Holding Space with Play:

Integrating Trauma-Informed Principles into Play Therapy Supervision

(Supervision)

IN PERSON

Description:

This 3-hour training will address the growing need for trauma-informed supervision in the field of play therapy. By grounding developmental supervision with SAMHSA’s (2014) six trauma-informed principles, participants will learn how to support supervisees in challenges unique to play therapy. Participants will explore how play-based and expressive modalities can be used within supervision to create safe, supportive, and empowering spaces for supervisees. Special attention will be given to navigating challenges such as maintaining therapeutic boundaries, managing confidentiality with children and caregivers, treating the many forms of trauma and crises that manifest in childhood, and addressing compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Through experiential activities and hands-on exploration, supervisors will learn ways to help their supervisees address their countertransference, strengthen resilience, and enhance their capacity to engage in trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive, and playful practices.

Learning Objectives:

• Apply SAMHSA’s six trauma-informed principles within supervision sessions to support play therapists working with children and families
• Integrate play-based and expressive supervision techniques to address challenges such as boundaries, confidentiality, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma.
• Demonstrate strategies for recognizing and processing countertransference through experiential, creative methods that promote reflection and resilience in both supervisor and supervisee.

Presenter: Kathy D. Richardson, PhD, LPC, NCC, RPT-S^TM

Dr. Kathy D. Richardson is an assistant professor of clinical mental health counseling at Lebanon Valley College. She is also the owner of Conestoga Counseling and Consulting, LLC in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (PA). Dr. Richardson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in PA, a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S). Dr. Richardson serves as the ethics committee chairperson for the Pennsylvania Counseling Association (PCA), the chair of the legislative outreach sub-committee of PCA’s Government Relations Committee (GRC), is the immediate past president of PASERVIC, and is a newly elected member of the ASERVIC national board. Her areas of research include trauma-informed supervision, gatekeeping, and ethical decision-making; social class and access to care; and religious and spiritual competency in counselors. Dr. Richardson earned a Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision at Loyola University Maryland, a post-graduate certificate in play therapy from Temple University, a master’s degree in counseling from Montclair State University, and a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Connecticut.

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.