The 3rd Annual Innovative Child Therapy Symposium
JOIN US FOR THE 3RD ANNUAL INNOVATIVE CHILD THERAPY SYMPOSIUM!
Join thousands of child therapists, play therapists, school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and mental health professionals for a week of learning, connection, and inspiration.
Over five days, you'll learn practical strategies, creative interventions, and innovative approaches from leading experts in play therapy, EMDR, sandtray therapy, attachment, grief, nervous system regulation, and child mental health.
Whether you're looking for fresh ideas, deeper understanding, or renewed inspiration, you'll find sessions designed to support your work with children, adolescents, and families.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Ana Gomez
Mechanisms of Adaptation and Trauma Related Phobias in Children with Complex Trauma
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Buffalo, New York. Her specialties include attachment and child and adolescent trauma, and she also works with adult survivors. She is certified in EMDR and is an EMDR Approved Consultant and Trainer and a faculty member of the Child Trauma Institute, as well as a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor and Approved Provider of play therapy continuing education through the Association for Play Therapy. She provides consultation in person and remotely, and gives trainings locally and internationally and is the co-founder of Playful EMDR, an online hub for training and consultation. Her primary interest is in the intersection of play therapy and EMDR and has published on this topic including as co-editor of EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room: An Integrated Approach (2020).
https://www.annbeckleyforest.com/current-trainings
Jen Taylor is an LCSW-C and RPT-S with nearly 20 years experience in the field of social work. She is an EMDR Approved Consultant. She is a certified Journal to the Self Instructor. She is an adjunct instructor at the University of Memphis currently living near Baltimore, MD. Jennifer graduated from the University of West Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work in 1999. She graduated from the Florida State University with a Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work in 2005. Jennifer is licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in Maryland, Florida, Tennessee and Hawaii.
Jen Taylor is the creator of the original 2017 Play Therapy Summit. She is the creator and host of innovative play therapy retreats and events in destinations all over the world (including Hawaii and Kenya). Jen Taylor partners with play therapy leaders to offer online, recorded training that is meaningful and practical. Jen Taylor is the author of three published play therapy chapters: Cooperative Games, Group Play Therapy Supervision and Nature-Based Family Play Therapy Interventions.
To learn more, visit:
https://jentaylorplaytherapy.com/tag/journals/
Upcoming Training in Philadelphia, PA with Lisa Dion - Through the Looking Glass: Turning Your Anxiety about the Future into your play therapy superpower & other Online recorded training: courses at www.jentaylorplaytherapy.com
Journal the Year 2023 - A monthly journaling group that helps you develop journaling as a habit. It's not too late to start (even though the year has already started).
David A. Crenshaw, PhD., ABPP, RPT-S is a world renown board certified clinical psychologist who is currently Chief of Clinical Services at the Childrenās Home of Poughkeepsie in New York. He is a Fellow
of the American Psychological Association and a Fellow in the APA Division of Child and Adolescent Psychology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. He is the author of 20 books in the field of child and adolescent psychology, and the author, co-author, editor, co-editor of over 100 journal articles and book chapters. He is the recipient of numerous awards including three Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Hudson Valley Psychological Association, the New York Association of Play Therapy, and the United States Association for Play Therapy.
To learn more:
Dr. Lisa Shadburn is a licensed psychologist and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor. She is an instructor in the play therapy certification program at the University of California, San Diego, and is past President of the California branch of the Association for Play Therapy. She has been a program director, supervisor and play therapy practitioner in community mental health,
school-based mental health, and group private practice, and is a formeradjunct faculty member at Alliant International University/CSPP, Los Angeles and Phillips Graduate Institute, and she is the author of the new therapeutic childrenās book, Iāve got this: A childās guide to lifting yourself
up when youāre feeling down. Dr. Shadburn has been conducting trainings in play therapy and child interventions for over two decades.
Dr. Shadburn's Hope and Healing Facebook Page
To learn more:
Liana Lowenstein is a Registered Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has been working with children and their families in Toronto since 1988. Her 13 books are used by mental health professionals all over the world. She is a dynamic speaker who has provided trainings throughout North America and abroad, including China, South Africa, Israel, England, Turkey, New Zealand, and Australia. She is winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada.
To learn more, visit: www.lianalowenstein.com
What We Say & How We Say It
š MONDAY
On Monday, weāll explore how language, communication, and clinical understanding shape our work with children and families, including gender identity and sexuality, suicidal ideation, adoption and foster care, eating disorders, autism, grief, PANS, and the difference between punishment and discipline.
Samantha Willis
Understanding Common Terms Relating to Gender Identity and SexualityHeather Fairlee Denbrough
Working with Young Clients with Suicidal IdeationJeanette Yoffe
When Working with Children & Families of Adoption & Foster CareMarnie Davis
A Team Treatment Approach for Working with Eating DisordersDr. Robert Jason Grant
Key Terms and Phrases to Know When Working with Autistic Children & TeensDiane (Dee Dee) Diaz Rodriguez
The Language of Grief for KidsDr. Montserrat Casado
Raising Awareness of PANS: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric SyndromeDr. Dalena Dillman Taylor
Punishment ā Discipline
For Therapist Extraordinaire Pass holders, todayās bonus materials are also available:
š AutPlayĀ® Assessment
š LGBTQ+ Terminology
š Warning Signs of Suicidal Ideation in the Playroom
š Bereaved Children Intake
š Language of Grief Workshop with a Child Demonstration
š AutPlayĀ® Therapy Groups Neurodiversity Affirming Guide
š Daisy Flower Resource: A Resource for Support, Safety and Protection
š Shamewich Activity
Upgrade to the Therapist Extraordinaire Pass for lifetime access to every Monday presentation, the Grief and Loss Companion Notebook, bonus integration resources, and the ability to revisit the material whenever you need it.
