Description:
This 3 hour webinar workshop will provide an overview of Dr. Bruce Perry's Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, a neurodevelopmental approach to treatment of traumatized children. Art and play therapy directives will be integrated into this model to aid in assessing and informing specific developmentally-sensitive interventions from the "bottom-up" of brain functioning that "...match the needs and strengths..." of each child. Participants will learn several specific expressive art and play directives to mediate missed opportunities in each stage of brain development for reparative healing. These art and play activities, with a focus on rhythmic movement, mirroring, bilateral scribbling and "The Squiggle Story", will be demonstrated in both didactic and experiential format. Participants will be able to create these art directives at home during the live webinar. Consideration of using these directives via telehealth video platforms will be discussed. Presenter will have a volunteer with her for live demonstration of mirroring activities. This workshop provides an outstanding foundation for the clinical Application of art interventions in play therapy.
This workshop is designed for:
Social workers (LCSW, LMSW, LISW, BSW, AAW), psychologists (Ph.D., Psy.D., Ed.D.) school counselors, school psychologist, professional counselors (LMHC, LCMHC, CMHC, LPC, LCPC), marriage and family therapists (LMFT, LIMFT) art therapists, play therapists, occupational therapists, graduate students, and others in the mental health-related field. This is an intermediate level seminar which means that individuals who attend should have a strong background in the topic being presented or should have previously attended any pre-requisite seminars and have received a strong foundation of understanding in the field of play therapy, therapy with children, etc.
Learning Objectives:
After attending this workshop, participants will be able to.
- Define Perry's Neurosequential Model of Therapeutic as integrated into art-based play therapy
- Demonstrate skills needed with specific neurosequential art; interventions for the traumatized child in play therapy
- Identify 2 art and play interventions for each of the 3 neurodevelopmental levels of brain function: Brainstem, Limbic and Cortex.
Presenter:
Peggy Kolodny MA ATR-BC, LCPAT
is a licensed Board Certified Art Psychotherapist with 40 years trauma-focused clinical experience across the lifespan. Trained in Level 2 EMDR and Level 2 IFS, she integrates both with art therapy. She is adjunct faculty at the School of Social Work for the University of Maryland and on the professional faculties of CBPS, Expressive Therapies Summit, Expressive Therapies Summit with UCLArtsandhealing, and The Ferentz Institute’. Peggy has several chapters on the Neurosequential process in the upcoming Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addictions (Quinn 2020, JKP Press) and is in process of writing several more for two other books.
She is the founder of Art Therapy Collective, a private practice in Maryland.
