Review

“…a wealth of ideas to use with children and families…” — (R. Van Fleet, 1997)

“…play therapists–irrespective of orientation–will find useful methods in this most comprehensive collection of creative techniques.” — (Louise Guerney, 1997) –This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
This book is an amazing resource for play therapy techniques. The contributors come from a diverse group including child-centered, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, Jungian, psychodynamic, and prescriptive play therapy.

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Review
“Readers should find their knowledge base enriched and their application repertoire expanded.” — (Louise Guerney, 2001)

“The user-friendly format allows busy professionals quick access to a plethora of play therapy techniques…” — (M. Kay Hannah, 2001)

“This book should be in the libraries of all clinicians who seek variety and creativity in their work with children.” — (Janine S. Shelby, 2001)

Product Description
“Separated into seven categories for easy reference, the techniques within each chapter are applied to practice situations in a concise format for easy reference and use. The interventions illustrated include Storytelling, to enhance verbalizations in chi.”

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This text is designed to answer the questions children have about therapy in words and images that four to seven year olds can understand. Topics include things children do that indicate a problem; how a child enters treatment; the therapist’s office and equipment; and the activity of play therapy.

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Date: October 19-20, 2012
Workshop: Playing Outside the Box: Innovative uses of Sandtray in Play Therapy
Description: Advanced practice use of sandtrays in innovative ways will be taught. Presentation of innovative applications of sandtray use will be presented. We will present a premarital sandtray structured counseling format that addresses the five basic conflict provokers in marriage: sex, money, children, family, communication styles and includes pre/post counseling assessment of outcomes. Additionally the use of directive and non directive sandtray methods in play therapy with families will be overviewed and techniques practiced experientially in class in small groups.

After the session, participants will be able to:
1. Name three innovative ways to utilize sandtray use in play therapy with couples/families.
2. Name three issues or concerns in using sandtray in play therapy with couples/families.
3. Utilize a couples premarital sandtray play therapy curriculum.

Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building) | Map
Hours: 9 am to 4:30 pm
Instructors: Denise Filley, MA
CE_Hours: 6.5
Cost: Professional 2 Days $125; Student 2 Days $65; Professional 1 Day $75; Student 1 Day $45.

Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques
Edited By Liana Lowenstein, MSW
Paperback, 2008

In this comprehensive resource, highly acclaimed author Liana Lowenstein has compiled an impressive collection of techniques from experienced practitioners. Interventions are outlined for engaging, assessing, and treating children of all ages and their families. Activities address a range of issues including, Feelings Expression, Social Skills, Self-Esteem, and Termination. A must have for mental health professionals seeking to add creative interventions to their repertoire.

Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families VOLUME 2: Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Techniques
Edited By Liana Lowenstein
Paperback, 2010

Date September 7-8, 2012
Workshop Assessment and Treatment Planning/Grief Work with Play Therapy
Description This class will start with foundational guidelines of using play therapy for assessment and key facets to effective assessment. It will also teach play therapy assessment techniques.
Application will be made to treatment planning with play therapy by utilizing a case study, treatment planning guidelines and putting together a plan based on the case study. Grief assessment and treatment methods will also be taught.
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 | Map
Time Sep. 7th 4-10 pm, Sep. 8th 8:30-6 pm
Instructors Monica Dear, LPC, RPT
CE_Hours 15
Cost Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150

Date:December 7-8, 2012
Workshop: Assessment, Treatment Planning and Grief Work with Play Therapy
Description: This class will start with foundational guidelines of using play therapy for assessment and key facets to effective assessment. It will also teach play therapy assessment techniques.
Application will be made to treatment planning with play therapy by utilizing a case study, treatment planning guidelines and putting together a plan based on the case study. Grief assessment and treatment methods will also be taught.
VERY LIMITED SEATING
Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Time: Fri 4-10 pm; Sat 8:30-6
Instructor: Monica Dear, LPC, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: November 9-10, 2012
Workshop: Assessment, Treatment Planning and Grief Work with Play Therapy
Description: This class will start with foundational guidelines of using play therapy for assessment and key facets to effective assessment. It will also teach play therapy assessment techniques.
Application will be made to treatment planning with play therapy by utilizing a case study, treatment planning guidelines and putting together a plan based on the case study. Grief assessment and treatment methods will also be taught.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Nov 9th 4-10 pm; Nov 10th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Monica Dear, LPC, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

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Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children
Liana Lowenstein
Paperback, 2006

An innovative collection of therapeutic games, art techniques, and stories to help children of divorce express feelings, deal with loyalty binds, disengage from parental conflict, address anger and self-blame, and learn coping strategies. Includes a theoretical overview for practitioners, a sample treatment plan, and a reproducible handout to give parents. Also contains a ten-week curriculum that can be used in therapy or support groups. A much needed resource for counselors, therapists, and group facilitators.

Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce
Liana Lowenstein
Paperback, 2006

An innovative collection of therapeutic games, art techniques, and stories to help children of divorce express feelings, deal with loyalty binds, disengage from parental conflict, address anger and self-blame, and learn coping strategies. Includes a theoretical overview for practitioners, a sample treatment plan, and a reproducible handout to give parents. Also contains a ten-week curriculum that can be used in therapy or support groups. A much needed resource for counselors, therapists, and group facilitators.

Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth
Liana Lowenstein
Paperback, 1999

Mental health professionals who provide counseling to children and youth are always seeking new and innovative activities to add to their existing repertoire.  Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth is a collection of therapeutic activities for use with child and adolescent clients in individual group or family counseling.

Date June 13, 14, 15 (Wednesday through Friday)
Workshop The C’s of Supervision: Clinical, Creative and Critical Issues in Play Therapy Supervision
Description Meets the new supervision criteria for APT. This training covers the crucial C’s of supervision: critical, creative and clinical issues. Topics to be covered: legal and ethical issues related to supervision of play therapists, theories of supervision and their application; creative methods and techniques of supervision and clinical issues encountered in supervising play therapists. A very popular, yet thorough training for anyone who wants to supervise! This training not open to students. Supervision of play therapy has so many aspects to consider. Each day of this training will address different areas to consider in supervision. Day one will address Critical issues such as liability, forms, guidelines, etc. Day two and Three will address Clinical issues of supervision including play therapy methods to help with problem solving and Creative methods of play therapy supervision.
1. Learn the critical liability issues related to supervision of play therapist.
2. Learn at least five creative methods for implementing play therapy into supervision.
3. Address clinical issues in overseeing play therapy supervision.
4. Meet the APT guidelines for supervision instruction for becoming an RPT-S.
Location KC Play Therapy Offices, 8015-B Sante Fe, Overland Park, KS 66204
Hours 8:30am – 5:30pm daily
Instructors Wednesday instructor is Diana Robertson, LPC, RPT-S; Thursday instructors are Diana Robertson, LPC, RPT-S and Kim Fletcher, LCMFT, RPT-S;
Friday instructor is Kim Fletcher, LCMFT, RPT-S.
CE_Hours 24 or 8hr per day attended.
Cost $250 for all three days or Daily price is $100.

Product Description
The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life . . . how he came to the breathless discovery of himself that brought him back to the world of other children.

From the Publisher
As a former teacher-turned-editor, who read DIBS many times before even coming to work here at Ballantine, I feel very connected to this book. The author is a leading authority on play therapy and the treatment of emotionally disturbed children. Dibs is one of these lost children. The story takes us through his long journey from being labeled as “mentally defective,” to emerging as a gifted and lovable young man. Whether you’re a teacher, a parent, a psychologist, or just someone who loves to actually feel what they’re reading, DIBS is for you. –Laura Paczosa, Editorial Assistant

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The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life . . . how he came to the breathless discovery of himself that brought him back to the world of other children.

From the Publisher
As a former teacher-turned-editor, who read DIBS many times before even coming to work here at Ballantine, I feel very connected to this book. The author is a leading authority on play therapy and the treatment of emotionally disturbed children. Dibs is one of these lost children. The story takes us through his long journey from being labeled as “mentally defective,” to emerging as a gifted and lovable young man. Whether you’re a teacher, a parent, a psychologist, or just someone who loves to actually feel what they’re reading, DIBS is for you. –Laura Paczosa, Editorial Assistant

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Product Description
This book is brimming with helpful, hands on techniques for engaging children in all kinds of settings. Originally designed to help troubled children to deal with issues related to self-esteem, anger management, social skills and trauma, the techniques have proved to be effective among day care workers, teachers, parents and anyone else looking for ways to playfully strengthen their bonds with children. Each technique comes complete with treatment goals, step-by-step directions, processing questions and much more. This book is a must have for helping professionals and lay people alike.