Continue Learning Beyond the Event
Diana is a licensed clinical social worker approved supervisor through the Florida board of mental health professions, a registered play therapist supervisor through the national association for play therapy, a certified trauma focused behavioral therapist and fully trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and The Gottman Method for Couple's therapy. Diana has more than ten years of experience providing psychotherapy to the South West Florida Community, and most of her experience consisted in working with children and families.
In 2015 Diana cofounded Sunshine State Counseling Center with the purpose of providing quality mental health services to children, adults, couples and families. Currently, the center counts with two locations, a group of ten psychotherapists, student interns and administration staff. Most of the therapists are currently trained in play therapy, EMDR and TFCBT, and comfortably provide services in English and Spanish. Sunshine State Counseling Center is proud to serve insured and private pay clients, children in foster care, immigrants and overall everyone in need of Outpatient Mental Health Services.
To learn more, visit:
Carmen Jimenez-Pride is the founder, and Executive Director of Outspoken Counseling and Consulting. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, Certified EMDR Therapist, Internal Family Systems Therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher, Registered Children Yoga Teacher and a Certified Daring Wayā¢ Facilitator. Carmen is also a LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator. Carmen is the developer of Diversity in Play Therapy Inc.; and creator/organizer of the Diversity in Play Therapy Summit.
Carmen received her Bachelor of Social Work with a certificate in Child Protective Services from Benedict College. She was then accepted into the advanced standing program at the University of South Carolina earning a Master of Social Work with a focus on communities and organizations. Carmenās passion is youth/ children, and she has dedicated herself not only to enriching the lives of children but also to provide the tools and curriculum for clinicians to ensure her goal to reach others has an even farther span in society. Carmen is experienced in the clinical treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with culturally diverse backgrounds addressing a wide range of concerns. Carmenās career in the mental health field spans more than 15 years.
Her experience as a therapist, consultant, trainer, educator, coach, and author encompasses Carmenās approach to practice, which is āTogether We Will Growā
To learn more, visit:
Upcoming training at www.trainwithcarmen.com
Consultation www.bookcarmen.com
www.carmenpride.com
Social Media: @Pridelcsw
Jill Castle is one of the nationās premier childhood nutrition experts. Known as a paradigm shifter who blends current research, practical application and common sense, Jill inspires audiences to think differently about feeding kids. A sought-after speaker, advisor, and media contributor, Jill has inspired audiences from the TEDx stage as well as a range of medical, government and parent audiences. Jill serves as an expert reviewer for Parents.com, and has been featured as a guest expert in CNN, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, and many other outlets. She helps startups and companies in the kid food space as an advisor and consultant.
Jill is the founder and CEO of The Nourished Child®, a parent nutrition education website. She is the author of the forthcoming book Size Wise (Workman 2023), as well as the books, Eat Like a Champion, Try New Food, The Smart Momās Guide to Starting Solids, The Smart Momās Guide to Healthy Snacking, and co-author of Fearless Feeding. She interviews experts on her popular podcast, The Nourished Child®
To learn more, visit:
The Nourished Child website: www.thenourishedchild.com
The Nourished Child podcast: https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
facebook: /thenourishedchild/
instagram: the.nourished.child and i.am.pediRD
My books here: https://thenourishedchild.com/books/
Nicole Looney has a passion for helping others! Nicole is a Licensed Counselor in the state of Florida and Texas, as well as a nationally accredited Board-Certified Counselor. Nicole is trained in group and individual crisis intervention, EMDR certified, and is a nationally trained instructor for Mental Health First Aid adult and youth curriculum. Nicole has worked in various types of clinical and administrative positions within the counseling field and has helped adults with a variety of life's struggles. Currently Nicole uses her skills to provides therapeutic support to clients, professional support to other counseling professionals and training in the community.
To learn more, visit:
Facebook: @starcounselingserv
Instagram: @starcounselingserv
website: www.starcounselingserv.com
Phone: 561-510-3387
Email: nlooney@starcounselingserv.com
Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S, certified EMDR therapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, is the creator of TraumaPlay®, a flexibly sequential play therapy model for treating trauma and attachment disturbances in family systems. She is the Executive Director of the TraumaPlay® Institute, the Clinical Director of Nurture House, an Adjunct Instructor of Psychiatric Mental Health at Vanderbilt University, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant. Paris has an international reputation as a dynamic and compassionate speaker, an master clinician, and a prolific author. She is a thought leader in the fields of child trauma, and play therapy, has received the APT award for Play Therapy Promotion and Education, gave a Ted Talk on Trauma and Play Therapy, and served as the Executive Director of the Lipscomb Play Therapy and Expressive Arts Center. She is on the board of TNAPT, and is the author of multiple chapters and articles as well as twelve books, including Parents as Partners in Child Therapy: A Clinicianās Guide, and Big Behaviors in Small Containers and finds great joy in training clinicians all over the world in helping children heal.
To learn more, visit:
https://www.parisgoodyearbrown.com
IG/FB: @parisgoodyearbrown
https://www.traumaplayinstitute.comā ā
IG/FB: @traumaplayinstitute
https://www.nurturehouse.org
IG: @nurture_house
FB: @NurtureHouseTN
Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S is a licensed clinical social worker and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, and has spent over 20 years working with children, families and individuals. Her work and creative interventions in the field of play therapy have been published and internationally recognized. Tammi is the author of a multi-sensory, attachment-based childrenās book titled, Caseyās Greatness Wings: Teaching Mindfulness, Connection, and Courage to Children. The success of the book inspired her to create Caseyās Greatness Sticks & Greatness Cards to be used in schools, counseling and in the home. She specializes in attachment, sand tray play therapy & sensory integration working with infants, children, families, and adults of all ages.
