Clair Mellenthin – The Power of Play ,Proven Strategies

In this workshop, we will look at how trauma affects the brain and its impact on parents.-Attachment can be used to treat trauma symptoms and improve child-parent relationship-Techniques of centered play therapy

Clair Mellenthin – The Power of Play ,Proven Strategies

• Interactive day of Case examples, videos, and hands-on techniques
• Rebuild trust in parents-Child relationship
• Create developmentally appropriate trauma narratives
• There are tools that can decrease flashbacks, nightmares, and intrusive thought

Play Therapy is a powerful tool for children who’ve experienced trauma. Therapy is a safe place where children can express themselves. Feel in control and learn how to recognize and manage distressing symptoms And Use language to convey what they are feeling Their body and mind.

This workshop will examine the impact of trauma on the brain and the parents.-Attachment can be used to treat trauma symptoms and improve child-parent relationship-Techniques of centered play therapy

Children can work with their peers in the child’s environment.-You will be centered and observe how children behave.

• Utilize gradual exposure
• Regulate affect
• Learn more of Their traumatic experiences
• Be able to manage their fear and overwhelm.

This is a trauma-An anchored model is a way to teach play therapy techniques. It deepens metaphor work by amplifying the child’s ability to explore the material they externalize, and provides the child with a safe, predictable environment for processing interpersonal trauma. You will learn theory and techniques that values children’s pacing, respects defensive strategies, and seeks to help children build alternative skills to cope with difficult thoughts, emotions and behaviors.

• Learn how trauma affects brain development and how play therapy can improve relationships and behavior.
• Discuss three complicated trauma warning signs and how you can assess them.
• Define the areas of The brain is affected by trauma, and children suffer from the resulting behavioral symptoms.
• You can identify attachment wounds that trauma has caused and what you should do – even if you are the most secure parent-Relationship with children
• Play therapy can help clients move past their traumas and heal them. of They are no longer victims and they accept their new role as survivors.
• Define attachment theory and how it applies to play therapy. How to see family systems through this lens. of attachment.
• Find 5 play therapy techniques to make parents more comfortable and confident engaging in family therapy.
• Demonstrate an effective proof-This is a trauma-based play therapy method that can be used immediately to treat symptoms.

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Framework of Attachment Theory

• Rethinking Attachment Spectrum
• 4 Key concepts of Attachment Theory
• Safety in the home-Child relationship

The Brain–Behavior Relationship

• Parts of The brain is affected by trauma
• Executive functioning and regulatory processing
• Effect on the right brain and its behavioral consequences
• Warn signs of trauma
• Trauma can have a negative impact on the parent-Child relationship
• Emotional and behavior challenges

Proven Play Therapy Techniques to Strengthen Parent-Child attachment

• Reduce whining, clinging and angry behavior in children clients
• Increase family relations and communication skills
• Rebuild trust in your parent-Child relationship
• Promote wholeness-Whole child and whole-brain healing

Play Attachment Therapy as a Treatment for Trauma-Centered Therapy

• Guided Imagery is used to teach distress tolerance
• Lemon Squeezies- A Full Body Relaxation that helps to connect with the body and decrease trauma symptoms
• My Many Colors of Me – Enhance emotional intelligence and link feelings to words of Performing certain behaviors
• Self-improvement – Inside/Outside box-Self-esteem and self-esteem-Acceptance
• Telling My Story – Create age-appropriate trauma narratives
• Maximize the importance of your role of Parents and caretakers
• Make hands-Flashbacks, intrusive thoughts and nightmares are all ways to reduce trauma symptoms.

Here’s what you can expect in the new book Clair Mellenthin – The Power of Play ,Proven Strategies