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Description:
Play therapy has been a well-kept secret for many years. Today, parents, pediatricians, and mental health providers are very aware and informed about this powerful mental health modality for children ages 3 through 12 and even adults. There is, however, more work to be done. This training will briefly review the nuts and bolts of play therapy, both directive and non-directive, to include reasons for misconceptions and how to articulate the therapeutic powers of play for clearer understanding.
Objectives:
- Define play therapy and its value
- Describe the therapeutic powers of play
- Articulate how play therapy works to bring about healing
Presenter: Sonia Hinds, APRN, PMH-BC, RPT-S™
Sonia Hinds, APRN, PMH-BC, RPT-S™ is the Founder and CEO of Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars. and Founder and Executive Director of Barstow Acres Children’s Center, a 501c3 non-profit practice providing children's mental health services. She is a 24-year veteran, having served for 5 years in the Army Nurse Corps and 19 years in the US Public Health Service as a Commissioned Corps Officer. Ms. Hinds was trained in Gestalt Play Therapy with Violet Oaklander (retired) and trained in Child-Centered play therapy. She has authored the chapter, Play Therapy in the African American Village in the text, Cultural Issues in Play Therapy, edited by Eliana Gil, PhD, RPT-S™ and Athena Drewes, PsyD, RPT-S™. Ms. Hinds received the MD/DC Association for Play Therapy Outstanding Service Award in 2019. Ms. Hinds is also a proud native Panamanian.
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