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Agenda

The Development of Healthy Attachments: Use of the Circle of Security as a Play Therapy Map

Bill Whelan, Psy.D.
June 12, 2009
9:00 am to 4:30 pm

  • 8:30: Registration
  • 9:00 - 10:15: Discuss typical relationship development and patterns of attachment
  • 10:15 - 10:30: Break
  • 10:30 - 12:00: Describe patterns of parental caregiving bonds and low-risk versus high-risk patterns of attachment-caregiving
  • 12:00 - 1:00: Lunch with new friends
  • 1:00 - 2:30: Helping children heal from the effects of maltreatment and loss
    Being Hands on the Circle for the child and for the parent
  • 2:30 - 2:45: Break
  • 2:45 - 4:30: Use of attachment theory and the Circle of Security as a Map for treatment and for measuring treatment outcome. 

Supervision Can Be Playful! 

Athena A. Drewes, Psy.D., RPT-S
June 12, 2009
6:00 pm to 9:15 pm

  • 5:30 – 6:00: Registration
  • 6:00 - 7:15: Discuss the importance of being aware of cultural differences and similarities between supervisee and supervisor and discuss and practice experiential techniques that can be used in training play therapists
  • 7:15 - 7:30: Break

    7:30 - 9:15: Describe recommendations for creating a culturally sensitive playroom
    Discuss ethical dilemmas in supervision and difficult moments in supervision

Effectively Blending Play Therapy Techniques with CBT to Help Children Identify, Express and Integrate Angry and Aggressive Feelings

Athena A. Drewes, Psy.D., RPT-S
June 13, 2009
9:00 am to 4:30 pm

  • 8:30: Registration and Coffee
  • 9:00 - 10:15: Describe the impact of trauma and poor attachment on the development of angry and aggressive behaviors
  • 10:15 - 10:30: Break
  • 10:30 - 12:00: Identify two different categories for understanding angry and aggressive behaviors
  • 12:00 - 1:00: Lunch with new friends AND VAPT ANNUAL MEETING
  • 1:00 - 2:30: Describe cognitive-behaviors, directive, invitational and play-based techniques
    Discuss how to integrate play therapy with CBT
  • 2:30 - 2:45: Break

    2:45 - 4:30: Understand and identify 3 precipitants to angry and aggressive behaviors
    Apply five play-based techniques in your work with children

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The 13th Annual Virginia Association for Play Therapy conference is supported by the JMU Department of Graduate Psychology and the Combined-Integrated Doctoral program.