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She holds a Master of Social Work from The University of Pennsylvania and has had extensive training and supervision from The Family and Play Therapy Center in Philadelphia.
She is a certified Trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach®, a certified FirstPlay® practitioner and a founding board member of The World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals.
To learn more, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/mainlineplaytherapy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCStWuSv69lHzXDF-xUJoVPw
Dr. Rachel Altvater is a Licensed Psychologist in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, Registered Play TherapistāSupervisor, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She is the owner of Creative Psychological Health Services, an affiliate faculty member at Loyola University Maryland, and the president of the Maryland/DC Association for Play Therapy. Dr. Altvater published two articles in the International Journal of Play Therapy on her research of technology use in play therapy and is a contributing author in Integrating Technology in Modern Therapies: A Clinicianās Guide to Developments and Interventions, Digital Play Therapy: A Clinicianās Guide to Comfort and Competence, and Cultural Issues in Play Therapy (2nd ed.; in press). She is the recipient of the 2019 Emerging Leader Service Award from the Association for Play Therapy, the 2018 Outstanding Play Therapy Research Award from the Maryland/DC Association for Play Therapy, and the 2018 Distinguished Alumna of the Year from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington, D.C. Campus.
To learn more,visit:
Consultation & supervision - https://creativepsychological.com/services/supervision-consultation-and-training
YouTube channel with virtual play therapy content - www.YouTube.com/c/RachelAltvater
Facebook pages - Professional:
https://www.facebook.com/dr.rachelaltvater/ & Business:
https://www.facebook.com/creativepsychological/
Website - www.creativepsychological.com
Ann Meehan is a mental health therapist who specializes in helping children, adolescents, and families heal, grow and move forward from lifeās difficulties, big emotions, and challenging behaviors. She is a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor and an EMDR Consultant. Ann helps other therapist become inspired and thriving in their practices and supports therapists The Playful Therapist Blog and Meehan Mental Health Services Training Center.
To learn more, visit:
Exploration of Some Play & Expressive Therapies
š TUESDAY
On Tuesday, weāll explore a wide range of play and expressive therapy approaches, including sandtray, Internal Family Systems, attachment work, nature-based play, bibliotherapy, digital play therapy, animal-assisted play therapy, EMDR, art, puppetry, music, and creative approaches for working with trauma and dissociation.
Marshall Lyles and Linda Homeyer
What Is Sandtray Therapy?Annie Monaco and Ann Beckley Forest
Dissociation in Children: Meet ALLMEEĀ©: A Therapeutic DollCarmen Jimenez Pride
Glimpse of Internal Family Systems and Play Therapy IntegratedClair Mellenthin
Strengthening Attachment in Play TherapyJamie Lynn Langley
Integrating Nature in Play TherapyTheresa Fraser
Working with Traumatized ChildrenDr. Jenn Lefebre
A Glimpse of What Quality Play Therapy Supervision Can EntailDr. Karen Fried
Oaklander Model Demonstrated: Puppet Play & Music in TherapyLynn Louise Wonders
Ways to Incorporate Bibliotherapy into Your Practice with Children and FamiliesDr. Jessica Stone
3 Ways to Incorporate Digital Play Therapy into Your Child Therapy PracticeDr. Risƫ VanFleet
Animal Assisted Play TherapyĀ® DescribedSophia Ansari
Superheroes and Villains in Play TherapyJackie Flynn
EMDR with KidsKaren Wallace
Play and Art Narrative in Trauma Treatment
For Therapist Extraordinaire Pass holders, todayās bonus materials are also available:
š¤ Polyvagal Inspired Kid-Friendly 3 States Body Scans
š¤ Sophia Ansari
Using a Virtual Background in Session (Sophia Demonstrates)
š¤ Sophia Ansari
Superheroes and Villains Handout
š¤ Coupon Code for the ALLMEE Therapeutic Doll
š¤ Marshall Lyles
Beautiful Poetry
š¤ Oaklander Model Music in Therapy
š¤ Carmen Jimenez Pride
Discount Code for 10% Off
š¤ Dr. Jenn Lefebre
Professional Development Tree for Play Therapy Supervision
Upgrade to the Therapist Extraordinaire Pass for lifetime access to every Tuesday presentation, the Play Heals Attachment Companion Notebook, bonus integration resources, and the ability to revisit the material whenever you need it.
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Katie K May is a licensed therapist, entrepreneur and author. She owns Creative Healing , teen support centers in the greater Philadelphia area. When Katie is not in the therapy room, sheās supporting other therapists in marketing, creating and filling groups in private practice with her consulting company, Visionary Therapist.
To learn more, visit:
Dr. Becki Welsh is an Assistant Professor at Colorado Christian University and Founder and Co-Executive Director at 316 Counseling Center in McKinney, TX. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision and her M.Ed. in Professional Counseling. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor in Texas and Colorado, a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, and an EMDR-certified trauma specialist. She is an educator, practitioner, researcher, advocate, mentor, and supervisor for counselor licensing and play therapy. She developed the Needs-Connection Modelā¢ that helps parents and therapists understand and meet needs for better relationships.
Becki lives in McKinney, Texas, with her husband, Greg, and their two Labradoodles, Levi and Sophie.
