Play More. Be Well.
PLAY THERAPY THEMES
Presented by Play Wellness LLC / Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC
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Date: Wednesday, October 21 - Thursday, October 22, 2020
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm EST Location: Wingate by Wyndham Alpharetta, 1005 Kingswood Place, Alpharetta, Georgia Fee: $280 for 12 CEs with the coupon code THEMES before September 12, 2020 (Registration after the specified date or without the coupon code is $310) |
Do you get confused or overwhelmed categorizing all of the play therapy themes displayed in a session? Allow this continuing education workshop to provide clarity! This Play Wellness learning experience focuses on thematic identification and interpretation while working with child clients in play therapy. This is a live, in-person workshop that focuses on the following APT primary areas: Play Therapy Skills/Methods (12 hours).
Day 1 Schedule
Day 2 Schedule
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Introduction to themes
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Thematic review
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Thematic review
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Thematic review
Day 2 Schedule
- 8:45 am – 9:00 am EST – Sign-in
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST – Creative exercise for integration
- 10:30am – 10:45 am EST - Break
- 10:45 am – 12:15 pm EST – Creative exercise for integration
- 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm EST – Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm – Video review and application of themes
- 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm - Break
- 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Video review and application of themes
After the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify three benefits of theme recognition and interpretation in play therapy
- Describe Benedict’s Expanded Themes in Play Therapy (Benedict, 2001)
- Identify seven play types that can be present in play therapy sessions
- Explain four stages within the play therapy session
- Assess eight types of power and aggressive play therapy themes
- List twelve types of attachment and family play therapy themes
- Discuss eighteen types of control and safety play therapy themes
- Describe three types of exploration and mastery play therapy themes
- Identify four types of sexualized play therapy themes
- Discuss four types of non-play play therapy themes
- Analyze twenty types of interpersonal relating play therapy themes
- List four types of process play therapy themes
- Apply multiple themes displayed in a play therapy session to enhance theme identification and interpretation
This workshop is for twelve (12) continuing education hours. Certificates are issued at the end of the workshop pending full attendance and completion of the workshop evaluation.
Play Therapists: Play Wellness LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Association for Play Therapy: APT Approved Provider 16-449. Per the Association for Play Therapy (APT), play therapy training may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. APT alone holds the right to accept or deny any continuing education training at its discretion.
Counselors: Play Wellness LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6828. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Play Wellness LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Other Professionals: This course qualifies for 12 hours of instruction content as required by many national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Play Therapists: Play Wellness LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Association for Play Therapy: APT Approved Provider 16-449. Per the Association for Play Therapy (APT), play therapy training may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. APT alone holds the right to accept or deny any continuing education training at its discretion.
Counselors: Play Wellness LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6828. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Play Wellness LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Other Professionals: This course qualifies for 12 hours of instruction content as required by many national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
Accommodations: Play Wellness is glad to make reasonable efforts to accommodate participants with different abilities. If the participant needs ADA accommodations, the participant needs to discuss his/her specific needs and make the necessary arrangements before registering and with at least ten (10) business days advanced notice via phone at 678-395-4965 or email at training@playwellness.net.
Attendance: By registering for the workshop, the participant is pledging to arrive on time and stay for the duration of the workshop. Per associations that grant CEs, participants who arrive late or depart early from the workshop will forfeit CEs for the entire workshop. Handouts are not provided to participants who miss the training. If the participant misplaces a CE certificate, there is a $25 replacement fee.
Cancellations: Written cancellation requests that are emailed to training@playwellness.net with at least 10 business days prior to the selected training will be provided a refund minus a $40 per training day processing fee. Credit/refunds are not provided for scheduled trainings that are cancelled with less than ten business days of notice. Play Wellness LLC reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to inclement weather or instructor illness/emergency. When applicable, participants will be notified via email prior to the date of the cancelled workshop. Participants will be emailed information regarding the rescheduled date within ten business days of the cancelled workshop.
Capacity: Play Wellness reserves the right to change locations, formats, and/or offer additional dates and times for workshops that have less registrants or that are full to capacity. Participants will be provided with advanced notice if applicable.
Grievance: Play Wellness desires for you to receive quality training in a fun learning environment. If the participant has a concern regarding any aspect of the workshop, it is expected that the participant will address it with the continuing education chair, Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC, via verbal and/or written documentation aimed at achieving a satisfactory resolution for the participant. To assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, the advisory committee may be included in the process.
Photos/Videos: Play Wellness shares professional fun moments taken during our trainings on our social media pages and for other educational purposes. Images (photos or videos) may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed in perpetuity with no geographic limitations. If you prefer not to have your likeness published, please document such desires in the “additional comments/questions” section of the registration page.
Commercial Support / Conflict of Interest Statement
There is currently no financial support or potential conflicts of interest for the training program at Play Wellness LLC. If a potential conflict of interest occurs, the trainer will clearly state financial support or other conflicts of interest at the time the continuing education program begins.
Attendance: By registering for the workshop, the participant is pledging to arrive on time and stay for the duration of the workshop. Per associations that grant CEs, participants who arrive late or depart early from the workshop will forfeit CEs for the entire workshop. Handouts are not provided to participants who miss the training. If the participant misplaces a CE certificate, there is a $25 replacement fee.
Cancellations: Written cancellation requests that are emailed to training@playwellness.net with at least 10 business days prior to the selected training will be provided a refund minus a $40 per training day processing fee. Credit/refunds are not provided for scheduled trainings that are cancelled with less than ten business days of notice. Play Wellness LLC reserves the right to cancel a workshop due to inclement weather or instructor illness/emergency. When applicable, participants will be notified via email prior to the date of the cancelled workshop. Participants will be emailed information regarding the rescheduled date within ten business days of the cancelled workshop.
