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5-Day Certificate Program: Attachment-Based Play Therapy in a Retreat Setting

5-Day Certificate Program: Attachment-Based Play Therapy in a Retreat Setting
Where:
PINE KNOLL SHORES, NC
When:
Sunday, August 25, 2019 - Thursday, August 29, 2019




Trinity Center is your island get-away! Located between the Atlantic Ocean and Bogue Sound on the beautiful southern banks of North Carolina. Come walk the beaches or watch the sunset. Earning up to 24 CE hours has never been more relaxing!

In my 20 years as a play therapist, I have gathered all the approaches that are closest to my heart. In five days, I will share the theories and techniques that I am most passionate about with you.

Throughout this intensive retreat, we will implement integrative therapeutic approaches with roots in non-directive and directive play therapy theories. These include emerging play therapy models like attachment-based play therapy, FirstPlay Kinesthetic Story-telling®, AutPlay®, and nature-based play therapy. In addition, sandtray, mindfulness, bibliotherapy, The Nurtured Heart Approach®, and other expressive arts therapies will be discussed.

Through hands-on experiential activities, learn new and innovative techniques to integrate into your therapy practice including:
  • guided imagery
  • sandtray interventions
  • expressive arts
Did I mention that we will be spending ONE FULL DAY on the BEACH utilizing the world’s biggest sand tray! I will guide you through a personal sandtray and you’ll participate in several community sandtrays. The basics will be provided but would love to extend an invitation for you to bring a few of your miniatures for use throughout the week.

You’ll leave this retreat with a toolbox of play therapy interventions and knowledge that will benefit you professionally and personally.

In August, the sun will be shining, the beaches sparkling, and the water is warm and inviting. I’m looking forward to seeing all of you in North Carolina. Remember your flip flops!

Warmly,
Tammi
Sleeping Accommodations:

If you would like to be paired up with another potential, unknown attendee to take advantage of the double occupancy rate, please call and let us know. We will aim to pair you up if somebody else registers who also would like to share.

In the meantime, please register at the single occupancy rate. If we are able to pair people, the $200 will be credited.

Retreat Schedule

Sunday, August 25, 2019
4:00 pm – Arrive/Check-in/Orientation
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Educational Program Introduction*
6:30 pm - Dinner
8:00 – 9:00 pm - Educational Program/Experiential Activity*

Monday & Tuesday, August 26 & 27, 2019
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Educational Program*
12:30 pm – Lunch & Individual Activity
2:30 – 5:00 pm – Educational Program*
5:00 – 6:00 pm – Individual Activity/Leisure Time
6:00 pm – Dinner
8:00 – 9:00 pm – Educational Program/Experiential Activity

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Educational Experiential on the Beach*
12:30 pm – Lunch & Individual Activity
2:30 – 5:00 pm – Educational Experiential on the Beach*
5:00 – 6:00 pm – Individual Activity/Leisure Time

6:00 pm – Dinner

8:00 – 9:00 pm – Educational Program*

Thursday, August 29, 2019
8:00 am - Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Educational Program*
12:00 pm – Closing Lunch
1:00 pm - Departure

*CE is awarded during these specified times
For More Information About the Trinity Center, Please Click On This Link Trinity Center

Retreat Highlights
  • Award winning landscapes
  • Island views
  • Walking paths
  • Beaches
  • Pool
Cancellation Policy: Prior to 45 days before the event start date, you will be charged a $100 cancel fee. For cancellations received after that, you will receive a gift certificate for your purchase amount to attend any future live PESI sponsored seminar.

Please contact PESI customer service for information on non-CE seeking to register as a guest for pricing and other details.
Objectives:

