2019 Annual Conference

Play Therapy on a Dime: Practical Techniques for Everyday Use

Presented by:
Sharolyn Wallace, Ph.D., LCSW, RPT-S

Workshop Overview

Gadgets, gizmos, cool new stuff, latest must haves! Very exciting and potentially very costly! This workshop will revive your creative spirit without breaking your piggy bank! Material, broken toys, old puzzles, foil, cardboard rolls, and everyday junk can be turned into fabulous play therapy activities and successful therapeutic techniques. This workshop will focus on the difficult challenges facing children from school age through adolescence. Sexual abuse, bullying, ADHD, emotional and physical abuse, divorce, substance abuse are just a few of the traumas we will explore in the context of play therapy methodologies. Research indicates that play therapy modalities are effective with these complex issues. Evidenced and empirically based methodologies with corresponding experiential play therapy techniques will assist the play therapist in developing a strength and empowerment model for our clients. CBT, Gestalt, CCPT, and Adlerian therapeutic models will be the foundation of this workshop. These techniques will assist therapist in empowering our clients to become stronger, assertive, courageous, and efficacious. This workshop will provide many experiential activities that engage the creativeness and curative factors of the therapeutic relationship in play therapy.

Workshop Objectives: Participants will:

1.      be able to create 4 new play therapy activities with Gestalt theoretical orientation.

2.      be able to identify and create 3 new play therapy activities with Adlerian theoretical orientation.

3. be able to develop 3 new play therapy activities for CBT theoretical orientation

4.      be able to apply 2 theoretical models to 3 new creative play therapy activities.

5.      learn 3 new new play therapy activities that cost less less than $5.

6.  Learn 3 new play therapy activities that cost less than $10.

7. learn 3 new play therapy activities that cost less than $20.

8. learn how to differentiate between two different play therapy modalities of their choice.

9. learn the therapeutic value of cardboard rolls in play therapy.

10. apply play therapy modalities to 4 new uses of broken games.

11. apply cost saving strategies to play therapy interventions.

12. develop personal plan for creating 2 new play therapy strategies from broken toys.

"Dr. Wallace has the most practical play therapy techniques that don't require spending a lot of money. She encourages you to think outside the box as a play therapist, while tapping into your creative juices. The play therapy techniques she presents can be used with any population. You won't want to miss Dr. Wallace, her spunk, and all her bling!" - Juliet Fortino, MC, LPC, RPT-S

ABOUT SHAROLYN WALLACE                                      
Sharolyn Wallace, PhD. LCSW, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor has been the Professor of Human Services at Tulsa Community College for over 20 years. She is also the director for TCC’s Center for Addiction Prevention and Recovery Support. Dr. Wallace received the 2014 C.V. Ramana award for Outstanding Contribution to the Mental Health of Oklahoma’s Children and the 2016 NASW-OK Social Worker of the Year.  She is the Past-President for OK NASW.  She is a Board Member for the Association for Play Therapy and the National Association for Social Workers.  Dr. Wallace has been in private practice for over twenty years specializing in child sexual abuse and trauma.  Dr. Wallace led a team of mental health workers providing crisis intervention and play therapy in Sri Lanka one month at the Tsunami.  She has also provided crisis relief work in Alaska, New York, Miami, San Francisco, and Scotland, and two separate tours of duty in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Dr. Wallace has published articles on play therapy and relapse prevention with child welfare families. She is the author of a series of children’s books, “The Adventures of Bruce, Ben & Gerry.”

APT Approved Provider 97-035 | 12 CE