Capacity: Play Wellness reserves the right to change locations, formats, and/or offer additional dates and times for workshops that have less registrants or that are full to capacity. Participants will be provided with advanced notice if applicable.
Grievance: Play Wellness desires for you to receive quality training in a fun learning environment. If the participant has a concern regarding any aspect of the workshop, it is expected that the participant will address it with the continuing education chair, Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC, via verbal and/or written documentation aimed at achieving a satisfactory resolution for the participant. To assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, the advisory committee may be included in the process.
Photos/Videos: Play Wellness shares professional fun moments taken during our trainings on our social media pages and for other educational purposes. Images (photos or videos) may be edited, copied, exhibited, published or distributed in perpetuity with no geographic limitations. If you prefer not to have your likeness published, please document such desires in the “additional comments/questions” section of the registration page.
Commercial Support / Conflict of Interest Statement
There is currently no financial support or potential conflicts of interest for the training program at Play Wellness LLC. If a potential conflict of interest occurs, the trainer will clearly state financial support or other conflicts of interest at the time the continuing education program begins.
Yolanda Fountain, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S, ACS, NCC is the owner of Play Wellness LLC and founder of the Child Loss Center Inc. Dr. Fountain is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC). She earned a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Mercer University and a post-graduate certificate in Working with Survivors of Violence, Torture, and Trauma from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Fountain has worked in the mental/behavioral health field since 2006 in a variety of clinical settings (e.g., elementary/middle school, community, psychiatric residential, college counseling, and private practice). She specializes in verbal and non-verbal therapies (e.g., play therapy, sand therapy, therapeutic game play) and provides care to parents and their infants/children, to business and helping professionals, and to trauma and grief overcomers.
Dr. Fountain has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor. She loves and teaches graduate level play therapy and mental health courses at several universities. She has presented over 150 trainings locally, nationally, and internationally, has supervised over 100 mental health clinicians, has spoken at several speaking engagements, and has written professional publications. Dr. Fountain strongly advocates for the effective care and wellbeing of clinicians to stimulate optimal client care and wellness.
Dr. Fountain has worked in the mental/behavioral health field since 2006 in a variety of clinical settings (e.g., elementary/middle school, community, psychiatric residential, college counseling, and private practice). She specializes in verbal and non-verbal therapies (e.g., play therapy, sand therapy, therapeutic game play) and provides care to parents and their infants/children, to business and helping professionals, and to trauma and grief overcomers.
Dr. Fountain has extensive experience in higher education as a counselor, professor, and clinical supervisor. She loves and teaches graduate level play therapy and mental health courses at several universities. She has presented over 150 trainings locally, nationally, and internationally, has supervised over 100 mental health clinicians, has spoken at several speaking engagements, and has written professional publications. Dr. Fountain strongly advocates for the effective care and wellbeing of clinicians to stimulate optimal client care and wellness.
Play Wellness’ continuing education workshops integrate theory and experiential learning. Trainings often include lecture with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation, individual/group experiential activities, individual reflection, group discussion, role playing, case presentations, critical thinking exercises, video review/critique, and/or an e-learning examination.
Our workshops are evaluated based on the following criterion: 1) Program Objectives, 2) Content, 3) Instructor, 4) Venue/Setting, and 5) Learning.
This workshop has an average rating of 4.9 (on a scale of 1-poor to 5-excellent) by 20 reviewers.
Qualitative Feedback
"Very educational! It really has helped my understanding of play therapy themes. Dr. Fountain is a great facilitator!" ~ Licensed Clinician, 11/2019
"Thank you so much! I love your trainings and will be on the lookout for ones in 2020. I always learn so much!" ~ Associate Professional, 11/2029
"This was simply great." - Licensed Psychologist, 10/2019
"Great seminar. I really liked the creative way to learn the different codes. I also really enjoyed the videos of different sessions. It was very helpful in learning exactly how to code a session" - Licensed Clinician, 10/2019
"Provided a large amount of material and opportunity to synthesize the material." ~ Licensed Clinician, 10/2019
"I thought the presenter was very knowledgeable and presented on themes in a very interactive and experiential way considering that the course was online. I love how in depth the course was." ~ Licensed Clinician, 10/2019
"Dr. Fountain rejuvenated my play therapist heart! I really enjoyed the presentation and appreciated how much she put into making sure that attendees really understood the themes and how to apply them. Thank you so so much!! I also love how Dr. Fountain's playful spirit shines even through a computer!" ~ Licensed Clinician and Credentialed Play Therapist, 10/2019
This workshop has an average rating of 4.9 (on a scale of 1-poor to 5-excellent) by 20 reviewers.
Qualitative Feedback
"Very educational! It really has helped my understanding of play therapy themes. Dr. Fountain is a great facilitator!" ~ Licensed Clinician, 11/2019
"Thank you so much! I love your trainings and will be on the lookout for ones in 2020. I always learn so much!" ~ Associate Professional, 11/2029
"This was simply great." - Licensed Psychologist, 10/2019
"Great seminar. I really liked the creative way to learn the different codes. I also really enjoyed the videos of different sessions. It was very helpful in learning exactly how to code a session" - Licensed Clinician, 10/2019
"Provided a large amount of material and opportunity to synthesize the material." ~ Licensed Clinician, 10/2019
"I thought the presenter was very knowledgeable and presented on themes in a very interactive and experiential way considering that the course was online. I love how in depth the course was." ~ Licensed Clinician, 10/2019
"Dr. Fountain rejuvenated my play therapist heart! I really enjoyed the presentation and appreciated how much she put into making sure that attendees really understood the themes and how to apply them. Thank you so so much!! I also love how Dr. Fountain's playful spirit shines even through a computer!" ~ Licensed Clinician and Credentialed Play Therapist, 10/2019