About the Author
Paris Goodyear-Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor specializing in work with children and families. Currently in private practice, Paris is also an adjunct professor with the University of Tennessee’s graduate program in Social Work and Trevecca Nazarene University’s Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy programs. She is nationally known as an energetic and inventive workshop trainer, who mixes sound theoretical principles with ground breaking interventions designed especially for working with children.

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Date: August 10-11, 2012
Workshop: Family Play Therapy
Description: This course will lay a foundation of how to incorporate family therapy intertwined with play therapy. Foundations of client centered play therapy will be overviewed as they apply to Filial Play Therapy models. Child Parent Relationship Play Therapy model will be taught.
Directive Play Therapy techniques will be learned experientially by participants and case application examples used for teaching.
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building) | Map
Time: Aug 10th 4-10 pm, Aug 11th 8:30-6
Instructor: Dr. Robert Grant, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni, $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: September 7-8, 2012
Workshop: Family Play Therapy
Description: This course will lay a foundation of how to incorporate family therapy intertwined with play therapy. Foundations of client centered play therapy will be overviewed as they apply to Filial Play Therapy models. Child Parent Relationship Play Therapy model will be taught.
Directive Play Therapy techniques will be learned experientially by participants and case application examples used for teaching.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Sept 7th 4-10 pm; Sept 8th 8:30-6 pm
Instructors: Dr. Robert Grant, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: January 4-5, 2013
Workshop: Family Play Therapy
Description: This course will lay a foundation of how to incorporate family therapy intertwined with play therapy. Foundations of client centered play therapy will be overviewed as they apply to Filial Play Therapy models. Child Parent Relationship Play Therapy model will be taught.
Directive Play Therapy techniques will be learned experientially by participants and case application examples used for teaching.
Location: Wichita, KS (Friends University)
Time: Jan 4 4pm-10 pm; Jan 5 8:30am-6pm
Instructors: Dr. Robert Grant, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: July (dates TBA )
Workshop: Fundamentals of Play Therapy
Description: This workshop will focus on covering a general and wide look at play therapy. This will be a very basic introduction and include looking at how play therapy developed as a field. Topics to be included: theories of play therapy, play therapy processes/stages, basic toys, symbolic meaning of toys, play therapy techniques, areas of application for play therapy. Themes in play therapy and therapeutic responses in play therapy will also be overviewed with case application. Some hands on techniques will be taught and video sessions will be shared. Come prepared to have fun and learn!
VERY LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE
Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Instructor: Denise Filley
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
Time: Fri 4-10 pm; Sat 8:30-6
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Product Description
I Love You Rituals offers more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional love and enhance children’s social, emotional, and school success.Winner of a 1999 Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award, these positive nursery rhymes, interactive finger plays, soothing games, and physically active can be played with children from infancy through age eight. In only minutes a day, these powerful rituals:

• Prime a child’s brain for learning
• Help children cope with change
• Enhance attention, cooperation, and self-esteem
• Help busy families stay close
• Affirm the parent-child bond that insulates children from violence, peer pressure, and drugs, and much more.
• Easy to learn and especially effective in stressful situations, I Love You Rituals gives parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers inspiring tools to help children thrive.

About the Author
Becky A. Bailey, Ph.D., specializes in early childhood education and developmental psychology. Her lectures reach more than 20,000 people annually, and her awards include a Parents’ Choice Foundation commendation for three of her parenting audiotapes. She has appeared on CNN, PBS, and The Hour of Power with Dr. Robert Schuller, among other programs. She lives in Oviedo, Florida.

