LEGO-Based Play Therapy: It's All in the Directive!
Presented by Althea T. Simpson, MBA, MSW, LCSW, LICSW, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™
Incorporating LEGO bricks in play therapy treatment can help clients enhance communication and problem-solving skills by building models to externalize thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Participants will be introduced to integrating LEGO bricks as a directive play therapy treatment strategy. Utilizing this integrative approach to play therapy can meet the therapeutic needs of clients throughout the therapeutic process from rapport building to termination. This is a "hands on bricks" interactive play therapy training from start to finish.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Incorporate LEGO bricks with focused techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy to use in play therapy treatment with individuals.
- Utilize metaphors from a play therapy lens to help individuals express thoughts, feelings and needs.
- Utilize LEGO bricks to assess and treat various mental health issues with individuals receiving play therapy.
Level of training: Introductory
3 NON-CONTACT APT CE Hours- Play Therapy Skills & Methods
This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."
About our presenter: Althea T. Simpson, MBA, MSW, LCSW, LICSW, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™ is an innovative trainer, psychotherapy private practice owner, founder and CEO of Brighter Day Therapeutic Solutions, PLLC, Unicorn Life Training and the Black Play therapy Society, and host of the Chronicles of a Play Therapist podcast. She is the author of Hurt to Healing: Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence and Their Invisible Injuries. Althea has a diverse background including research, mental health treatment and consulting, and organizational consulting. A Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator reinforcing a process of creative thinking and problem-solving, Althea facilitates thought-provoking and experiential skill enriching workshops for mental health professionals, corporations, and organizations throughout the United States. Althea's passion is utilizing the healing powers of play to effect change on an individual and organizational level.
AZAPT Members $50; Nonmember Guests $60
Limited to 50 participants.
LIVE WEBINAR: Per APT guidelines, video cameras must be on throughout the presentation for contact CE. Participants will be awarded APT NON-CONTACT CE upon successful completion of a post test. This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."
AZAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 97-035. AZAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph, video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote AZAPT.
Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than October 1, 2022. Cancellations are subject to a $15 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds after October 1, 2022.
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