Play Therapy with Older Teens and Suffering from Complex Trauma
Presented by Kevin Hull, PhD, LMHC, RPT™
Play therapy and the therapeutic powers of play are often thought of in the context of working with children. However, growing research demonstrates the applicability of play therapy with older teens and young adults who are suffering from the effects of complex trauma. Play therapy is useful in helping to revisit experiences from childhood and provides a pathway for self-repair resulting in self-acceptance. Play therapy is uniquely suited for this population due to providing therapeutic safety while stimulating a sense of curiosity and creativity in forming new narratives of previous experiences and the self. Integrative play therapy draws from other approaches to address the cognitive, self, emotional, and social needs of those recovering from complex trauma. This session will demonstrate the use of play therapy with older teens and adults suffering from complex trauma. Integrative Play Therapy (IPT) is an effective approach in helping individuals suffering from complex trauma in the form of emotional regulation, self-acceptance, and self-repair.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
- describe how Integrative Play Therapy is useful when working with complex trauma.
- identify play therapy techniques specifically used for complex trauma.
- apply Integrative Play Therapy techniques specifically for emotional regulation, self- acceptance, and self-repair.
This training is approved by APT Approved Provider 99-050 for 3 Non-Contact CE hours. Trainings are not recorded.
Intermediate Level | Play Therapy Skills and Methods, Play Therapy Special Topics
Please note that CEs are only for APT hours.
ABOUT OUR PRESENTER: Kevin Hull has counseled for the past 25 years in a private counseling practice in Lakeland, Florida where he conducts individual and group psychotherapy, and is a full professor for Liberty University where he teaches graduate counseling courses in the online Center for Counseling and Family Studies. Kevin is a Registered Play Therapist™ and is currently voluntarily providing play therapy to adult male inmates at Polk Correctional Institution where he is studying play therapy for self-repair from complex trauma with adults. He also specializes in working with autism spectrum disorders and has published several books and articles, and regularly presents at conferences on this topic. Kevin enjoys spending time with his wife, Wendy and their four children and grandchildren. He plays regularly in the form of open water swimming in the Gulf of Mexico.
VIRTUAL: This will be a virtual workshop. Participants will be awarded APT NON-CONTACT CE after successful completion of a post test. Participants are requested to be present and visible throughout the presentation to facilitate engagement.
MIAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 99-050. MIAPT maintains responsibility for the program.
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