Synergetic Play Therapy Certification

Description

The course begins with three days together in community. Halfway through the course, we will reconvene for five additional days.  During the program (with the exception of December and January), the course will be conducted twice a month via live webinar. The Certification process includes six post-Intro or post-Intensive one-hour supervision sessions and nine one-hour supervision sessions with an SPT Supervisor (for a total of 15 hours). These sessions are designed to help you integrate and deepen your learning.

Course Details: 

When and Where: Certification Dates 2019 – 2020

Please note that attendance at all webinars and retreats is required. You may choose to attend the retreats in Boulder, Vancouver, or Melbourne, but both retreats must be attended at the same location.

Learning Objectives:  

• Describe how SPT supports the child in changing his perceptions of the perceived challenging events and thoughts in his life
• Explain how attunement between therapist and child is essential in order to heal disorganization in the lower brain stem and re-pattern their nervous system in the play therapy process
• Demonstrate how a play therapist can model self-regulation to the child during a play therapy session
• Determine how the play therapist’s ability to use mindfulness to be congruent and authentic in her language and non-verbal signals allows the child to feel safe in the relationship
• Identify the different states of dys-regulation and their corresponding symptoms as they arise in the playroom
• Discuss how toys are used to help facilitate the relationship between the therapist and the child during a play therapy session
• Explain how to support the child in getting in touch with her authentic self during the play therapy process
• Describe how the synergy between the therapist’s authenticity, attunement, congruence, and nervous system regulation supports the child in learning how to attach to self, the cornerstone of all healing
• Discuss how the child projects his inner world onto the toys and therapist setting them up to experience his perception of what it feels like to be him during a play therapy session

Learning Objectives by Class:  SPT Certification Objectives by Class

Credits: 80 plus APT CE Credits*

Cost: 4400.00 (9-15 month payment plans available. 4000.00 when paid in full. Money conversion rates apply for CAN and AUS), 600.00 US deposit required upon acceptance.

*Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, APT Approved Provider 09-264