Integrative Counseling Services Upcoming Events

Sand Play Therapy: Learning the Technique through Experience

Sand play therapy can be used with children, adolescents and adults in individual, family, and group therapeutic interventions. Adding sand play therapy to your clinical repertoire provides an alternative to verbal-based interventions, and creates an opportunity for richer client-counselor interactions. This introductory/intermediate training in sand play therapy will provide participants with an understanding of the history and practice of sand play therapy. The fundamentals of sand play therapy will be demonstrated as the participants engage in an authentic learning experience. By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: 1.) Create sand play therapy techniques for use with adults and adolescents; 2.) Have experienced and be able to replicate sand play therapy techniques; 3.) Understand when and how to utilize sand play therapy techniques in treatment.

Registration fee (lunch is on your own) is $95.00 for Professionals and $55.00 for Full-time students. Include extra $15.00 fee for each Assoc for Play Therapy or NBCC Cont Ed Certificate.

For more information, please download the brochure or contact our Community Relations Coordinator, Rikki Ziegen, at 315-342-9255.

Play Therapy Basic Training 1 & 2

Play Therapy Basic Training 1

March 23, 2012
9:00am – 3:00pm (registration begins at 8:30)

Mental health and educational professionals who work with children can significantly benefit from training in play therapy. The most basic skills in play therapy can improve rapport and subsequently relationships with children (professional AND personal). In this workshop participants will learn basic play therapy skills to engage children (from infancy through the elementary grades) in play therapy. Developmental and cultural issues relevant with this population will be addressed and many practical and dynamic interventions will be demonstrated. By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: 1) identify three ways to use play therapy with children; 2) have experience and replicate play therapy techniques suitable for children; 3) use beginning play therapy skills to address the developmental and emotional needs of children.

Play Therapy Basic Training 2

March 24, 2012
9:00am – 3:00pm (registration begins at 8:30)

Mental health and educational professionals who have attended Play Therapy Basic Training 1 or have initial training in Child-Centered Play Therapy can significantly benefit from this seminar. In this workshop, participants will review play therapy to further their knowledge and skills. Advanced skills training through role-plays and practice exercises will be included to increase experience and knowledge on play therapy. Participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on their previous training and ask questions. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: 1.) Better understand the child-centered play therapy process and have first-hand experience through role plays and practice; 2.) Identify key themes that may present themselves in a child’s play and understand their significance; 3.) Develop strategies for approaching common play therapy issues."

**Completing Basic Training 1 & 2 enables you to begin your National Institute of Relationship Enhancement (NIRE) supervision process. For more information on this, please contact Rikki Ziegen at 315-342-9255**

For more information on these trainings, please download the brochure.