I offer training in play therapy and in implementing the Needs-Connection Modelā¢. I also have a subscription service for professionals to access resources and new monthly content related to play therapy, working with parents and trauma work
To learn more, visit:
https://www.drbecki.com
facebook.com/drbecki
Terry Kottman developed Adlerian play therapy, an approach to working with children, families, and adults that combines the ideas and techniques of Individual Psychology and play therapy. She founded the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists and created a certification program for Adlerian play therapy. Terry is co-author (with Kristin Meany-Walen) of Doing Play Therapy: From Building the Relationship to Facilitating Change and Partners in Play: An Adlerian Approach to Play Therapy, and the author of Play Therapy: Basics and Beyond and several other books. In 2014, she was granted a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Play Therapy; in 2017, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Iowa Association for Play Therapy; and in 2020, she received a third Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Society for Adlerian Psychology. (She seems to be collecting them.) She has been married to her husband Rick for 46 years and has a delightful adult son, Jacob, of whom she is inordinately proud.
To learn more, visit:
League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LLC)--classes on Adlerian play therapy --https://leapt.arlo.co/w/
Certification in Adlerian Play Therapy: www.adlerianplaytherapy.com
Merab Chunge is an amazing teacher and therapist in Nairobi, Kenya. She integrates nature, expressive arts, therapeutic touch and more into her work with children and families
Helen Ritchie is a Certified Synergetic Play Therapy® Supervisor and Consultant in private practice in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who specializes in trauma and anxiety. She enjoys counselling children, teens, adults, and parents using Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT), Child Centred Play Therapy, Sand tray therapy, and EMDR, and is passionate about supporting play therapists as they discover their authentic selves.
With a background of over 25 years of elementary school counselling and high school science teaching, she highly values teaching the neuroscience of behaviour from an SPT lens to school counsellors, teachers, and parents, and training (school) counsellors in play therapy and SPT principles. Helen is the President of the British Columbia Play Therapy Association.
To learn more, visit: Directory URL: https://counsellingbc.com/listings/hritchie.htm
Joye Newman earned her M.A. in Education and Human Development with a specialty in Perceptual Motor Development from The George Washington University. Integrating studies in behavioral optometry, occupational therapy, and psychology into her graduate work, she developed a unique method of movement therapy.
Joye founded and directed Kids Moving Company (KMC). She was concerned that many kids were not encouraged to move ā in fact, many kids were discouraged from moving ā at home and school. KMC provided a place for children to move, play, and think in a developmentally appropriate environment. After 30 years, Joye closed the studio to focus on individual evaluations and consultations with parents to help their children become more confident and competent in everything they do.
To learn more, visit: https://in-sync-child.com/
Supporting the Child Therapy Practitioner
š¤ WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday, weāll focus on supporting the therapist behind the work, including practice spaces, professional confidence, documentation, online play therapy, creativity, self-care, therapeutic presence, and inspiration from child therapy practices around the world.
Kim Martinez
Letās Tour Kim Martinezās Group Play Therapy Practice OfficeTiffanie Trudeau
āI Donāt Want My Name on the Cover. šāDr. David Crenshaw and Tammi VanHollander
How to Create a Safe Therapeutic Space in Play TherapyLisa Dion
When Imposter Syndrome Sets InDr. Rachel Altvater
When Therapists Go to TherapyAnn Meehan
The Child Centered Play Therapy Progress NoteDr. KatySue Tillman
Maintaining the Integrity of Play Therapy OnlineMerab Chunge
Meet Merab: Play Therapy in AfricaDora Henderson
Letās Tour Doraās Play Therapy Private PracticeMaria Arias
Virtual Play and Art Interventions with Young ChildrenRotem Brayer
Re-Igniting CreativityJen Taylor
Permission
For Therapist Extraordinaire Pass holders, todayās bonus materials are also available:
š§” Lisa Dion
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Webinar
Upgrade to the Therapist Extraordinaire Pass for lifetime access to every Wednesday presentation, the Beyond Words Companion Notebook, bonus integration resources, and the ability to revisit the material whenever you need it.
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Claudia Ocampo, MS, LPC-S, RPT-Sā¢, NCC is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisorā¢ and EMDR Certified. She received herBachelor of Arts in Sociology in 2003 and Master of Science in Counseling Psychology in 2008. Since 1999, she's have been helping people define and achieve goals to overcome personal obstacles. Having a wide range of intensive training allows for specialized care of adults, teenagers and children alike. This custom-tailored counseling style focuses on creativity and expressive arts rather than more conventional talk therapy. In this restorative process, she utilizes approaches such as Play Therapy, Sand Therapy, Parts of Self, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to better help clients become the best version of themselves.
To learn more visit:
Karen Fried is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an Educational Therapist in Santa Monica, California.
Dr. Fried has a private psychotherapy practice and co-directs the K&M Center, which provides educational and remedial services to students from preschool to college. In her practice, she uses the Oaklander Model of child therapy, and is president of the Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation. She trains and supervises child and adolescent therapists in this model in the US and internationally. Trainings, online tools, resources, and many of Dr. Friedās writings can be found at oaklandertraining.org and vsof.org; Dr. Fried can be reached at Karen@karenfried.com
To learn more, visit: Free Online Play Therapy Tools:
Projective Cards - https://www.oaklandertraining.org/projective-cards
Online Sand Tray - https://onlinesandtray.com/
Online Puppets - https://onlinepuppets.org
Online Dollhouse - https://onlinedollhouses.com
Mindful Draw - https://mindfuldraw.com
Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, is an international teacher, author, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, founder and President of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, co-founder of the Synergetic Education Institute, creator of the Business of Therapy and host of the Lessons from the Playroom podcast. She is a contributing author in the field of play therapy, as well as the author of Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity. Lisa is the 2015 recipient of the Association for Play Therapyās Professional Education and Training Award of Excellence.
