This webinar will explore the myriad ways in which children show us the hard things that have happened to them. There are as many ways for children to share their pain with us as there are stories to be told. After three decades of Storykeeping, TraumaPlay has identified three primary posttraumatic play pathways that children use to create coherence in their internal narratives. These three pathways allow for play-based gradual exposure to occur while integrating thoughts, feelings, and sensory impressions connected to the trauma. TraumaPlay gives permission for a “yes, and” approach to the sometimes overwhelming question of whether to use directive or non-directive play therapy approaches with traumatized children and expands our conceptual framework for following the child’s need in trauma processing.
Creating Coherent Narratives in TraumaPlay™: Posttraumatic Play and the Pathways of Pursuit
$35.00
Description
What: A 1-hour home study course teaching the different TraumaPlay pathways.
Where: Wherever you are!
When: You will have access to this course for 365 days from the date of purchase. Access to this course and its content will expire at that time.
Creating Coherent Narratives in TraumaPlay™: Posttraumatic Play and the Pathways of Pursuit Learning Objectives:
- Differentiate three TraumaPlay pathways in which children may engage in play-based gradual exposure and posttraumatic play
- Determine which TraumaPlay pathway is being embraced by individual clients on a moment-to-moment basis in the playroom
- Match therapeutic use of self to the chosen pathway of the child
Cost: $35 each
*All proceeds from this course will be donated to the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation and will go toward future scholarships and the Foundation itself. Registrations for this course are handled by the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute.
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.
Presenter: Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S
Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S, is the creator of TraumaPlay™, the Executive Director of the TraumaPlay Institute, the Clinical Director of Nurture House, a guest lecturer with Vanderbilt University and President-Elect of TNAPT. She is a TedTalk speaker, an internationally renowned speaker, a master clinician, and a prolific writer. She has received the TNAPT Lifetime Achievement Award and her thirteenth book, Big Behaviors in All Containers: 105+ Trauma-Informed Play Therapy Interventions for Working with Dysregulated Children AND Their Dysregulated Grown-Ups launches in February, 2026 during Play Therapy Week. She delights in training trauma clinicians around the globe and treating traumatized children and families at Nurture House.
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.
Refund Policy: Fees are non-refundable, but are transferable to other courses. You will not receive CE credit hours for this course should you choose to transfer your enrollment to another course. Please contact the Institute should you have any questions or concerns.