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Date July 13-14, 2012
Workshop Infant, Toddler and NeuroSensory Based Play Therapy
Description This course will evaluate many factors that effect development with infants/toddlers and the play therapy to be used with this age group.
Neurosensory development and play therapy planning will be overviewed and sensory based play therapy will be taught. Experiential learning with sensory based methods will be practiced.
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building) | Map
Time July 13th 4-10 pm July 14th 8:30-6pm
Instructors TBA
CE_Hours 15
Cost Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni, $150

Date: October 5-6, 2012
Workshop: Infant, Toddler and Neurosensory Play Therapy
Description: This course will evaluate many factors that effect development with infants/toddlers and the play therapy to be used with this age group. Neurosensory development and play therapy planning will be overviewed and sensory based play therapy will be taught. Experiential learning with sensory based methods will be practiced.
VERY LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE
Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Time: Fri 4-10 pm; Sat 8:30-6
Instructor: TBA
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15

Date: July 20-21, 2012
Workshop: Infant, Toddler and Neurosensory Play Therapy
Description: This course will evaluate many factors that effect development with infants/toddlers and the play therapy to be used with this age group.
Neurosensory development and play therapy planning will be overviewed and sensory based play therapy will be taught. Experiential learning with sensory based methods will be practiced.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: July 20th 4-10 pm; July 21st 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: TBA
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150
CE hrs:15 hrs

More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth
Liana Lowenstein
Paperback, 2002

The success of Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth published in 1999 demonstrated clinicians’ need for innovative, practical, therapeutic activities. More Creative Interventions for Troubled Children and Youth presents new techniques for practitioners to add to their existing therapeutic repertoire.

Review by an Amazon Customer

This book provides really great exercises to use with groups or individuals. I am a therapist, and I have found that kids respond well to the activities and are eager to return for the next group. They make discussing and dealing with a difficult issue much less threatening. It also makes it easy for kids to learn and remember the skills they are being taught in therapy. It is a good investment for clinicians. This does contain sensitive material, and should be used only by trained professionals.

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Product Description
The author discusses the use of play therapy for children with behavioral, emotional or other psychological problems. The bulk of the text consists of highly readable annotated transcripts of therapeutic sessions that illustrate the principles. The transcripts are authentic, and the annotations include comments on errors the therapist makes, as well as positive points. No other book comes near this one for readability and clinical credibility.

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“The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published.”

NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
Here is an intensely practical book that gives specific illustrations of how therapy can be implemented in play contacts, and tells how the toys of the playroom can be vivid performers and aids in growth. As she did with DIBS IN SEARCH OF SELF, Dr. Axline has taken true case histories from the rich mine of verbatim case material of children referred for play therapy, choosing children ranging in age, problem, and personality. It’s all here in an important and rewarding book for parents, teachers, and anyone who comes in contact with children. –This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Date: March 2013 (dates to be announced)
Workshop: Play Therapy with Abuse & Trauma
Description: In this class special issues for working with abuse and trauma victims will be overviewed. Play Therapy theory and approaches for working with trauma will be outlined and specific play therapy techniques to use with various types of trauma and abuse will be taught through video sessions, experiential learning methods.
Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Time: TBA
Instructor: Kristin Mills-Trowbridge, LPC, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: August 10-11, 2012
Workshop: Play Therapy with Abuse & Trauma
Description: In this class special issues for working with abuse and trauma victims will be overviewed. Play Therapy theory and approaches for working with trauma will be outlined and specific play therapy techniques to use with various types of trauma and abuse will be taught through video sessions, experiential learning methods.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Aug 10th 4-10 pm; Aug. 11th 8:30-6
Instructors: Kristin Mills-Trowbridge, LPC, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Review
‘Dr. Garry Landreth has made yet another significant contribution to the field of play therapy with the revised and expanded second edition of his landmark, award-winning text, Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship. This book is rare in its scope, including a historical, theoretical, and practical-how to approach to play therapy; in addition to providing invaluable insights into the child’s world and the therapeutic power of play within the context of the child-therapist relationship. This is the essential text for an introductory play therapy course and a must read for all child therapists.’ – Sue C. Bratton, Ph.D., University of North Texas, President, Association for Play Therapy 2001-2002

‘The first edition was a classic and this second edition builds upon that groundbreaking work with the addition of chapters dealing with intensive and short-term play and an expansion of Filial Therapy. A major strength of the text is the inclusion of current play therapy research, much of which comes from the work of Landreth and his students. There is no other text in print that is as comprehensive.this text will continue to set the standard for training and practice.’ – Joanna F. White, Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Psychological Services, Georgia State University, President-elect, Association for Play Therapy

Product Description
Play is to the child what verbalization is to the adult-it is a medium for expressing feelings, exploring relationships, describing experiences and disclosing wishes. Revised and updated, this second edition of the award-winning Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship provides comprehensive and detailed information for creating therapeutic relationships with children and facilitating the play therapy process. Guidelines, transcripts and case examples are provided for governing sensitive issues at every stage of the therapeutic process, from the first meeting to the end of the relationship.

