Rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in young children have risen in the last 5 years, and more play therapists than ever are faced with these issues in the playroom. Clinicians often feel lost due to the lack of education on this topic, uncertainty about their capability to support children who experience suicidal ideation, and overwhelmed and drained by the intensity of being in the room with young children who express wanting to die.

If that sounds familiar, please join Heather FD of Playful Integration for Suicidal Ideation & Self-Compassion in Play Therapy. You’ll learn about how to recognize suicidal ideation in play therapy sessions, how to manage SI with children and parents, and the healing power of embodied self-compassion in the playroom. You’ll get a framework for understanding what’s going on in the playroom when SI shows up, and the confidence to work with suicidal children as a play therapist. You are not alone in your work – we are all in this together.

Suicidal Ideation & Self-Compassion in Play Therapy Learning Objectives:

  • Identify how suicidal ideation presents in therapy with children

  • Identify specific play themes that children experiencing suicidality may display

  • Feel more confident in their practical skills for working with children experiencing SI and working with parents

CE Credit Hours: 1 CE Credit Hour, NBCC Content Areas: Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship, Human Growth and Development

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7450. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is also an Approved Provider for the following associations:
*Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA) Approved Provider
*British Columbia Play Therapy Association (BCPTA) Approved Provider 23-01

Continuing education credit hours may be awarded to graduate-level counselors or students enrolled in a graduate-level mental health program. If you do not qualify for continuing education credit hours and would like to receive a certificate of completion for this course please contact the Institute directly.

Your participation in this course has directly contributed to the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation‘s mission of making play therapy trainings accessible and affordable to clinicians worldwide, as well as to fund research initiatives in Synergetic Play Therapy! All proceeds from this course have been donated to the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation to support this mission!

Each lesson of this course must be completed in order to receive a CE Certificate. Please click on the blue letters below, “Synergetic Play Therapy Institute – Course Agreements”, to begin. Once you have completed this first lesson, you will gain access to the next lesson to view the course video.

Please remember that your access to this course and its content will expire 365 days from the date of purchase.