This course is for individuals that are working towards certificate completion. It is a place where they can upload certificates and proof of supervision hours.
- Teacher: Theresa Fraser
Course Description
Genograms have long been used in family therapy as they assist the clinician to have quick reference to family patterns. Family members also have a tangible way to communicate information and feelings about these patterns. Dr. Eliana Gil created the family play genogram. It can be created using paper or the sandtray in Play Therapy.
Learning Outcomes
- Review how a family genogram is drawn using symbols created by Dr. Murray Bowen.
- Review how to apply family genograms to sandtray play therapy.
- Practice and reflect how miniatures can be utilized as you focus on your own family of origin or created family.
- Teacher: Theresa Fraser
Course Description
This two hour course reviews how to integrate activities in family play therapy sessions where familial strengths and resiliency can be highlighted. Tammi Van Hollander is interviewed by Theresa Fraser as she discusses her use of greatness sticks and their application with Sandtray PT.
Learning Outcomes
- Discuss how family PT therapy is a powerful approach that can be utilized to involve all members of a family system.
- Identify what greatness sticks are and how they can be created for Play Therapy.
- Practice using greatness sticks in a sandtray play therapy tray that you make about your own family of origin or your own created family.
- Teacher: Theresa Fraser
Course Description
This course provides the therapist with more information on Directive Sandtray work. We discuss the cautions and benefits of using Sandtray directively in sandtray play therapy.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify when directive sandtray PT can be beneficial in therapy.
- Identify when directive sandtray may not be advisable in Play Therapy.
- Review directives that can be introduced in sandtray pt.
- Reflect on a time that a directive sandtray benefited a client in sandtray pt.
- Teacher: Theresa Fraser
Course Description
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)can be integrated with Play Therapy techniques. It is a brief, goal-oriented therapeutic approach that helps clients focus on solutions rather than problems.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify how to utilize sandtray play therapy in defining goals, describing the problem, and developing a vision for a preferred future including using the miracle question and identifying exceptions in sandtray play therapy.
- Identify how to highlight strengths , internal and external resources. as well as concrete steps in sandtray play therapy.
- Review the importance of relapse prevention prior to closing sandtray play therapy.
- Teacher: Theresa Fraser