[oblpct] Crisis Intervention Techniques for Play Therapists

[Oregon Board Licensed Professional Counselors & Therapists Information]

The following information is provided as a courtesy of the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors & Therapists.  It is not an endorsement.





Crisis Intervention Techniques for Play Therapists: Creating Hope and Resolve in Troubled Times



with Anne Stewart, PhD

Friday, September 7

9 am to 4 pm

Gregory Forum, Clackamas Community College

6 hours of CEUs for LPC, LMFT, and LCSW

ORAPT is an APT-approved provider (#99-054)



LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1). Learn and practice specific culturally sensitive play therapy techniques that help victims become survivors.

2). Appreciate usefulness of attachment and resilience for guiding play therapy interventions.

3). Recognize crisis involving both threats and decisive moments.

4). Name four dimensions of resilience for selecting play therapy interventions.

5). Describe at least 10 play therapy techniques to use with children, families or groups.



When everyday crises or traumatic events occur, such as a developmental challenges, losses, natural disasters or acts of violence, victims are left with a sense of loss, sorrow, and disbelief.  However, immediately following such an event, victims become survivors and it is important to help promote healthy attachment and resilience.  The approach not only values attachment and resilience, but also acknowledges the possibility of positive change, or posttraumatic growth; a result of the struggle associated with the crisis or event.  The workshop will focus on a play-based crisis intervention model to use with children and families in times of crisis. The interventions are beneficial in helping children and families to normalize reactions, generate helpful coping behaviors and thoughts, modify misattributions and cognitive distortions, increase self-soothing, decrease isolation and withdrawal, reinforce the ability to seek helpful social support, and to leave children and families with a sense of hope.



Anne Stewart is Professor of Graduate Psychology at James Madison University. She has worked to promote the resilience of children and families in projects throughout the world, including Sri Lanka and India following the massive tsunami. Dr. Stewart has designed and implemented grant-funded projects addressing the psychosocial problems of landmines in Jordan, Bosnia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Mozambique. In the United States, she has served as a consultant and service provider after Hurricane Katrina, the 9/11 attacks, the Virginia Tech University shootings, and other catastrophic events. Her books include "Becoming a Community Counselor" and "Thriving! A Manual for Students in the Helping Professions." She is the founder and president of the Virginia Play Therapy Association and the recipient of the Association for Play Therapy "Distinguished Service"

Award, the James Madison University "All Together One" Award, the College Award for Distinguished Service, and the Virginia Counselor's Association "Humanitarian and Caring Person" Award.



ORAPT members $115

Non members $140

Students with ID $95



Please go to the website http://orapt.squarespace.com/registration/ to register.




Becky Eklund, Executive Director
Oregon Board of Licensed
   Professional Counselors & Therapists
3218 Pringle Road SE, Suite 250
Salem, OR   97302-6312
(503) 378-5499
Fax: (503) 373-1427
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