Upcoming Courses
Using Play Therapy to Build Resilience in Children of Divorce
Taught by Jamie Lynn Langley, LCSW, RPT-S, President of TN Association for Play Therapy
Tuesday, February 5th from 9am-12pm
Participants will be able to:
- Describe how to establish and maintain the role of the play therapist for the child client in divorce cases
- Define what resiliency is and explain the rationale for inclusion in play therapy treatment for children of divorce
- Cite the 7 C's of Resiliency and how these can be incorporated in play therapy interventions
- Identify at least three play therapy interventions that can be used in treatment with children of divorce
3 CE credits available
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Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk
Taught by Andrea Mills, LPC/MHSP-S, Assistant Director Counseling Center at Lipscomb University
Tuesday, February 12th from 9-11am
Participants will be able to:
- Identify important information to collect when assessing for suicide risk
- Synthesize information collected into a risk formulation
- Create crisis responses and safety plans to assist in managing suicide risk
2 CE credits available
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Helping Clients Through the Grief Journey
Taught by Paula Wiemers, LPC/MHSP, AGAPE Therapist
Tuesday, March 12th from 9-11am
Participants will:
- Learn about the stages and tasks of grief/loss and how to integrate these concepts in grief counseling
- Be able to identify complicated grief and how to help clients manage, and also learn which clients may be in need of clinical attention/intervention
- Understand the benefit and harm of magical thinking in children and adults who are grieving, as well as other concepts and strategies to help clients progress through the loss journey
2 CE credits available
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Using Genograms in Counseling: Getting to Know Clients & Helping Clients Understand Themselves
Taught by Danny Camp, DMin, LMFT, AGAPE Therapist
Tuesday, March 26th from 9-11am
Participants will be able to:
- Discuss the basic principles of the genogram (structure/symbols/purpose), with emphasis on how to actively bring clients into the process
- Identify how genograms promote insight and help clients recognize how their families of origin "create a default" in how they communicate, handle conflict, relate to others, etc.
- Describe how to detect and help clients detect emotional triggers related to their families of origin that impact their current relationships
2 CE credits available
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The Tools of TraumaPlay: Play Therapy for Traumatized Children
Taught by Paris Goodyear-Brown, LCSW, RPT-S, Director of Nurture House
Friday, April 5th from 9am-12pm
Participants will be able to:
- List the seven core components of TraumaPlay™
- Describe at least one play therapy intervention that can be used in pursuit of each treatment goal
- Explain the concept of containment as it is used in this play therapy model
- List the options of the Play Therapist's Palette for titration work
3 CE credits available
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Navigating Challenging Ethical Issues in Counseling
Taught by Terry Casey, PhD, Licensed Psychologist, HSP
Tuesday, April 23rd from 9am-12pm
Participants will:
- Identify the five primary perspectives of the Multiple Perspective Model of ethical decision-making
- Describe how to navigate professional codes of ethics, state licensing rules and laws pertaining to technology-related issues
- Determine ethical courses of action by applying the Multiple Perspective Model
- Discuss strategies and methods for avoiding ethical problems
3 CE credits available
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