EMDR with Adoption Trauma in Play Therapy
On-Demand Training
APT Approved Provider #22-656
CE
APT HOURS: 6 NON-CONTACT CE
NBCC HOURS: 6
APPROVED FOR 6 EMDRIA CREDITS
Cost
$210.00
(Non-Refundable)
NBCC ACEP No. 7206
EMDRIA CREDIT APPROVAL: #21024
Play Therapy Training Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content in accordance with EMDRIA requirements.
Training Description
This play therapy training is offered On-Demand as a go-at-your-own pace course for non-contact hours.
In this training, participants will learn how to target material relating to the child’s early attachment wounds, including targets without an explicit memory. Participants will identify specific stabilization skills useful in the playroom for reducing dysregulation relating to developmental trauma. Steps for implementing an EMDR Developmental Protocol for play therapy will be explained.
*Pre-requisites: This training is open to all clinicians, including those with no prior EMDR training. The theory and skills taught in this course are applicable for all clinicians. Since Rhonda is an EMDR Approved Consultant and trainer in EMDR therapy, there will be discussion of how to integrate the information into the EMDR Therapy Standard Protocol. Only participants who have completed EMDRA-Approved Basic EMDR Training will receive EMDRIA credit.
Nik Johnson
LPC-S, Registered Play Therapist™- Supervisor, EMDR Consultant
Nik has been a private practice counselor working in North Texas since 2017. He works with children aged (4+), adolescents, and adults, specializing in complex trauma, dissociative disorders, and play therapy. Previously Nik worked at an agency in Missouri providing play therapy to children in the foster care system. He offers continuing education to professionals especially within the topics of working with developmental trauma, dissociative disorders, and play therapy.
Learning Objectives
1. Explain how to identify and assess for trauma resulting from early life events in both parent sessions and play therapy sessions
2. Describe the major theories of dissociation and how they apply to the playroom
3. Explain how to use the EMDR developmental protocol with children in the playroom
4. Demonstrate an EMDR Phase 2 intervention in the playroom through a breakout session that involves roleplaying as children
5. Explain how to use the EMDR story intervention in the playroom
6. Identify how and when to include caregivers in EMDR sessions with children in the playroom
APT- APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER
Play Therapy Training Resources has been approved by APT as an Approved Continuing Education Provider #22-656. Programs that do not qualify for APT credit are clearly identified. Play Therapy Training Resources is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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NBCC- APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER
Play Therapy Training Resources has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7206. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Play Therapy Training Resources is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.