To learn more, visit:
https://synergeticplaytherapy.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SynergeticPlayTherapyInstitute
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lisadion-synergeticplaytherapy
FREE RESOURCES FROM LISA DION
Free Resources: https://synergeticplaytherapy.com/free-resources/
Free 1-hour webinar: https://synergeticplaytherapy.synergeticplaytherapy.com/registration-page
Danyale Weems owns a private group practice in rural Georgia where she specializes in children, adolescents and adults with complex trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders. She has worked with children and adolescents for over 18 years who have experienced multiple types of trauma. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, AutPlay certified, EMDR Certified and an EMDR Consultant in Training. She is nationally certified in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She provides training and supervision locally.
During Danyale's career she developed and implemented a school based mental health program through a grant in a Community Mental Health Agency setting. This program was developed in 5 schools, and 2 systems. She provided play therapy integrating expressive arts, sand tray and other modalities. Danyale traveled between these 5 schools providing play therapy. During the summer and other breaks, she provided in-home services. Danyale's foundational orientation is child centered play and integrating other modalities as client's need.
To learn more, visit:
www.wavescounselingservices.com
www.facebook.com/wavescounseling
www.instagram.com/waves_counseling
Pinterest @dweemslcsw
Karen Wallace, M.Ed, BCATR, is an expressive art psychotherapist, writer and teacher. She works to combine the mythic poetic world of tarot, poetry, and art with the world of psychology, trauma theory, and embodiment. She has authored articles, conference presentations, in-service workshops, and books. Karen is the author of There Is No Need to Talk About This: Poetic Inquiry from the Art Therapy Studio and co-author with her spouse Patrick Lewis of Trauma Informed Teaching through Play Art and Narrative (PAN).
Karen offers trauma informed educational programs for schools and institutions to help teachers and other professions help reduce the trauma of the children they work alongside. She has a private practice and works with adults, children, and teens using expressive therapy, IFS, and Somatic therapy. Karen has 25+ years working with complex trauma, addictions, loss, grief, and abuse through clinical experience in community mental health, schools, group homes, social services, and in private practice.
Karen has taught at University of Regina in Educational Counselling Psychology, Early Childhood Education, and Social Work. She has also taught art therapy at WHEAT The Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy Institute in Winnipeg and at several other art therapy schools throughout Canada. She supervises therapists and counsellors across Canada including being the clinical supervisor for counsellors and youth workers in Shibogama First Nations in Northwestern Ontario. Throughout her career she has facilitated many different kinds of creativity and art therapy groups. She is currently completing her third book, A Fools Journey: A Spiritual Journey of Becoming.
To learn more, visit:
Twitter: @KW_ArtTherapy
Instagram: kwallacearttherapy
Facebook Group: Trauma Informed Teaching through Play Art Narrative (PAN)
Facebook: KarenWallace
Daily Doodles for Well-Being Series: https://www.karen-wallace-therapy.com/
Doodle workbooks for children and youth to work on Grief and Loss, Conflict, and Communication Trauma Responses and Regulation, Growth and Change, Working with Relationships,Anxiety and Self-Care
New Online Group for adults: Exploring Self through Archetypes (January 14th ,2023) 10:00 am--12:00 pm (PST)
January 12th, 2023 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (PST)
Online group to explore archetypes through writing, myths, Internal Family Systems, art making and reading the cards. You will have an opportunity to take a deep dive into the archetypes through writing your archetypal story, making art, doing Internal Family Systems sessions, and exploring through somatic exercises. You may choose to sample all the ways offered, or pick and choose what works for you. Perhaps you want to write, do collage or learn more about reading your tarot deck. Or you may want to show up and just listen and learn about each archetype that we are studying.
Lynn Louise Wonders of Wonders Counseling & Consultation has been providing services for children and families since 2001 and has been providing training, supervision in Consultation for Therapists since 2010. She is the author of When Parents Are at War: A Child Therapistās Guide to Navigating High Conflict Divorce & Custody Cases, the Miss Piperās Playroom therapeutics childrenās book series, and BREATHE: a mindfulness coloring and activity book for children and their caring adults. Lynn provides self care support through retreats and consultation as well as midlife redesign coaching for women.
To learn more, visit:
My Miss Piperās Playroom series:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093ZV4XVR?binding=paperback&qid=1638972167&sr=8-3&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk
My course called Bibliotherapy: The Magic of Bringing Books Into the Playroom
https://courses.wonderscounseling.com/p/bibliotherapy-the-magic-of-bringing-books-into-the-play-room
Janet A. Courtney, PhD, LCSW is Founder of FirstPlay Therapy® [an Infant Mental Health & Developmental Play Therapy model]. She is a Registered Play Therapy-Supervisor, TEDx Speaker and past Chair of the Association for Play Therapy Ethics and Practice Committee and past President of the Florida Association for Play Therapy. She is author and editor of Infant Play Therapy: Foundations, Programs, Models and Practice,ā and āHealing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies: Art, Nature, Storytelling, Body & Mindfulness,ā and āTouch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide.ā Her research into practitioner experiences of training in touch and Developmental Play Therapy is published in the American Journal of Art Therapy and the International Journal of Play Therapy.