  1. Utilize the core methodology of the Nurtured Heart Approach® (NHA) in order for clients to build healthy relationships.
  2. Identify the ways NHA applies to all children regardless of their level of intensity, social-emotional development, or resistance.
  3. Discuss both directive and non-directive play therapy techniques to determine when to use in therapy.
  4. Apply play therapy skills to build resilience through development of relationships, intentional reflection of successes, and established limits.
  5. Describe the therapeutic value of incorporating sandtray play therapy for trauma work.
  6. Determine the benefits of mindfulness and play therapy for children to regulate emotions and feel empathy.
  7. Identify safe and effective outlets to help clients heal trauma, reduce anxiety, improve relationships, and gain resilience through play therapy techniques.
  8. Articulate how to integrate sandtray play therapy with children, adolescents and adults into your practice.
  9. Create specific sandtray play therapy interventions to address behavioral & sensory challenges in clients.
  10. Articulate what bibliotherapy is, why it’s a powerful addition to your practice, and how to create a library of developmentally appropriate books to aid in the healing process.
  11. Practice at least 10 creative bibliotherapy play therapy interventions to safely empower children to work out what is troubling them, for example divorce, loss and anger.
  12. Create new ways of working through attachment issues with clients and families utilizing play therapy techniques.
  13. Utilize mindfulness interventions into your play therapy practice to increase focus and reduce anxiety.
  14. Describe the symbolic nature of stones as props in play therapy can strengthen relationships, build empathy, and enhance resiliency to aid in the healing process.
  15. Identify 10 or more play therapy and/or sandtray therapy interventions that integrate stones and can be used in clinical practice.
  16. Implement two different play therapy treatment strategies, once attachment style has been ascertained, based on your client’s attachment style.
  17. Utilize mindfulness practices to address negative self-talk and move clients towards a positive sense of self.
  18. Employ mindfulness practices to address self-regulation and co-regulation between parent and child to repair and build emotional safety.
  19. Create collages and Me Cards to promote self-expression and verbalization of feelings in play therapy.
  20. Incorporate mindfulness and compassion techniques to help clients regulate stress.
  21. Utilize sandtray, play therapy interventions to assess for attachment injuries.
  22. Explain how to set limits and handle the unexpected in the play therapy room.
  23. Implement play therapy techniques in session for bereavement, grief and loss across all ages.
  24. Implement play therapy techniques in session for OCD, perfectionism, anxiety, and aggression.
Attachment-Based Play Therapy
  • Introduction to attachment theory
  • Identify various styles of attachment
  • Infant & Child Development Theory
  • Neurobiology of play
  • Introduction to play therapy
  • Play therapy across ages, stages and special populations
    • Young children, adolescents, and adults
    • Adoption
    • Trauma, grief and loss
    • OCD, anxiety, aggression and more!
  • From intake to termination
  • Limitations of the approach and potential risks
Trauma’s Impact on Brain Development, Behavior and Relationships
  • Neurobiology of trauma
  • Somatic and physiological responses in the body
  • Repair neurodevelopmental trauma
  • Create a safe place
Experiential & Hands-On Retreat
Play in the world’s largest sand tray – on the beach!
  • Specific interventions to address behavioral & sensory challenges
  • Activities to promote healthy relationships & self-regulation
  • Case consultation, processing and case studies
  • Non-Directive Techniques:
    • Client-centered play therapy
    • Music and art
  • Directive Techniques:
    • 3 animals
    • Red light/green light
    • Scribble
    • Fun with feathers
    • Puppet play
    • Bubble tennis
    • 7 sentence story
    • Build a House®
    • Kinesthetic Storytelling®
    • Mind jars
    • Worry dolls
    • Fantasy Island
    • Superhero gadgets
    • Mindful freeze dance
    • Worry brain trap
    • Self-care mind maps
    • Labyrinths
Sandtray and Play Therapy
  • Personal reflection
  • Address transference and counter-transference
  • Process questions to delve deeper into healing
  • Creation of group, individual and family sandtrays
  • Sources of sand: Wet vs dry
  • Setting up the playroom
  • Conducting a sand tray session
Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy
  • Perfect combination to create healing
  • Power of metaphors and storytelling
  • Create your own therapeutic library
  • Safely empower children to work out what is troubling them
    • Divorce
    • Loss
    • Anger
    • Trauma and more!
Mindfulness and Play Therapy
  • Slow down bodies and minds
  • Quiet the nervous system, increase attention/focus and alleviate anxiety
  • Heart-centered kindness and compassion
  • Difference between adult and child mindfulness processes
  • Guided Imagery exercises
  • Full body relaxation techniques
  • Nature-based play therapy
Nurtured Heart Approach® and Play Therapy
  • Three Strands
  • Igniting Children’s Greatness
  • Greatness Sticks
  • Transforming the Intense Child
  • Positive Recognitions and “Resets”
  • Working collaboratively with parents and schools
Play Therapy Across Ages, Stages and Special Populations
  • Play Therapy for young children, adolescents, and adults
  • Adoption
  • Grief, loss, and bereavement
  • Life transitions: Divorce, new home or school
  • Enuresis, Encopresis
  • OCD, perfectionism, anxiety, aggression and more!
  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Play Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Speech & Language Professionals
  • Other Mental Health Professionals
  • Educators

    • TAMMI VAN HOLLANDER, LCSW, RPT-S™

    Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S™, is a licensed clinical social worker and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™. She is the owner of Main Line Play Therapy: An Expressive Therapy Center in Bryn Mawr, PA. Tammi is an international speaker, play advocate and founding board member of The World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals. She is an Advanced Certified Trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach®, a certified FirstPlay® practitioner, trained in level one Theraplay® and EMDR. Her work and creative interventions in the field of play therapy and Sandtray therapy have been published and internationally recognized. She specializes in attachment, Sandtray play therapy & sensory integration working with children, families, and adults of all ages. Tammi is the author of an attachment-based multisensory story titled Casey’s Greatness Wings: Teaching Mindfulness, Connection and Courage to Children and creator of Greatness Sticks and Greatness Cards. For more information on Tammi’s publications work, visit her website at www.mainlineplaytherapy.com



    Speaker Disclosures:
    Financial: Tammi Van Hollander is the owner of Main Line Therapy, LLC. and has employment relationships with the Expressive Arts Therapies and the Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Institute. She receives royalties as a published author. Tammi Van Hollander receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
    Non-financial: Tammi Van Hollander is a member of the Association for Play Therapy and the National Association for Social Workers. She is a board member of the World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals and a program committee chair for the Specialists of Schools.
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