What Play Therapists Are Saying About the Course
Great Training and Practical Tools
Tanya Doyle
Course Reviews
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Awesome Content!
Crystal West
The information received in this course was awesome. It allow me to see depression in children different and therefore taught me how to address it different...
Read MoreThe information received in this course was awesome. It allow me to see depression in children different and therefore taught me how to address it differently during play therapy.
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Great content!
Brooke Arp
Appreciate the info, good pace. I liked the separate videos, so I didn’t have to complete 2.5 hours straight :)
Appreciate the info, good pace. I liked the separate videos, so I didn’t have to complete 2.5 hours straight :)
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Helpful but brief
Kelly Beaton
Lots of good information but seemed very condensed. I like the incorporation of different theories.
Lots of good information but seemed very condensed. I like the incorporation of different theories.
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Such Helpful Information
Carly Schrimpl
Wonderful course!
Wonderful course!
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Excellent!
Brent Stutzman
Wonderful practical tips to helping kiddos with depression!
Wonderful practical tips to helping kiddos with depression!
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Helpful but brief
Kelly Beaton
Lots of good information but seemed very condensed. I like the incorporation of different theories.
Lots of good information but seemed very condensed. I like the incorporation of different theories.
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What's included?
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2 CE Hours & Certificate (with survey & passing quiz grade)
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Learn at your own pace. The training videos will be here waiting for you!
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No Expiration Date (you'll have 24-hour, 365-Days access to the content). Rewatch them anytime!
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Closed Captioning
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High Quality, 4K Interactive Video & Clear Audio
Will this suite me?
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Beginner play therapists just learning about depression
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Intermediate play therapists looking for extra tools and resources to help depressed clients
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Advanced supervisors looking to fine-tune their approach to with children
2.5 NON-CONTACT CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
Meets .5 Hours in History, 2 Hours in Skills & Methods
APT APPROVED PROVIDER 18-533
Course Description:
As a play therapist, it is a challenge to work with depression in therapy. Helping children struggling with depression symptoms can leave play therapists exhausted and over time can lead to feelings of burnout. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. In this course, you will learn ways to spot, assess, and work effectively with depressive symptoms in children from Gestalt and Attachment-based lenses so you can more confidently help children with depression symptoms and avoid burnout.
Course Objectives:
Identify depressive symptomatology in children that can be found in the play therapy context.
List similarities and difference in depressive presentations between adults vs. children.
Identify diagnostic tools that can aid treatment in the play therapy context.
Discuss research-based practices to treat depression that correlate to the play therapy space.
Compare and contrast different modalities of treatment most widely accepted in the treatment of depression and its effectiveness in the play therapy context.
Identify best practice with enlisting and incorporating parents in the play therapy process and with crucial home support.
Play Therapy Toolbox is an Approved Provider with the Association for Play Therapy. (APT Approved Provider #18-533).
Play therapy credit available to mental health professionals only as listed in each course description. Courses that do not qualify for play therapy credit are clearly listed.
Your Instructor
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Instructor
Susan Stutzman
Susan Stutzman, LCPC, RPT-S, is the founder and owner of Kid Matters Counseling in Hinsdale, IL. Susan is the co-owner of Play Therapy Toolbox, a digital resource to help support, train, and equip the next generation of play therapists and play therapy supervisors. She is the past president of the Illinois Association for Play Therapy, a mother of 3 children, and lives in Hinsdale with her husband of 17 years.