Continuing Education with Maritime PTC

This 48 hour online certificate is for newly graduated therapists and counsellors who want to work with children/youth.

At the end of this certificate participants will:

• Review theoretical base of psychotherapeutic counselling
• Review social and emotional development of young people.
• Explore the ethical and professional aspects of working therapeutically with children and adolescents
• Work therapeutically with children and young using the arts and play.

Participants need to have access to internet and a computer to access modules in the learning management system

Module 1: Intake,  Assessment, Consent and Documentation                                                          

This 48 hour online certificate is for newly graduated therapists and counsellors who want to work with children/youth.

At the end of this certificate participants will:

• Review theoretical base of psychotherapeutic counselling
• Review social and emotional development of young people.
• Explore the ethical and professional aspects of working therapeutically with children and adolescents
• Work therapeutically with children and young using the arts and play.

Participants need to have access to internet and a computer to access modules in the learning management system

This 48  hour online certificate is for newly graduated therapists and counsellors who want to work with children/youth.

At the end of this certificate participants will:

• Review theoretical base of psychotherapeutic counselling
• Review social and emotional development of young people.
• Explore the ethical and professional aspects of working therapeutically with children and adolescents
• Work therapeutically with children and young using the arts and play.

Participants need to have access to internet and a computer to access modules in the learning management system

This 48 hour online certificate is for newly graduated therapists and counsellors who want to work with children/youth.

At the end of this certificate participants will:

• Review theoretical base of psychotherapeutic counselling
• Review social and emotional development of young people.
• Explore the ethical and professional aspects of working therapeutically with children and adolescents
• Work therapeutically with children and young using the arts and play.

Participants need to have access to internet and a computer to access modules in the learning management system

Integrating Dialectical Behavioural Concepts into your play therapy practice - DBPT

We can both accept ourselves for who we are while also accepting that change needs to happen (Linehan, 2015,p.5).

Adolescent and Adult clients can. utilize the sandtray as well as expressive modalities to communicate these dialectic realities while creating.a personal road map for change. This full day (6 hour) workshop will briefly review the treatment phases of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy while utilizing play therapy approaches to support DBT treatment. 

Participants are expected to have taken prior DBT Training as this course does not certify participants in DBT or Marsha Linehan's method.

Learning Outcomes 

After this training participants will: 

Review DBT skills that can be integrated in individual PT or group PT therapy

Identify how the modules of  mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotional regulation and distress tolerance can be integrated into their Play Therapy practice with sandtray, art based interventions, bibliotherapy, music, movement, affirmation cards and game play.

Utilize play therapy approaches in dyads, small and larger groups  in order  to gain confidence and competence in these DBT Areas 

Identify resources or activities for  DBPT they would like to further develop in order to continue to integrate DBT interventions formally or informally.