Getting in the Game

APT APPROVED PROVIDER 18-533

Course Description:

Have you ever wondered how games can be used to aid processing within a play therapy context for a child? Have you ever felt asked yourself if there is anything transformative taking place through playing UNO? 

If so, this highly experiential workshop on facilitating games in Play Therapy is for you!.  This workshop will explore game play in the play therapy process and will be guided by the theoretical underpinnings in Gestalt framework. 

The basics of facilitating and/or participating in games within a play therapy session in order to widen the client’s window of tolerance will be discussed. 

Directive and non-directive approaches to playing games within a play therapy context will be described, challenges in utilizing games will be addressed, and practical applications for practice will be assessed through the lens of current neuroscientific research. Get ready to get in the game!

Course Objectives: 

Objective 1 - Describe common ways games can be used from a Gestalt framework in a play therapy setting

Objective 2 - Discuss elements of gameplay that can facilitate the widening of a child’s window of tolerance in a play therapy session.

Objective 3 - Assess different elements of challenge using games within a play therapy setting.

Objective 4 - Compare directive and nondirective approaches to facilitating the therapeutic process through games in play therapy.

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.