Cathy Bissett – Play Therapy for Children, Adolescents and Adults: Techniques to move beyond talk therapy and Play It Out

Description

30 Techniques for children, adolescents and adults
Recognize and apply metaphors

Cathy Bissett – Play Therapy for Children, Adolescents and Adults: Techniques to move beyond talk therapy and Play It Out

Mindfulness in play therapy
Effective techniques for ADHD, Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Abuse

Play Therapy is not just a useful therapeutic method for children, it is also a preferred way of expression for adolescents and adults. Watch this recording and explore how you can use play therapy techniques with any client, regardless of age or symptom. Learn proven techniques appropriate to your client’s stage in life, behavioral or emotional issues, and disorders. You will leave with a toolbox filled with Play Therapy techniques that you can use immediately with clients of all ages, including:

Over 30 cutting-edge techniques for clients of all ages
What techniques to apply to Anxiety, ADHD, anger, trauma and abuse.
Metaphors and understanding of the meaning of your client’s play
What a session should look like

Join Dr. Cathy Bissett as she shows you how effective Play Therapy is for development, communication, social-emotional skills and improving behavioral health.

Handouts
Manual (4.31 MB) 86 Pages Available after Purchase

Outline
Play Therapy

Assessment and Diagnoses
Identify Themes
Age Appropriate Play
What techniques are Best for What disorders
Play In and Out of the Play Room
Recognizing the Schema
What a Session Looks Like

Integrate Play into Practice

Playing the Brain
Use of Sensory Information
Mind/Body Connection
Brain Re-mapping
The Well-Equipped Play Room
The Therapist as Collaborator

Play Therapy for Children

Children’s Metaphors
Identification
Scaffolding
Reframing
Reassessment

10 Techniques for Children

Art
Sand Tray
Parallel Play
Reciprocal Play (I-spy)
Animals
Modeling
Scaffolding
Rewards
Alliance development
Make believe

Play Therapy for Adolescents

Adolescent Metaphors
Identification
Personal myths
Peer and external influences
Scaffolding
Reframing
Reversion and Reassessment

10 Techniques for Adolescents

Sharing “language”
Dress codes
Synchronicity and mirroring neurons: the continuous feedback loop; animals
Silence: where no one has gone before.
Respect
Slowing the process
Write it down!
Expect and demand
Know their culture
Never let them see you sweat; risk.

Play Therapy for Adults

Adult Metaphors
Identification
Exploration
When, Where, What, How and Why Support
Change and Reframe
Evolution

10 Techniques for Adults

Sand tray
Symbols
Art
Animals
Reciprocity
Identification and re-establishment of Values Systems
Amateur Hour
Saving Face
Refuge and Truth Telling
Search and Destroy: Love IS enough

Faculty

Cathy Bissett, MBA, PsyD

Cathy L. Bissett, M.B.A., Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Sedona, Arizona, working with patients from 3 to 92 with a broad range of presenting disorders in a rural practice. A past member of the National Health Service Corps, Cathy is dedicated to seeking new ways to facilitate growth and wellness in children, adolescents, families and individuals. Cathy also owns a clinic for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists in Casa Grande, AZ.
Prior to being in private practice, Cathy worked with the students of the J. Pappas Schools – dedicated schools for homeless children in Phoenix, AZ, and at several one-school school districts in rural Arizona. Cathy is a member of the Arizona Play Therapy Association.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Cathy L. Bissett maintains a private practice. She has an advisory board relationship with Ebtide.org and SharingResources.org. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-Financial: Cathy L. Bissett is a member of the Arizona Play Therapy Association.