She offers a Certification in FirstPlay Infant Play Therapy® AND FirstPlay Kinesthetic Storytelling. She specializes in Infant Mental Health and Infant Play Therapy, Attachment, and Trauma related issues. Dr. Courtneyās new form of Kinesthetic Storytelling® can be found in her childrenās book, The Magic Rainbow.
To learn more, visit:
Training in FirstPlay Infant Play Therapy: www.firstplaytherapy.com
Facebook group: FirstPlay and Infant Play Therapy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1224283894270868
FirstPlay website for parents: www.firstplayinfantmassage.com
FirstPlayCafe (a website for parents): https://www.firstplaycafe.com/
Certification training in Kinesthetic Storytelling:
CE for Dr. Courtney's books: https://courses.jentaylorplaytherapy.com/bundles/three-book-bundle-for-dr-courtney
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-janet-courtney-phd/
"Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies" :
"Infant Play Therapy": https://www.amazon.com/Infant-Play-Therapy-Janet-Courtney/dp/1138613304
"Touch in Child Counseling and Play Thearpy" https://www.amazon.com/Touch-Child-Counseling-Play-Therapy/dp/1138638536
Child Therapy Tips & Techniques with Some Demonstrations
šTHURSDAY
On Thursday, weāll explore practical child therapy techniques and demonstrations, including storytelling, engaging resistant children and teens, focusing, parent engagement, mindful art directives, and bringing creative therapeutic product ideas to life.
Neal King
7 Sentence Story StructureLiana Lowenstein
Engaging Resistant Children and Teens in TherapyRose LaPiere
Focusing with DemonstrationDr. Becki Welsh
Engaging Parents in Play TherapyReina Lombardi
3 Mindful Art Directives in Therapy with Children & TeensBeth Richey
Transforming Your Creative Therapeutic Product Ideas into Reality
For Therapist Extraordinaire Pass holders, todayās bonus materials are also available:
š Liana Lowenstein
Presentation Slides with Activities
š Jamie Lynn Langley
The BIG 3 About Nature
š Ann Meehan
Progress Note Cheat Sheet
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Continue Learning Beyond the Event
Marcella Moslow, LCSW, RPT is a trauma therapist and transracial and transnational adoptee originally from Bogota Colombia. She has a private practice in Buffalo, NY that largely consists of adoptees of all ages and their families. Her specializations include early life trauma, attachment, complex trauma, dissociation and she is trained and certified in modalities including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Progressive Counting, Brainspotting, Safe and Sound Protocol and she is extensively trained in play therapy. She is also a trainer, consultant and educator specializing in the areas of trauma informed parenting, topics pertaining to adoption and foster care for caregivers and professionals who work With this population and trauma informed care in schools.
Marcella is a cohost of the podcast Adoptees Dish that focuses on elevating adoptee voices and addressing topics pertaining to adoption from a personal and clinical lens.
To learn more, visit:
marcellamoslow.com
Instagram- @marcellamoslow
@adopteesdish
Adoptees Dish on Spotify
Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T. earned her Master's in Clinical Psychology, specializing in children, from Antioch University in June of 2002. She treats children with serious psychological problems secondary to histories of abuse, neglect, and /or multiple placements. She is the Clinical Director of Yoffe Therapy Inc. A mental health center in Los Angeles provides services to families, children, teens, and adults connected by foster care and adoption.
Jeanetteās desire to become a child therapist with a special focus on adoption and foster care issues derived from her own experience of being adopted and moving through the foster care system. She created a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the lives of the fostered and adopted and their families, named Celia Center, after her first birth mother, Celia. The center holds full-day mental health conferences, workshops, Adopt Salon support groups, and special events such as the Celia Center Arts Festival and Wolf Healing events throughout the year.
She published her first set of children's books "What is Adoption?" and "What is Foster Care?" in English and Spanish available on Amazon.
Jeanette also has a YouTube Channel named āJeanette-ically Speakingā
About Adoption, Foster Care, and Mental Health which has multiple videos related to adoption, foster care, mental health, trauma-informed best practice, foster care-adoption competency training, parenting tips, childrenās mental health videos. The Hand Model of the Brain For Kids video has more than 200,000 views. Learn more here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeanette.yoffe
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Jeanette-icallySpeaking
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanetteyoffe/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeanetteYoffe
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanetteyoffe/
Author Page: https://amzn.to/3gVpPCK
Website: https://www.jeanetteyoffe.com
Theresa is a trauma specialist who is a play therapy supervisor in Canada. She is the owner of Maritime Play Therapy Centre in Nova Scotia Canada which provides foundation and continuing education play therapy training. She also has a counselling agency known as Changing Steps Child and Family Counselling in Prince Edward Island and Ontario Canada.
Theresa and her husband were treatment foster parents for almost thirty years and they are also adoptive parents. She is well known internationally as a Sandtray Trainer was honoured in 2021 to become a member of the Lowenfeld Trust. She uses EMDR, Brainspotting, SSP and theraplay informed activities in her practice. She is also a consultant for children's mental health programs. In 2022 she and Rita Grayson released the book: the Embodied Brain and Sandtray Therapy: stories of healing and transformation.
To learn more, visit:
www. maritimeplaytherapycentre.com
www.changingstepsfamilycounselling.com
https://www.routledge.com/The-Embodied-Brain-and-Sandtray-Therapy-Stories-of-Healing-and-Transformation/Grayson-Fraser/p/book/9780367507794
Sandtray Practitioner Certificate
https://ce.learningmaritimeptc.com/shop/product/sandtray-certificate-1740/
Bridger Dale Falkenstien
I am a host and producer of several podcasts with hours of free
resources for people all over the world including Notice That, The
Evidence Based Therapist, and Beyond Trauma, all available on your
favorite podcast players or at our website
(https://connectbeyondhealing.com/beyond-healing-media/).
