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Continuing Education Information:

Let’s Play Therapy Institute is an APT Approved Provider 20-609. This workshop meets APT’s definition of “Live Webinar.” This program has been approved for 3.0 APT Non-Contact CE hours. Play therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. Courses that do not qualify for play therapy credit are clearly listed.

To comply with APT "Live Webinar" requirements, all participants must have their camera on, and name clearly displayed the entire workshop. We respect your sensory needs and will accommodate to make this a meaningful and valuable learning experience for you. For questions or accommodations, please contact Sophia Ansari at [email protected].

Please note that the Association for Play Therapy (APT) alone holds the right to accept or deny any continuing education training at its discretion. 


Let’s Play Therapy Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7179. This program offers 3.0 NBCC CE hours. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Let’s Play Therapy Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

                            

Continuing Education Certificate:

Participants will be required to complete an evaluation and post-test immediately upon conclusion of the workshop to receive a certificate. The CE certificate is awarded to those who attend the entire webinar.

It is the responsibility of each professional to check with their state or national licensing board to obtain continuing education credit for this seminar. Most state and national licensing boards will approve continuing education courses which cover clinical topics, practice management skills, legal and ethical responsibilities and stress management. It is your responsibility as the license/certificate holder to be aware of and abide by the continuing education rules and guidelines set forth by your licensing board.

Program Description:

Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs, or just RPGs) are rapidly taking their place at the play-therapy table, proving both wonderfully engaging to clients who might otherwise struggle to persevere with the therapeutic process, and excitingly effective at challenging various presenting issues. 

Their use is compatible with most theoretical modalities, especially play- therapy (the 'P' in RPG standing for 'play', after all), and provides practitioners with an incredibly versatile tool with which to help their clients. 

This workshop will explore the efficacy of RPGs within a therapeutic setting, and walk participants through the processes and considerations required to implement RPGs as part of their play-therapy provision. 

By the workshop's completion, participants will have a thorough knowledge of the fundamental tenets of collaborative storytelling, be able to use various game mechanics to inform their clients' play-therapy, and have access to further avenues of learning, should they wish to pursue them. 

A significant obstacle to utilizing RPGs as part of one's practice is in terms of confidence: the belief that one doesn't possess sufficient imagination/creativity to utilize such an unconventional approach. This workshop will help participants realise that they actually do possess the necessary skills to work with RPGs effectively, and will demonstrate how to tap into those creative inner-reserves.

Recommended Reading: 

Role-Playing Games in Psychotherapy:  A Practitioner's Guide (Author: Daniel Hand)

May be purchased directly from the publisher, Amazon, or wherever books are sold.

This Training is Part 1 of 2:

Part 2 of this training will take place in October. Date To Be Announced.

Objectives:

  1. Develop an awareness of the history and efficacy of RPGs as a therapeutic tool in play therapy.
  2. Discuss the theoretical principles that underlie the use of RPGs within play therapy.
  3. Consider ways in which those principles may be put into practice as part of the therapeutic process.


Important Program Details:

Consent to be Recorded:

Live events may be recorded for future non-contact training opportunities. Attendees will be given prior notice of any recording; however, participation in the event implies consent to the recording and consent for any educational or commercial use without compensation.

Target Audience:

Graduate level mental health students & licensed mental health practitioners. This seminar is an BEGINNER level course. This workshop is appropriate for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. Play therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. 

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial:  Daniel Hand is the owner of Monomyth Counselling. He receives a speaking honorarium from Let's Play Therapy Institute, LLC.

Sophia Ansari is the owner of Let's Play Therapy Institute, LLC.

Non-financial: Daniel Hand has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Sophia Ansari is a member of the Association for Play Therapy.

Grievance Policy:

Let’s Play Therapy Institute seeks to ensure equitable treatment of every person and to make every attempt to resolve grievances in a fair manner. Please submit a written grievance to: Sophia Ansari, [email protected]. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems. 

Special Accommodations:

Live Closed Captioning will be enabled for this presentation. We respect your sensory needs and will accommodate to make this a meaningful and valuable learning experience for you.  For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact Sophia Ansari at [email protected]

Training Refund Policy:

Cancellations received at least 7 days before a scheduled live training will be refunded 100%. Cancellations less than 7 days before a scheduled live training will receive no refund or credit. If an event is cancelled by Let’s Play Therapy Institute, the registrant will receive a full refund.

No partial CE credit is available. Attendees must be present for live events for the entire duration and complete an  evaluation and post-test to obtain credit.


Schedule:

First hour: Efficacy of RPGs and stories as therapeutic tools; exploring the basics of character-creation with clients. 

Second hour: Examining the Fictional Frame; creating worlds as therapeutic settings. 

Third hour: Incorporating presenting issues into the narrative; creating obstacles and adventures to engage clients.  Questions.

Instructor(s)

Daniel Hand

Daniel Hand grew up a child of the British military, and, like many forces brats, learned at a young age that imagination can be a comforting source of stability in a volatile world. His first experience with RPGs was a play-by-post writing exercise, in which he played a villainous mercenary bent on keeping an Evil-with-a-capital-'E' conspiracy under wraps—a character who subsequently became the protagonist of his first published story. A couple of decades, dozens of publications, and countless dice-fuelled adventures later, he is now a counsellor who uses RPGs (and stories more generally) to help struggling individuals battle their inner demons by swinging swords at imaginary ones. A proud Friend of both the Burma Star Association and the Parachute Regiment Association, he's still writing war stories, and still rolling the dice. Visit www.monomythcounselling.co.uk to find out more.

Owner, Let's Play Therapy Institute Sophia Ansari, LCPC, LPCC, RPT™

Sophia Ansari, LCPC, LPCC, RPT™, is a licensed mental health professional, Registered Play Therapist™, international speaker, author, educator, and owner of the Let’s Play Therapy Institute. She is a dedicated activist who is committed to driving positive change and making a difference in the world. Sophia works with schools and organizations around the world to build safe, inclusive, and strengths-based educational environments. Sophia is also known for her work incorporating pop culture and video games in therapy through her numerous publications, Comic-Con panels, media appearances, and play therapy workshops. She co-hosts Hero Nation, a podcast on the Geek Therapy Network, which celebrates diversity in the media and explores how to use geek culture in therapy. Sophia earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Wright State University and her Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Cincinnati. Sophia resides in a suburb of Chicago. She enjoys spending time with her family, watching cat videos, and visiting Comic-cons.