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Date: June 28, 2012
Workshop: Playing Outside the Box: Innovative uses of Sandtray in Play Therapy
Description: This workshop will strive to teach clinicians to think literally “outside the box” in the use of sandtrays. Advanced practice use of sandtrays in innovative ways will be taught. Presentation of innovative applications of sandtray use will be presented. We will present a premarital sandtray structured counseling format that addresses the five basic conflict provokers in marriage: sex, money, children, family, communication styles and includes pre/post counseling assessment of outcomes. Also presented will be the implementation of the use of sandtrays in several elementary classrooms. Over a three year period, teachers were instructed in basic sandtray process and how to implement use with students who needed behavioral/emotional time-outs in the classroom. Lastly, a six week professional women’s structured sandtray group that addresses issues common in therapist burnout will be presented.
After the session, participants will be able to:
1. Name three innovative ways to utilize sandtray use.
2. Know how to set up a sandtray structured group
3. Identify the process for utilizing sandtray in classrooms
Participants should bring their own sandtray and 25 miniatures for group use (please mark miniatures with your name/initials).
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building) | Map
Hours: 9 am to 4:30 pm
Instructors: Denise Filley, MA & Jim Leftwich, LCP, RPT-S
CE_Hours: 6.5
Cost: Professional $75; Student $45; KC Play alumni $45, Friends Univ. alumni $45, John Brown Univ. alumni, $45 You will also need to purchase a book for $30.

Reviews
“…a landmark effort in the field, and has immense practical value to all of us trying to help children.” — -Rick Gaskill, Ed.D., RPT/S

“…required reading as the information revealed in this book cannot be found anywhere else in play therapy literature.” — -Ken Scwartzenberger, LCSW, RPT/S, CPT/S

Product Description
One of the most popular and widely used texts on the subject, Reaching Children Through Play Therapy provides essential instruction and guidance for beginning and experienced therapists. An in-depth exploration of the techniques of play therapy and an insightful discussion of the symbolic meaning and metaphor of play, this text is a must-have resource for therapists and parents alike.

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Sandtray: A Practical Manual
Authors: Linda Homeyer and Daniel Sweeney

Linda Homeyer and Daniel Sweeney have composed a very practical manual for the sandtray practitioner. After introducing sandtray therapy, and giving a brief history of the modality, they go into great detail on the type of sand, sand tray, and sand miniatures that should be used for optimum results. They cover the sand play session, and conclude with a chapter on processing the sand tray.

Date: October 5-6, 2012
Workshop: Sandtrays in Play Therapy
Description: We will start with beginning concepts, set up, supplies, themes and history of sandtray use. Also to be covered will be developmental issues, gender issues and treatment populations that affect the process and outcomes of sandtray work. Exploration of trauma and life events effects will also be explored. Participants will learn a variety of techniques in using sandtray work in play therapy, useful in any type of therapeutic setting. Also will discuss group sandtray methods/practices and family sandtray. Participants will create one or more individual sandtrays during the workshop and one group sandtray.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Oct 5th 4-10 pm; Oct 6th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Denise Filley, MA
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150. Purchase book now. Book is optional.
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: November 9-10, 2012
Workshop: Sandtrays in Play Therapy
Description: We will start with beginning concepts, set up, supplies, themes and history of sandtray use. Also to be covered will be developmental issues, gender issues and treatment populations that affect the process and outcomes of sandtray work. Exploration of trauma and life events effect will also be explored. Participants will learn a variety of techniques in using sandtray work in play therapy, useful in any type of therapeutic setting. Also will discuss group sandtray methods/practices and family sandtray. Participants will create one or more individual sandtrays during the workshop and one group sandtray.
VERY LIMITED SEATING
Location: Friends University, Wichita KS
Time: Nov 9 4-10 pm; Nov 10 8:30-6pm
Instructor: Denise Filley, MA
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150 Purchase book now. Book is optional.
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: June 1-2 , 2012
Workshop: Sandtrays in Play Therapy
Description: We will start with beginning concepts, set up, supplies, themes and history of sandtray use. Also to be covered will be developmental issues, gender issues and treatment populations that affect the process and outcomes of sandtray work. Exploration of trauma and life events effect will also be explored. Participants will learn a variety of techniques in using sandtray work in play therapy, useful in any type of therapeutic setting. Also will discuss group sandtray methods/practices and family sandtray. Participants will create one or more individual sandtrays during the workshop and one group sandtray.
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building) | Map
Time: June 1st 4-10 pm, June 2nd 8:30-6pm
Instructor: Denise Filley
Cost: Professional $190; Student $100; KC Play alumni $100, Friends Univ. alumni $100, John Brown Univ. alumni, $100 You will also need to purchase a book for $30.
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Review
…an attractive book; the discussion of games to play with young children with ADHD was very interesting and useful… — Child Abuse Review, Jan-February 2003

