Description:

Who said play therapy must be indoors?  Attend this outdoor interactive session and learn an array of directive play therapy activities using the therapeutic powers of play, CBT, Gestalt Play Therapy, therapeutic art, and equine therapy. Here you will experience Mindfulness Scavenger Hunt, (Therapeutic) Archery, Tape-Art storytelling, and self-esteem-building games for social skills. Participants will visit a powerful local art exhibit followed by on-site art-making.

Objectives:

• Identify the therapeutic powers of play 
• Describe strategies to incorporate therapeutic powers of play in therapeutic outdoor activities for self-regulation 
• ontrol and self-expression
• Describe your favorite play therapy technique and state how may be used outdoors
• Identify which clients could potentially benefit from outdoor play  

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.

Cancellation Policy:

Written notification of cancellation must be received in our office at least 10 business days prior to a training for a refund. A $25.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the refund. There will be no refund for cancellation notification less than 10 business days.

CBPS reserves the right to cancel a training due to inclement weather or insufficient enrollment. In the event of such cancellation, you will receive a full refund. 

Cancelling your Zoom meeting registration does not constitute cancellation of your CBPS session registration. Please refer to our cancellation policy in the training announcement, which supersedes all other mentions of options to cancel your registration.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Continuing Education Approval for Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Social Workers/ School Psychologists/MFCCs/Play Therapists/Art Therapists 

SOCIAL WORKERS

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. Social Work Boards in most states accept this approval status. 

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Washington , D.C. Board of Social Work Examiners.

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5763. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CBPS is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school Psychologists, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for the program. 

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS  

The Maryland and Washington, DC Boards of Psychology Examiners Recognizes national Association of School Psychologist approval status with CBPS and grants CE hours to clinical psychologists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

CBPS is approved for psychologists in NY Provider Number: #PSY-0070.

PLAY THERAPISTS

Chesapeake Professional Seminars (CBPS) is an Association for Play Therapy (APT) approved provider of continuing education, APT Approved Provider #97-034.

ART THERAPISTS

Art Therapists (LCPAT, ATR-BC) may obtain CE Hours based on our NBCC approval status.

NEW YORK SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICIONERS, and PSYCHOLOGIST

CBPS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board of Social Work, Provider #0122; and the Board of Mental Health Practitioners, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Provider #MHC-0009.

CBPS is also approved for psychologists in NY Provider Number: #PSY-0070.