Anchoring in the Storm: Using Community and Connection to Reflect, Connect and Rebuild -

A Wellness Retreat for Play Therapists

14 APT Contact Hours and 14 NBCC Hours

THIS EVENT ENDED: February 17-20, 2022

IN PERSON:

San Diego, California

*14 APT credit hours for this training are sponsored by Clair Mellenthin LLC APT Provider: 15-442

*Jennifer Taylor has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6928. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Jennifer Taylor is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

When the waves of COVID hit last year, we all braced for safety.

Many of us completely changed how we provided play therapy services.

Whether it has been loss of in person connection, literal loss of loved ones and friends, fear for our own well being, loss of income, having to build new tele-health play therapy services, or re-evaluating what is most important about the playroom (virtually or in-person), the seas of COVID have been mighty.

As play therapists we are comfortable using metaphor to make the unmanageable feel more manageable. Using the metaphor of anchoring in the storm, we invite you into the safe harbor of our in-person classroom community to heal, repair, and rebuild connections to others as well as to your Self. During our time together, we will guide you using play-based creative arts, movement, journaling, group activities and group discussion to reflect, rediscover and rebuild the parts of you that got lost and/or damaged in the storm. You will leave with a greater awareness of what you have been through, where you are now, and what you need moving forward and how to use this knowledge to offer similar healing experiences to your child clients and families.

You will also leave knowing that you are not a boat alone in the sea, but a part of a mighty fleet that has your back. We specifically chose the harbor as our setting to anchor in this symbolism right when you step in the doors.

Come heal with us,

Clair Mellenthin
Instructor, LCSW, RPT-S

Lisa Dion
Instructor, LPC, RPT-S

Jen Taylor
Instructor, LCSW-C, RPT-S

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CREATE THE SPACE TO EXPLORE THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

Over the past eighteen months, we have longed for connection. We have longed for community. We have longed for the time and space to process all the challenges and lessons that we have been through during this time. During this weekend, we create the space to explore the past, the present and the future - both privately and in collaboration with others. And in doing so, we create a logbook of the things that we have learned that will guide us through the next set of waves. It is going to be an experience for the memory books. You are not going to want to miss this weekend!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

Program Description and Learning Objectives

Program Description:

In this four day, retreat-style workshop, participants will use the power of metaphor to explore compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burn-out experienced by play therapists. Participants will explore the stress responses observed during the play therapy process for both the therapist and for the client and learn strategies to manage dysregulation. Participants will examine how attachment styles and relationships impact resiliency after a traumatic world event and use their reflections of their play therapy cases during experiential exercises, therapuetic writing/journaling exercises and group discussions. Participants will analyze the role of gratitude in overcoming challneges and create a self-care plan for use upon return to the play therapy space (whether virtual, in-person or hybrid).

Explore various components of self-compassion and discuss its clinical applications and importance for the play therapist
Implement 2 journaling interventions that foster self-reflection and case conceptualization of your work in the playroom.
Examine what regulation is and what it is not and how play therapists can use this knowledge to deal with compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma
Identify your own patterns of dysregulation and ways to regulate through the activation to support your ability to self-regulate and co-regulate
Explore ways to identify different states of dysregulation in your own body and your child client’s body
Identify and discuss at least 4 ideas from neurobiology, the creative arts, and mindfulness to help you stay present in the playroom and deal with the stress in between sessions
Examine the role that “should's" play in the development of symptoms in the therapist and the child client.
Utilize mindfulness and breath work to address stress responses and prevent burnout for the play therapist
Examine the ethics and importance of self care practices as part of the professional development of the play therapist
Create and identify at least 2 strategies to incorporate in the play therapist's self care plan
Examine the role that gratitude plays in overcoming challenges and regulating the nervous system
Learn how to notice and manage your own personal stress responses
Identify ways that your attachment styles and resources have played a role in your response to stressLearn how to process traumatic events and create a meaningful narrative in your play therapy practice using a four-part journaling technique.
Practice somatic regulation strategies to anchor yourself in the play therapy process

APT credit hours for this training are sponsored by Clair Mellenthin LLC APT Provider: 15-442

Jennifer Taylor has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6928. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Jennifer Taylor is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Schedule Overview

Continuing Education Credits

Target Audience

Fees and Registration Information

Refunds and Cancellations

Instructor: Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S

Instructor: Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S

Instructor: Jen Taylor, LCSW-C, RPT-S

Location and Reservations

Bonus Activity Included in Registration

COVID Precautions

ADA Needs

THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO CREATE AN ANCHOR TO YOUR SOUL.

As the world continues to be on a merry-go-round, we have yearned for stability, for peace, for connection. We have experienced so much isolation and fear these last 18 months as our world has changed in ways we never imagined. Jen, Lisa, and I have been dreaming of ways to find a quiet space where we can just push pause, breathe, and pull back all the pieces of ourselves that have been scattered as we have navigated this global pandemic and it’s many challenges. Each of us have been looking for our anchor - and it is through connection that we find it.This weekend has been designed to create an anchor to your soul for each one of us. I hope you will join us!

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SAN DIEGO: Anchoring in the Storm: Using Community and Connection to Reflect, Connect and Build