Product Description
An essential guide that focuses on play therapy in schools
This landmark reference presents an A-to-Z guide for using play therapy in preschool and elementary school settings to help children prevent or resolve psychosocial difÞculties. Coedited by three experts in the Þeld, School-Based Play Therapy offers school counselors, psychologists, teachers, and social workers the latest techniques to help them develop their own creative approaches to utilizing the therapeutic powers of play.

Beginning with an overview that addresses multicultural concerns, a description of play instruments, and observational techniques, this practice-oriented book explains how to implement play therapy in schools, with solid advice on gaining acceptance from other staff members and administration. Covering both individual and group play therapy, it clearly describes proven approaches such as child-centered play therapy, Theraplay, sandplay, and art exercises. The thorough treatment of the subject combined with the contributors’ incomparable expertise makes this an essential volume for all mental health professionals working in schools.

Describes play therapy approaches for special populations, such as sexually abused children, ADD/ADHD, children of divorce, and others
Includes innovative play therapy programs and tools
Outlines how to construct portable play kits and set up a play space

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Review
“Short-Term Play Therapy for Children, Second Edition, is the definitive book on the subject. If you are a mental health professional using play therapy with children, you need this book. If you are an elementary school counselor who has limited time, you need this book. If you are a professor teaching a class on advanced play therapy strategies or working with children on a time-limited basis, you need this book. It provides detailed, practical information about applying short-term play therapy with individual clients, families, and groups, with a wide variety of populations and issues.”–Terry Kottman, PhD, The Encouragement Zone, Cedar Falls, Iowa

“Play therapists should be well versed in effective short-term interventions for children for two reasons. First, children simply cannot afford to be in psychological distress for extended periods of time because of the negative impact this can have on their healthy development. Second, because of the financial and time constraints often imposed by third-party payers, the therapist needs to strive to make each session maximally beneficial. This book can be particularly effective in helping graduate students make the transition from traditional models of psychotherapy, which suggest open-ended treatment, to more focused models better suited to the developmental needs of children. It provides all mental health professionals with essential tools and strategies to help children make rapid gains in therapy in our ever more fast-paced world.”–Kevin O’Connor, PhD, RPT-S, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University

“This timely book is full of very helpful and creative play therapy interventions appropriate for short-term work with individuals, families, and groups. The structured, goal-oriented approaches described in the many detailed case examples will be welcomed by practicing clinicians and by professors who teach play therapy in various university settings. By acknowledging the reality of time factors and their impact on the structure of treatment, this book helps guide the field of play therapy in the 21st century.”–Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service

Product Description
This volume presents a variety of play approaches that facilitate children’s healing in a shorter time frame. Invaluable for any clinician seeking to optimize limited time with clients, the book provides effective methods for treating children struggling with such challenges as posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, disruptive behavior, mood disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and parental divorce. Individual, family, and group treatment models are described and illustrated with richly detailed case examples. Featuring session-by-session guidelines, chapters demonstrate how to engage clients rapidly, develop appropriate treatment goals, and implement carefully structured brief interventions that yield lasting results.

