Adlerian Play Therapy with Grieving Clients

Join us for a day-long seminar to dive deeply into the often-challenging topic of grief with play therapy clients. This is an interactive, discussion-based class in which we will explore how to use Adlerian play therapy to conceptualize, plan treatment, and be with our grieving clients. The presenters will facilitate reflection-based discussion, share case examples, provide resources for clinicians and clients, and teach Adlerian play therapy interventions for grieving clients. Additionally, we will facilitate time for self-reflection around personal grief, noticing and increasing self-awareness of somatic experiences of countertransference related to grief and loss. You will leave with a greater understanding of grief and mourning. You also will have tools for conceptualizing grief and mourning from an Adlerian play therapy perspective and play therapy techniques to better support your clients and their families along their grief process. We hope to empower you to feel more at ease with the discomfort of grief in play therapy. We will also intentionally make space to discuss and explore multicultural/socio-cultural elements of grief and mourning. 

8 Live Webinar CE Hours. (4 hours on Play Therapy Special Topics, 2 hours on Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant Theories and 2 hours on Play Therapy Skills and Methods).  This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."

APT Approved Provider 99-055

League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7402. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

At the end of this workshop participants will be able to... 

1. List and describe four interventions that align with the four phases of Adlerian play therapy that will help you support your play therapy clients with the grieving process. 
2. List and describe the four basic concepts of Adlerian theory and how they relate to play therapy with grieving clients. 
3. Explain why it is necessary for clinicians to be aware of countertransference (or how his/her/their lifestyle interacts with their/her/his client’s lifestyle) and to seek out professional consultation or supervision around grief-related countertransference. 
4. Explain how to conceptualize grief and mourning from an Adlerian play therapy perspective. 
5. Identify at least two examples of how their own lifestyles, including culture, impacts their work with grieving clients. 
6. Describe the process of developing customized Adlerian play therapy interventions and rituals for supporting their grieving play therapy clients.
7. Explain how to increase their own awareness around their cognitive, affective, and somatic experiences of grief-related countertransference.
8. Describe two interventions to explore and/or process grief with families in Adlerian play therapy.