Additionally, we provide a number of trainings to help clinicians
increase their confidence and mastery of various techniques including
somatic approaches to psychotherapy and a relational approach to EMDR.
We also have an extensive training program devoted to case
conceptualization where we help clinicians understand the embodied
neurobiology of their work and what to do in session with the techniques
they already use. All information and registration can be found on our
website (https://connectbeyondhealing.com/for-therapists/).
bridger.falkenstien@beyondhealingcenter.com
I believe that we are wired to connect with each other in deep and meaningful ways throughout our lives. While ideally this would happen free of pain and sadness, most of us arenāt that lucky. From one single event to a lifetime of pain and suffering, I work with people throughout the lifespan to help them shed the scars of their pain and embrace the warmth and beauty of their core self. I use an embodied neurobiological and trauma informed approach in my psychotherapy practice along with various interventions and techniques.
Alongside my practice as a therapist, I am very passionate about teaching and equipping healers in their development to go out into the world and bring healing themselves and others. I believe this process of learning and growing is to be done in a community of diverse, likeminded humans and that is what I've committed my life to help cultivate.
To learn more, visit:
Bridger Dale Falkenstien, MS, NCC, LPC
Co-Owner and Creative Director, Beyond Healing Center & Institute
Doctoral Candidate, Counselor Education and Supervision
www.connectbeyondhealing.com
Dana Wyss, PhD, LMFT, ATR-BC is a licensed marriage and family therapist, board certified clinical art therapist, and is coauthor of The Invisible String Workbook. Her doctorate in expressive therapies has led her to create programs integrating art, music, poetry, movement, and animal assisted therapy in the healing process for clients and the self-care of staff. For the last 20 years, Dr. Wyss has worked in psychiatric hospitals, group homes, and nonpublic school settings to manage crisis, conduct trainings, coach staff, and support children and families. Dr. Wyss is currently a Corporate Clinical Training Specialist and Clinical/Art Therapy supervisor at Stars Behavioral Health Group specializing in the treatment of complex developmental trauma and runs a small private practice. Dr. Wyss is a national trainer and consultant with the Center for Trauma Training and national trainer to raise awareness of commercial sexual exploitation of children. She uses her creativity for her own healing as well as to support others.
To learn more, visit:
Instagram - @blue_girl_art
Brain and Body in Child Therapy
šFRIDAY
On Friday, weāll explore the connection between the brain, body, and therapeutic healing through yoga, sensory processing, polyvagal theory, affective touch, expressive arts, TraumaPlay, body awareness, and practical play therapy interventions.
Dr. Jenn Lefebre
Yoga in Child TherapyMarshall Lyles
Bottom-Up and Top Down ExplainedDr. Stephen Porges
PLAY as Defined by the Polyvagal TheoryCarol Kranowitz
Moving Through Sensory StrugglesLindsay Ishman
āThe EdgeāDr. Janet Courtney
Affective TouchJackie Flynn
Supporting Childrenās Awareness of the 3 States: Polyvagal Inspired Body ScansDr. Angela Cavett
Letās Explore the Sensory Hallway at ChrysalisParis Goodyear-Brown
Introducing TraumaPlayDr. Cathy Malchiodi
Trauma and Expressive ArtsJackie Flynn
3 Practical Play Therapy Applications of the Polyvagal TheoryJackie Flynn
Animal Imagery Play Therapy Projection Cards
For Therapist Extraordinaire Pass holders, todayās bonus materials are also available:
š Dr. Jenn Lefebre
Playful Downward Dog Yoga Directive
š Jackie Flynn
Animal Imagery Play Therapy Projection Cards
š Paris Goodyear-Brown
Little U Book Coupon Code
š Dr. Rachel Altvater
5-4-3-2-1 Self Care Plan
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Judith Norman is Licensed as both a Professional and School Counselor. Judith is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and is also Certified as a Synergetic Play Therapist Supervisor, and in EMDR therapy. Judith has extensive training in Early childhood trauma, Parent education, Mindfulness education and is trained in Rhythmic Movement Training. She is the Executive Director and Founder of Braindrops Play Therapy Center, is a trainer of therapists, and speaks nationally on Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools.
After spending years working with children in school and clinical environments, she shifted her focus to working with the adults in these environments. Judith now works with teachers, administrators, therapists and families to understand the impact of trauma on brain and psycho-social development. As a District-Wide Social Emotional Learning Coach Judith lead her school district in implementing a Kaiser Permanente āThriving Schools Grant,ā aimed at advancing social emotional wellness and behavioral health in school districts.
To learn more, visit:
BraindropsPlayTherapy.com
Marshall Lyles, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, has
over 20 years of practice in family and play therapy. Drawing on lessons
learned from working with attachment trauma in a variety of mental
health settings, Marshall regularly teaches on sandtray therapy, other
expressive modalities such as poetry, and attachment-informed family
work around the globe. In addition to co-authoring the book Advanced
Sandtray Therapy: Digging Deeper into Clinical Practice, he has
contributed multiple chapters and articles to publications. You can
connect with him at www.marshalllyles.com.