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Date: June 8-9, 2012
Workshop: Special Topics in Play Therapy I
Description: This course is deisgned to provide the student with practical introduction to special areas of treatment with play therapy including: working with parents, Neurosequential theory (Perry) with play therapy overview, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (Dan Hughes) with play therapy, filial models overview and attachment treatment play therapy theory with overview of various attachment treatment approaches which utilize play therapy principles, history and development.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Jun 8th 4-10 pm, June 9th 8:30 am to 6 pm
Instructor: Denise Filley
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date:September 7-8, 2012
Workshop: Special Topics in Play Therapy I
Description: Topics will be announced soon.
Location: Wichita, KS
Time: Sep 7th 4-10 pm, Sep 8 th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Denise Filley, MA
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: May 4-5, 2012
Workshop: Special Topics in Play Therapy II
Description:
Topic One: Play Therapy with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Focus will be on play therapy approaches and techniques that work well with treating Autism spectrum disorders. An overview of autism will be provided. How play therapy can be a viable treatment approach for autism will be reviewed. Several techniques that can be used with play therapy sessions will be demonstrated.
Topic Two: Play Therapy with Adults.
This training will focus on how to incorporate play therapy into treatment with adult clients. How to introduce play to adult clients, how to overcome resistance and special considerations in using play therapy with adult clients will be presented.
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building) | Map
Time: May 4th 4-10 pm, May 5th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Dr. Robert Grant, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: December 7-8, 2012
Workshop: Special Topics in Play Therapy II
Description:
Topic One: Play Therapy with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Focus will be on play therapy approaches and techniques that work well with treating Autism spectrum disorders. An overview of autism will be provided. How play therapy can be a viable treatment approach for autism will be reviewed. Several techniques that can be used with play therapy sessions will be demonstrated.
Topic Two: Play Therapy with Adults.
This training will focus on how to incorporate play therapy into treatment with adult clients. How to introduce play to adult clients, how to overcome resistance and special considerations in using play therapy with adult clients will be presented.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Dec 7th 4-10 pm, Dec 8th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Dr. Robert Grant, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: April 2013 (dates to be announced)
Workshop: Special Topics in Play Therapy II
Description:
Topic One: Play Therapy with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Focus will be on play therapy approaches and techniques that work well with treating Autism spectrum disorders. An overview of autism will be provided. How play therapy can be a viable treatment approach for autism will be reviewed. Several techniques that can be used with play therapy sessions will be demonstrated.
Topic Two: Play Therapy with Adults.
This training will focus on how to incorporate play therapy into treatment with adult clients. How to introduce play to adult clients, how to overcome resistance and special considerations in using play therapy with adult clients will be presented.
Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Time: Day 1 4-10 pm, Day 2 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Dr. Robert Grant, Ph.D., LPC, RPT-S
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: October 5-6, 2012
Workshop: Specialized Applications in Play Therapy
Description: This class will take a look at two special types of play therapy populations: adolescents and groups. One day will be spent on each discussing special considerations for working with each population as well as learning a variety of play therapy techniques for use with both adolescents and different types of groups.
Location: 8826 Sante Fe, Suite 205, Overland Park KS 66212 (Beal Building). (Beal Building) | Map
Time: Oct. 5th 4-10 pm, Oct. 6th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Carmy Cessor, LMSW, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: January 4-5, 2013
Workshop: Specialized Applications in Play Therapy
Description: This class will take a look at two special types of play therapy populations: adolescents and groups. One day will be spent on each discussing special considerations for working with each population as well as learning a variety of play therapy techniques for use with both adolescents and different types of groups.
Location: St Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: Jan 4th 4-10 pm; Jan 5th 8:30-6
Instructor: Carmy Cesson, LMSW, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Date: February 2013 (dates to be announced)
Workshop: Specialized Applications in Play Therapy
Description: This class will take a look at two special types of play therapy populations: adolescents and groups. One day will be spent on each discussing special considerations for working with each population as well as learning a variety of play therapy techniques for use with both adolescents and different types of groups.
Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Time: Day 1 4-10 pm, Day 2 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Carmy Cessor, LMSW, RPT
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ alumni, $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs

Reviews
After reading The Healing Power of Play, child therapists from every professional background will feel better equipped to confront the enormous challenge of treating the abused child….Dr. Gil’s readable guide should inspire the field and thereby benefit all of our patients — Spencer Eth, MD

Both the novice child therapist and experienced clinician will learn abundantly from Dr. Gil’s instruction about effective intervention with even the most severely neglected and abused children — Treating Abuse Today

Eliana Gil occupies an unparalleled position among professionals in the child abuse field. No one has worked longer, more faithfully, and more responsibly with such a diverse array of abusive interactions — Roland C. Summit, M.D.

