[perri_silvi]

in reply to: Resource Sharing: What are your current favorites? #168244

I‘m reading „Treating chronically traumatized children, The sleeping dogs method“ by Arianne Struik.
It gave me some creative ideas.
Could anyone of you suggest some good ressources around the topic of foster kids/foster parents? I have a quite challenging case currently and I would love to have some more insight into what is known to be helpful for these families.

Thank you in advance

[perri_silvi]

in reply to: WELCOME! Please Say Hello and Introduce Yourself #168108

Hi!
My name is Silvia, I‘m from Italy, but German is my first language. I live in Austria near the swiss and german borders at the beautiful lake of Constance and I work in Germany. I found out about SPT on my drive to work in the beginning of 2019 when I looked for a good therapy-themed podcast to listen to. I found the „Lessons in the Playroom“ podcast and was hooked right away. The teaching style of Lisa was resonating with me a lot and I sensed that this might be the right path for me. I’m a clinical psychologist and I was constantly looking for therapy related certification programs, but the ones which were available in the area didn’t really „click“ with me.
I was browsing through the SPTI Homepage, looked at the courses, I bought some of the 1 hour courses and joined the membership for monthly webinars. And soon I was sure that I wanted to take the Intro-course. I did in 2019, I tried to apply at work what I had learned, but I still was very much in my head, „thinking“ my way through the play, not really able to feel my way through it. As Covid hit I was able to take the certification program online (I was in the first cohort to do so in 2020/2021). I feel that SPT has not only changed my approach to therapy and my work, it has also changed me. And it continues to do so. I took a long break from work after having my second child (parental leave in Austria/Germany is quite long). I returned to work in December last year. I love getting back to practicing SPT every day. Before SPT I had a lot of „Shoulds“, I always felt like I wasn’t good enough in my job. With SPT I have learned that there is both: there is a lot to learn for me still but there is also a place for me where I can bring myself to the table as I am. Learning doesn’t feel like a burden anymore, I enjoy learning so much more now, because I do it from a place of curiosity and genuine interest instead from a place of duty and „should“.
I try to apply the „Offering“ in my daily live and it really helped strengthen the relationships with my kids and my husband.
I will continue my professional journey with SPT through the learning platform for sure (though I rarely make it to the live webinars because of the time difference, I watch the recordings). It doesn’t feel like work to me, it feels like being in the right place with the right people and belonging to a community that gets me. Even though I only met some of you fellow SPTers online and I‘m probably not being remembered as an individual by anyone, this communityt doesn’t feel anonymous to me. It feels like family.
I’m looking forward to continue my learning and to be part of this new platform!

Thank you, Kim, for putting it all out there for us and for being a role-model in being vulnerable and true to yourself. I recognized the „clunky“ feelings you described of being on a learning curve… it takes a lot of courage to own everything that comes with the clunkyness. I am inspired by you!
I hope to read from other SPTers soon!

Silvia

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