Description
What: An independent book study of Lisa Dion’s Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity book
Where: Read the book anywhere! (perhaps somewhere comfy!)
What You’ll Learn:
- Identify strategies for maintaining regulation in the midst of intense play, aggression and death in the playroom
- Identify at least 2 strategies for working with aggression in the playroom without experiencing your own nervous system shut down leading to vicarious trauma
- Define “emotional flooding”, and identify at least 2 strategies to employ when this happens in a play therapy session
- Examine the Synergetic Play Therapy concept of “The Set Up” in the playroom as a way to understand what the child is trying to communicate
- Demonstrate at least 2 strategies for setting boundaries without shaming or shutting down a child’s play
- Recognize the significance of congruence and authentic expression in the play therapy process
Credits: 6 Non-Contact CE Credit*
*Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, APT Approved Provider 09-264**
*Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA) Approved Provider
*British Columbia Play Therapy Association (BCPTA) Approved Provider 23-01
Play therapy credit may be awarded to graduate students enrolled in a graduate mental health program or individuals who hold a graduate mental health degree. If you do not qualify for play therapy credit and would like to receive a certificate of completion for this course please contact the Institute.
***The Synergetic Play Therapy Institute’s Approved Provider status under the Association for Play Therapy (APT) ends December 31, 2023. If you would like to use the CE Credit Hours earned in this course toward an APT credential you must complete all course requirements and download your CE Certificate by no later than December 31, 2023. Certificates dated after December 31, 2023, will not be accepted by APT.***
Cost: $60 USD
*The Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to helping make play therapy trainings accessible and affordable to clinicians worldwide, as well as to fund research initiatives in Synergetic Play Therapy. Discover ways to donate to scholarship funds and current research projects by visiting the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation website.
*BOOK NOT INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK STUDY
The book is available for purchase in 3 options: English, Spanish, and Audio. To learn more click here.
Book Study Refund Policy: Fees are non-refundable, but are transferable to other courses. If you are dissatisfied with the book study, you may request a transfer of funds to another course by writing a one-page paper outlining what you learned in the book study and what specifically it was about the book study that was not satisfactory. You will not receive CE credits for the original book study you signed up for. As well, we don’t refund the cost of the books, as we don’t sell the books.
