What You’ll Discover in Clair Mellenthin Attachment Centered Play Therapy Repair Relational Trauma and Build Secure Attachment to Accelerate Family Treatment
- Faculty:
- Clair Mellenthin
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 16 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- February 08, 2019
Description
When trauma, grief, and Loss can disrupt the family system. A child may feel unsafe, unloved or disbelieved. This can cause relational damage and At times, the bond of attachment can break down. Children are not able to speak the words. to To express their feelings, they need to be able to show the hurt in a variety of ways, including aggression, rage and defiance. Shame is a factor for the parent. Shame that they can’t “parent away” The hurt and the misbehavior—that their love isn’t “good enough”.
How can we, as therapists, help families to begin to repair? and rebuilding the lost connection/disruption?
This interactive recording shows me. to Discover an integrative approach to therapeutics Attachment Centered Play Therapy That includes the parents involved in therapy. In creating security conditions, the parent is essential and Trustworthiness to Admit to attachment wounds, trauma and grief and loss.
This client is developmentally appropriate-A holistic, systemic approach to centered methods is possible with the centered method to address:
- Vulnerability to Recognize the pain and The roadblocks
- The challenge of shame, vulnerability and grief and loss
- Aggression and defiance and Other issues related to maladaptive behavior
- Attachment centered and Instead of reacting or reacting, adopt proactive strategies
- Repairing and Strengthening the bonds of parent-child attachment and Kind
- Parents can be a resource and a coregulator for their child.
- This is an essential part of child development. and Family therapy
You’ll learn new and Innovative attachment-Play Therapy techniques that are centered around hands-on activities, guided imagery and sand tray intervention. and expressive arts—practicing sand tray therapy, techniques assessing family relationships, bonds of attachment, and Family dynamics
We will examine difficult cases, ask for questions, and learn new assessment skills. and Explore the different attachment styles and How this manifests in therapeutic relationships with clients
Handouts
Manual Attachment Centered Play Therapy (1.81 MB) | 34 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
Instructions for ASHA credit – LIVE WEBCAST ONLY, 02/08/19 (38.5 Kb) | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Advancing Family Treatment With Play Therapy
- Here are 4 key concepts to attachment
- Mixing attachment theory and play therapy
- Attachment Patterns across the lifespan and Influence on parent-child relationship
- There are risks and There are limitations
Invite Parents to Play
- Strategie for engagement to Strengthen parent-child relationship
- Roadblocks and triggers – parent/child/therapist
- Shame and vulnerability – shame shields
- Build Rappaport and Make sure there is enough space for parents in the playroom
- Sand tray, Genograms, Play-Planning based on treatment
- Establish boundaries and set expectations
- Encourage participation
Attachment Centered Play Therapy Strategies
- Treatment of relational trauma – AttachmentWounding and Fragments
- The relationship between parent/child cycle
- Generational attachment patterns
- You can catch me if possible
- Fly away butterfly
- Two hands
- Empowerment collage
Healing and Case Studies of Abuse Attachment Wounds
Challenging Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Defiance, ODD, moodiness, anger, aggressiveness and school refusal
- Attachment Injuries are the root cause of unattractive behavior
- Interventions in prescriptive play therapy
- Self-Coregulation-Regulation
- Guided imagery, calm down the jars
Extreme defiance case studies and School Refusal
Strategies to Promote Positive Attachment-Parenting based
- Maximize parent involvement to Rebuild trust and repair injuries
- Reactive parenting vs proactive parenting
- Parents can buy in
Study of Reactive vs. Proactive Parenting
Faculty

Clair MellenthinLCSW, RPT-S Similar seminars and products: 4
Clair MellenthinLCSW, RPT-S, Register Play Therapist Supervisor and The past president of Utah Association for Play Therapy. She has remained focused on therapy throughout her career. to children, teens, and Their families. Clair Director of Child and Wasatch Adolescent Services Family Therapy. She is highly sought after-after supervisor, training graduate students and Interns in play therapy and An adjunct faculty member in the University of Southern California MSW Program. Clair Who is the author? Play Therapy: Powerful and Engaging Techniques for the Treatment The Childhood Disorders (PESI, 2018) and My Many Colors of Me: Workbook. (Self-Published, 2013). Additional information to Play therapist with experience and Professor, she regularly presents professional playtherapy and Family therapy trainings and It appears at local and National TV and Radio as an expert in children’s radio and Family issues
Speaker Disclosures
Financial: Clair Mellenthin Wasatch’s medical director Family Therapy. She is also the author of My Many Colors of Me Workbook. and receives royalties. Ms. Mellenthin Receives a speaking honorarium of PESI Inc.
Non-financial: Clair Mellenthin Is the president of Utah Association forPlay Therapy.
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