Get your Game On! Games with CCPT and Cultural Relevance (3 CEs)

Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) is a dynamic Play Therapy modality which involves many skills and modification options for varying ages. Even after completing my certification and using it for 8 years I am still learning, developing, and gaining greater appreciation for what this model offers children.

Games can be a very powerful way clients can communicate and do therapeutic work during a Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) session. We will identify the therapeutic power of game play and common themes that arise at various stages of play. We will focus on Viginia Axline’s 8 principles to guide our use of CCPT skills to game play. Through experiential learning we will work through “sticky situations” to remain client-centered and maintain integrity of the model.

During this training we will be discussing how to incorporate games from client’s native cultures into the Child-Centered Play Therapy process to remain culturally relevant. Participants will increase in awareness of how they can collaborate with caregivers in this process.

In the spirit of CCPT, hands-on, experiential learning will abound in this training. We will utilize role play, lecture, and handouts to include multiple learning styles and provide ample practice. Space will be limited to a small number of participants in order to provide effective coaching.

This would be an intermediate level training so at least a 2-day CCPT training in the fundamentals of CCPT is recommended. This training is for various levels of play therapists who are looking to increase their skills or veterans who just want a fun refresher.

Prerequisite: This training is for licenced mental health professionals, or current students studying to become licensed in a mental health field.

It is required that participants have had a 2-day basic workshop (or equivalent grad class) in CCPT. After registration you will receive an email requesting the dates of the CCPT training (or class) you attended.

Following this workshop, participants will be able to:

1) Identify therapeutic value game play, especially cheating, during Child-Centered Play Therapy.

2) Identify Virginia Axline's 8 principles of CCPT and how these principles can be maintained during game play in Child-Centered Play Therapy.

3) Practice following the child lead and empathic responses to children during game play in Child-Centered Play Therapy.

4) Identify ways to be culturally relevant to clients through selection of games.

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3 Continuing Education Hours Available.

APT APPROVED PROVIDER: #19-592

Location: 999 N. Main St., # 202 (second floor), Glen Ellyn, IL, 60137

Schedule: Friday Sept. 19th 3:00pm-6:00pm CST

Sept. 19th 2:45pm Registration, 3:00pm-6:00pm Training

Meals on your own. Snacks, tea and coffee will be provided.

Investment: $35.00 for students, $55.00 for Non-profit or Associate Licensed Professionals, $75.00 Early Bird Rate for Professionals available Sept. 1st, $95 regular fee for Professionals after Sept. 1st.

$20 discount for those who work at a non-profit. Tickets in this category are limited and indicated at checkout by the title "Nonprofit and Associate Licensed Professional Rate". Please provide a copy of tax exempt status via email to [email protected]. There are limited spots available for this discount per training.

$20 discount for those who have an Associate license only. Tickets in this category are limited and are indicated at checkout by the title "Nonprofit and Associate Licensed Professional Rate". Please provide a copy of your associate license via email to [email protected] . There are limited spots available for this discount per training.

Payments accepted: Credit Card (thru Eventbrite), Check or Chase Quick Pay Zelle (received 1 week before event)

Refund: Full Refund Available (minus credit card fees) up to 7 days in advance.

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Sharon Bryant, MA, LMFT, EMDR, RPT-S, CCPT-S, FFT-S, is certified in Child-Centered Play Therapy, Filial Family Therapy, Relationship Enhancement Programming, and is an EMDRIA Approved EMDR Trained Clinician. Sharon is a Child-Centered Play Therapy and Filial Therapy Skills Consultant for NIRE. She is the founder of Flourishing Families LLC and works in private practice at Flourishing Families LLC in Glen Ellyn, IL. She has presented twice at the NIRE national conference in Washington D.C., has taught play therapy as an adjunct professor, and has trained in play therapy for a variety of settings. Sharon has co-authored a life-skills curriculum called Back on Track and has contributed to a marriage-enrichment program (“Couple Talk”) as well as a parenting book titled A Life Shared: Meaningful Conversations with Our Kids.

Sponsor: Flourishing Families, LLC https://www.flourishingfams.com/

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]

Flourishing Families delivers quality training, supervision, and resources for mental health professionals. Our goal is to empower, equip, and nurture clinicians to enable them to provide quality mental health services that help families heal and flourish. Flourishing Families is an APT Approved Provider #19-592.

Flourishing Families declares that this workshop and presenter have no conflict of interest in presenting this workshop, nor is there any commercial support.

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999 N Main St.

Glen Ellyn, IL

60137

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