive workshop will introduce structure to the art of counseling children in their first language: play.
When play therapists tap into their creativity, knowledge, intuition and specifics of their clients, there's no limit to the possibilities! Directive play therapists will hear about this framework for designing interventions and work in groups to integrate and generate ideas.
Details
Date - December 6, 2024
Time - 2:00pm - 5:00pm CT
Pricing - $90
Location - Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Austin Location
4210 Spicewood Springs, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759
Training Objectives
Compile toy and art resources for accessing the therapeutic powers of play during group activities.
Synthesize knowledge about child development, clinical goals and expressive media to create a new play therapy intervention.
Critique interventions for alignment with the ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and fidelity.
Joy Cannon LPC, RPT™, NCC
Joy Cannon is a Licensed Professional Counselor & Registered Play Therapist™ with a Master's in Clinical Mental Health from Texas State University. Her employment has included crisis response, individual counseling and groups with all ages. Joy owns Inkling Therapy in South Austin, specializing in children 3-7 years old, counselors in training, interpersonal trauma and grief.
She is passionate about Solution-Focused Play Therapy, peer support groups on Forum and volunteering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Her British Shorthairs, Nessie & Rufus, play with her at home.
Good to Know
This is an in-person training and will not be recorded. Please dress comfortably, bring a water bottle, snacks, and anything else you need to feel comfortable in a classroom setting for the duration of our training.
This training will provide 3 CE Credits / contact hours.
To receive contact hours, participants must attend the full presentation and complete the post-presentation evaluation.
Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706. Ensemble Therapy is an approved provider endorsed by an international organization and therefore trainings quality for the 50% CEs mandated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC) for LPC and LMFT. Play Therapy credit is available to mental health professionals and graduate students in a mental health program.
It is the responsibility of the attendee to verify whether CE credit offered by the Ensemble Learning Center meets the regulations of the participant’s licensing/certification board.
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