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Addressing Transference and Counter-Transference in Supervision

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Overview

Date: Scheduled upon request

Participants: Unlimited

Cost: CAD$180 + GST per hour per participant (2-4 participants)

CEU Credits: 6

This webinar is intended for counsellors, social workers, psychologists who are registered or certified play therapists and are providing play therapy supervision.

It will be offered in two levels of 2 to 3 hours each. Participants will have the opportunity to take this course individually or in a group, in person or long distance.

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Content

Level 1:

Play therapists will discuss the ethical responsibility of self-knowledge and capacity to recognize and deal with the issues of transference and counter-transference specific to play therapy by:

  • Engaging with the theoretical principles related to the issue of transference and counter-transference, both relational and trauma related.
  • Addressing the challenges of raising play therapist supervisees’ awareness of their issues with clarity and sensitivity.

Level 2:

Play therapists will:

  • Discuss the benefits of using expressive therapies to help supervisees increase self-awareness and ownership of personal issues that may have arisen in their play therapy sessions.
  • Discuss using art therapy, sand play therapy, and doll house play to help supervisee explore their issue of transference and counter-transference.
  • Use Role play in supervision.

As well as taking part in discussions, participants will engage in experiential activities related to a case example to make the learning more concrete.

List of required materials TBA.

Learning Objectives:

Level 1:

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the theoretical principles related to the issue of transference and counter-transference.
  2. Discuss the theoretical principles of transference and counter-transference through the lens of Expressive Play Therapy® while conducting a play therapy session.
  3. Raise play therapist supervisees’ awareness of their issues with clarity and sensitivity.

Level 2:

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply expressive therapies to help supervisees increase self-awareness and ownership of personal issues.
  2. Demonstrate the fundamentals of art therapy, sand play therapy, and doll house play to help supervisees explore their issue of transference and counter-transference.
  3. Use role play as an effective tool with play therapy supervisees.

*For those seeking Play Therapy registration or certification – this course will go towards 6 hours of supervision.

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Registration & Payment

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT

If you do not receive a confirmation that your registration information has been received, please call (250) 248-1290. Upon receipt of registration, an invoice will be sent to you payable by credit card, e-transfer or cheque. Please note that your space in the seminar or webinar will not be finalized until payment has been received.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellation must be received by telephone and in writing one month prior to the date of the seminar or webinar, or the whole amount of payment will be forfeited. If registration is cancelled before that date, $100.00 will be held for administrative fees.

The Centre for Expressive Therapy is an APT Approved Provider #95-010, a BC Play Therapy Association Approved Provider #18-01, and a Canadian Association for Play Therapy Approved Provider #09-102. Please visit their websites to learn more about their specific requirements.

Please visit their websites to learn more about their specific requirements.

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