Product Description
Children traumatized by either abuse or neglect have special therapeutic needs. They can be difficult to engage for a variety of reasons: many have been frightened into silence and many have had their trust in adults betrayed; they may be hostile and acting out; and, if young, they may lack the sophistication of language or sexual terminology to clearly impart what has occurred. Whether or not children know how to communicate directly with a therapist, all children know how to play. This book describes how therapists can both facilitate constructive play therapy and intervene in posttraumatic play to help children who have been traumatized by abuse or neglect achieve a positive resolution.

The book combines theory with a practical “how-to” approach for treating abused children. Traditional techniques of play therapy are reviewed for their application to this population. Special emphasis is given to posttraumatic play in two ways. First, because rigid posttraumatic play can be dangerous–it does not help to release anxiety and tends to fixate the child on the trauma and subsequent difficult emotions–the book demonstrates how to intervene when this type of play occurs. Second, the book explains how to facilitate flexible and dynamic posttraumatic play when it does not surface spontaneously in treatment. This sort of play can be very constructive in helping the child to assimilate the traumatic experience. Throughout, numerous therapeutic aids are described to enhance the child’s capacity to communicate verbally or symbolically.

To help clinicians translate theory into daily practice, the book presents six detailed clinical vignettes of trauma stemming from different types of abuse or neglect. The cases included involve severe parental neglect, chronic and episodic sexual abuse, and neglect compounded by hospitalization. Presenting step-by-step guidelines for assessment and intervention, these cases clearly illustrate treatment planning and how to tailor responses to particular children, including children with multiple personality disorder. They demonstrate how to use directive and nondirective play therapy techniques as treatment progresses.

With its valuable insights and practical guidance, THE HEALING POWER OF PLAY is an essential resource for all mental health professionals who work with abused children. Those who work with adult survivors will learn much of value for treating the “child within.” The book also serves as a text for advanced courses on child therapy, child development, family therapy, domestic violence, or child abuse. Other professionals who come into contact with abused children such as protective service workers, medical professionals, clergy, teachers, and day-care professionals will find much of interest.

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Date: October 21-22, 2011
Workshop: Theories of Play Therapy
Description: This course covers the major theories of play therapy and teaches practical applicaton of each theory through teaching techniques and/or showing video sessions for theories. Emphasis of each participant determining their own play therapy approach is encouraged. Some of the theories covered include: Client-centered, Adlerian, Relationship PT, Developmental PT, Jungian PT, Release PT, Experiential PT, Filial PT.
Location: KC Play Therapy Offices, 8015-B Sante Fe, Overland Park, KS 66204
Hours: Fri 4-10 pm; Sat 8:30-6
Instructors: Denise Filley, MA
CE_Hours: 15
Cost: Professional – $370; Student – $200; KC Play Cert Program Alumni Rate – $200

Date: May 18-19 2011
Workshop: Theories of Play Therapy
Description: This course covers the major theories of play therapy and teaches practical applicaton of each theory through teaching techniques and/or showing video sessions for theories. Emphasis of each participant determining their own play therapy approach is encouraged. Some of the theories covered include: Client-centered, Adlerian, Relationship PT, Developmental PT, Jungian PT, Release PT, Experiential PT, Filial PT.
Location: St. Louis, MO (Arnold, MO) COMTREA
Time: May 18th 4-10 pm, May 19th 8:30-6 pm
Instructor: Denise Filley
Cost:Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15

Date: August 10-11, 2012
Workshop: Theories of Play Therapy
Description: This course covers the major theories of play therapy and teaches practical applicaton of each theory through teaching techniques and/or showing video sessions for theories. Emphasis of each participant determining their own play therapy approach is encouraged. Some of the theories covered include: Client-centered, Adlerian, Relationship PT, Developmental PT, Jungian PT, Release PT, Experiential PT, Filial PT.
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Location: Friends University, Wichita, KS
Instructor: Denise Filley, MA
Time: Aug 10th 4-10 pm; Aug 11th 8:30-6
Cost: Professional $300; Student $190; KC Play alumni $150, Friends Univ. alumni $150, John Brown Univ. alumni $150
CE hrs: 15 hrs