Catholic · Emmaus course
Steady Presence: Calm, Limits, and Connection in Child-Centered Play Therapy
The Two Mistakes Every Beginning Play Therapist Makes — and How to Avoid Them
Grounded in the child-centered play therapy tradition and in a Catholic Christian understanding of the child as a free, relational person made for growth, this course gives you something you can carry into the very next session.
NBCC CE · 1 clock hour · Counseling Theory and Practice (CT)
With Harvey Payne, Psy.D. and Dr. William Nordling
- Length
- 1 hr
- Lessons
- 1
- Level
- Intermediate
- Version
- Catholic
- Price
- Free
people don't buy a play-therapy lecture, they buy confidence in the playroom
About this course
A quiet child makes you want to rescue. A child who hurls a ball makes you want to either freeze or clamp down. A child who won't leave makes the clock feel like an enemy. Two seasoned clinicians, Dr. Harvey Payne and Dr. William Nordling, name the two mistakes that most often trip up beginning play therapists and show you the calm, boundaried, honest presence that answers both. You'll learn why rescuing an anxious child quietly tells them they can't cope, why limits are not the enemy of a child's expression but the other half of it, and how to handle the two hardest moments of any session: getting the child in, and letting the child go.
Grounded in the child-centered play therapy tradition and in a Catholic Christian understanding of the child as a free, relational person made for growth, this 1.0-clock-hour course gives you something you can carry into the very next session.
Who this course is for
Graduate-level mental health counselors, counseling students and supervisees, and pastoral care professionals who work with children
People don't buy a play-therapy lecture, they buy confidence in the playroom.
From the course syllabus
A quiet child makes you want to rescue. A child who hurls a ball makes you want to either freeze or clamp down. A child who won't leave makes the clock feel like an enemy. Two seasoned clinicians, Dr. Harvey Payne and Dr. William Nordling, name the two mistakes that most often trip up beginning play therapists and show you the calm, boundaried, honest presence that answers both. You'll learn why rescuing an anxious child quietly tells them they can't cope, why limits are not the enemy of a child's expression but the other half of it, and how to handle the two hardest moments of any session: getting the child in, and letting the child go.
Curriculum
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Module 1
Steady Presence: Calm, Limits, and Connection in Child-Centered Play Therapy
- 1.The Two Mistakes Every Beginning Play Therapist Makes — and How to Avoid Them
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