To learn more, visit:
Christine Mark-Griffin is a licensed clinical social worker, certified EMDR therapist and EMDRIA approved consultant. She is the owner of Spark All Wellness, a private practice specializing in EMDR therapy with children, EMDR consultation for clinicians and trauma informed trainings for professional organizations. In the past decade, Christineās professional experience has included working in non-profit, child welfare, juvenile justice, community mental health, school-based mental health and higher education settings. Working in these various settings over the years has deepened her knowledge and understanding of complex trauma but has also exposed her to some of the most beautiful stories of healing and resilience. Christine lives in San Francisco with her husband, two children and dog. The things that make her happiest include her family and friends, a good cup of coffee, baked goods, yoga, traveling, cycling, music & dancing.
To learn more, visit:
Dora Henderson is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor Qualified Supervisor (LMHC-QS), specializing in integrating the power of play with EMDR and the integration of neuroscience with play therapy. She is also a TraumaPlay® Supervisor and an EMDR Consultant-in-Training, and one of the co-hosts of the Neuroscience of Play Therapy Summit at the Beach.
Dora is passionate about helping individuals of all ages heal from traumatic experiences and move towards a happier, healthier life. She has training and certifications in various areas, to include Sand Tray Therapy, TraumaPlayTM, Theraplay®, MAP, and the Safe & Sound Protocol.
Dora is also the creator of beautiful puppets and books, to include the upcoming Neuro & the Ception Force FriendsTMseries and the Sandi & Clammy series. Her trainings, consultations and supervision, as well as professional work integrates play, puppetry, and neuroscience in easy-to-use and family-friendly ways.
To learn more, visit:
A Safe Space Counseling LLC
Website : asafespacellc.com
Email: asafespacellc@gmail.com
Phone: 407-863-2121
The following are the trainings to promote- so trying to get back to ventral vagal road:
1) https://app.ce-go.com/inside-out-bottom-upintegrating-neuroscience-diversity-play-therapy-january (January 19th 9am to 12:00 PM Eastern time).
2) January 23rd 6:00-9:00 PM Eastern. https://app.ce-go.com/playful-polyvagal-inspired-supervision-skills-for-play-therapist-supervisors-january
3) https://app.ce-go.com/inside-out-bottom-upintegrating-neuroscience-diversity-play-therapy-february (2/1 9am to 12:00 to 3pm eastern time)
4) https://app.ce-go.com/playful-polyvagal-inspired-supervision-skills-for-play-therapist-supervisors-february (2/25 12:00-3:00 pm eastern time)
5) https://app.ce-go.com/playful-polyvagal-inspired-supervision-skills-for-play-therapist-supervisors-march ( March 18th 4:00-7:00 PM Eastern time).
6) https://app.ce-go.com/inside-out-bottom-upintegrating-neuroscience-diversity-play-therapy (4:00-7:00PM 3/30/2023 Eastern Time).
Robert Jason Grant is a licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Play Therapy and is the creator of AutPlay Therapy.
To learn more, visit:
www.autplaytherapy.com
AutPlay Therapy FB page and group
AutPlay Therapy YouTube Channel
Annie Monaco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a faculty member of the Child Trauma Institute and travels extensively throughout the US and Asia teaching EMDR and specialty areas including children, teens and dissociation. She has been an EMDR consultant and was the co-regional coordinator of the Western NY Region for over 10 years. She has extensive training in complex trauma, family therapy, and play therapy. Her private practice includes foster care, out of country adoptions, juvenile justice and dissociation, and she co-edited the recently published EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room (2020).
To learn more, visit:
Robyn Gobbel, LMSW-Clinical, has 20 years of practice in family and child therapy experience, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and baffling behaviors. She has integrated her diverse clinical training to create an attachment-rich, sensory-sensitive, and relational neurosciences supported healing environment for children and families. Robyn consults, teaches, and trains extensively throughout the US. She is a podcast host and author of the forthcoming Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work.
To learn more, visit:
Year Long Immersion Program for Professionals who work with Parents- Being With https://robyngobbel.com/beingwith
Training Calendar for in person and virtual trainings for professionals- https://robyngobbel.com/trainings
Free Resources for parents and parenting professionals: https://robyngobbel.com/podcast
https://robyngobbel.com/podcast
Laurie M Belanger LCSWR has been providing services to children, adults, and families for over 20yrs in Western NY. She is passionate about serving the needs of families coping with multi-layered, complicated concerns. Laurie has a strong interest and background in trauma, sensory development, chronic pain, adoption, mental health and neurodiversity. She is an approved EMDR Consultant through EMDRIA, and was professionally trained in TBRI®ļø (Trust Based Relational Interventions) by the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development. Laurie currently provides individual therapy, family therapy and professional consultation in her private practice setting in East Amherst NY. She works with school districts, hospitals, foster care/ adoption agencies, direct service mental health providers, speaking most frequently on her passion for safely combining deeply sensory oriented, trauma informed materials and supports into diverse settings successfully. Laurie provides custom workshops and training. She is dedicated to providing cross discipline education to the community so that professionals, both in & outside of the trauma therapy field might have access to the most up to date, evidence based knowledge to add to their own fields of service.
To learn more from Laurie, visit:
My website is Lauriebelanger.com
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/laurie.belangerlcsw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurie_the_adhd_trauma_geek/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-belanger-lcswr-1266113a
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S is a sought after supervisor, international speaker, and renowned play therapist. Clair is the author of the best selling books Attachment Centered Play Therapy; Play Therapy : Proven Strategies for Childhood Disorders, and My Many Colors of Me Workbook. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and professor, she frequently appears on local and national media as an expert on children and family issues.
To learn more, visit:
www.clairmellenthin.com
facebook- Clair Mellenthin LCSW
Twitter @Clairmellenthin
Instagram Clair Mellethin Play Therapy
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