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Package - Video & Book
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Product Details
- Format:
- Package - Video & Book Instructions
- Authors:
- CLAIR MELLENTHIN, LCSW, RPT-S™
CHRISTINE DARGON, PHD - Publisher:
- PESI Inc.
- Copyright:
- 3/30/2016
- CE Available:
- Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
- Product Code:
- RVKIT052524
Objectives
[-] 061405 - Play Therapy: Proven Treatment Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
- Explain the purpose and goals of play therapy.
- Implement specific and easy play therapy techniques for specific presenting issues.
- Use play therapy as a diagnostic tool and interpret what you see.
- Determine which play therapy techniques to use with different children and different presenting problems.
- Address change to issues to be aware of and areas of caution including selecting the best materials depending upon the presenting issue.
- Demonstrate how to use these techniques in a variety of settings including group play therapy.
Outline
[-] 061405 - Play Therapy: Proven Treatment Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
PLAY THERAPY - HOW TO USE IT!
Specific techniques and novel approaches
Areas of caution
Specific techniques and novel approaches
- Assessment and diagnostic
- Therapeutic benefits
- Non-directive versus directive/soft and hard mediums
- Non-Directive Techniques:
- I Spy
- Sand tray work
- Watercolors
- Play dough
- Doll house
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- What animal am I?
- Directive Techniques
- Gift boxes
- Movement
- Drama
- Puppets
- Maps - where in the world do you want to be?
- House-tree-person
- Make me
- Dance and movement
- Board games
- Emotions - Feeling face
- Bam Bam dolls
- Music
- Anger (OCD)
- Anxiety
- ADHD
- Depression and self-esteem issues
- Trauma/PTSD
- Abuse
- Fears
Areas of caution
- Hard and soft mediums
- Sexualized and acting out behaviors
- Children who have been abused
Author
CLAIR MELLENTHIN, LCSW, RPT-S™
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S™, is an international speaker, author, psychologist, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. Throughout her career, she has specialized in providing play therapy to children, teens, and their families. She is currently the Director of Child & Adolescents at Wasatch Family Therapy. Ms. Mellenthin frequently presents professional play therapy and family therapy trainings on Attachment-Centered Play Therapy, Family, and Trauma issues both nationally and internationally.
Ms. Mellenthin is a sought-after supervisor, training graduate students and interns in play therapy, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern California MSW program. She is the past-president of the Utah Association for Play Therapy and remains an active member on the Board of Directors. She is the author of the books Attachment Centered Play Therapy; Play Therapy: Engaging & Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders; My Many Colors of Me Workbookand has authored several chapters and articles. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and professor, Ms. Mellenthin also appears on local and national TV and radio as an expert on children and family issues. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Clair Mellenthin has an employment relationship with Wasatch Family Therapy. She is a published author and receives royalties. Clair Mellenthin receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Clair Mellenthin is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Play Therapy.
Ms. Mellenthin is a sought-after supervisor, training graduate students and interns in play therapy, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern California MSW program. She is the past-president of the Utah Association for Play Therapy and remains an active member on the Board of Directors. She is the author of the books Attachment Centered Play Therapy; Play Therapy: Engaging & Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders; My Many Colors of Me Workbookand has authored several chapters and articles. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and professor, Ms. Mellenthin also appears on local and national TV and radio as an expert on children and family issues. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Clair Mellenthin has an employment relationship with Wasatch Family Therapy. She is a published author and receives royalties. Clair Mellenthin receives a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Clair Mellenthin is a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Play Therapy.
CHRISTINE DARGON, PHD
Biography is not currently avaiable.
Continuing Education Credits Awarded for Completion of Entire Package
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Combined Continuing Education Credit From All Components
Breakdown of Continuing Education Credits by Components
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061405 - Play Therapy: Proven Treatment Strategies for Trauma, Anxiety, OCD and More!
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085380 - Play Therapy
Audience
Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Educators, Speech-Language Pathologists, Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Play Therapists
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Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.