Play Therapy Webinars
Learn Play Therapy theory and technique with experienced play therapy specialist
and speaker, Allan Gonsher, LSCSW, RPT/S,  and earn continuing education
credits from your home or office.   

Webinars are one Tuesday each month
from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. (central standard time)
One CEU available for each workshop
Cost:  $25 each or $70 for 3 sessions


“Divorce, Children and Play Therapy”
    Tuesday, January 8, 2013,  9:15-10:15 a.m. CST    Register Now
    Description:  This webinar will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of “divorce therapy”
    and its impact on children.  Maintaining distinct boundaries between the parents,
    communication between parents, parenting and other specific ideas will be discussed.  
    Many ideas/techniques will be provided.  All of this will be integrated into Play Therapy
    with the child.
    Learning objectives
    Participants will:
  1. Learn about realistic conflicts that come with divorce.
  2. Learn specific techniques on how to address divorce with their clients.
  3. Be able to better manage the conflicts that divorce brings into Play Therapy.

“Ethics in Play Therapy”
    Tuesday, February 12, 2013,  9:15-10:15 a.m. CST   Register Now
    Description:  This webinar will discuss the ethics that surround children and Play
    Therapy.  We will discuss issues that apply to therapy in general, but will also include
    issues which impact children, young families, and how they are played out in Play
    Therapy.
    Learning objectives
    Participants will:
  1. Understand additional concerns of ethics/boundaries for children as compared
    to adults.
  2. See examples of how these ethics are played out in Play Therapy.
  3. Understand these issues for themselves and their clients.

"Using a Potpourri of Play Therapy Techniques"
          Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 9:15-10:15 a.m. CST     Register Now
    Description:  This webinar will discuss several topics/techniques as they apply to child
    development.  Families deal with bedtime/naps, the “witching hour”, parents who travel,
    and Sunday night planning for the week.   Very specific techniques will be taught to
    address these challenges.  Also discussed: Are these parenting issues? Clinical
    challenges?  Or both?  Play Therapy, Filial and Theraplay are some of the different
    approaches in helping organize and structure a family that will be explained and applied.
    Learning objectives
    Participants will be able to:
  1. Incorporate play therapy techniques in parenting for families.
  2. Construct a more effective relationship with their clients through play therapy.
  3. Better communicate with their clients by using play.

“Parenting, Children and Play Therapy” - POSTPONED till later this year
          Tuesday, April 9, 2013,  9:15-10:15 a.m. CST     Register Now
    Description:  All therapy with children requires a coordination of individual and family
    therapy.  This webinar will address parenting issues as they relate to child therapy.  
    Understanding children, encouraging them to communicate, and helping them grow to
    be effective adults is largely dependent on how parents parent.
            Learning objectives
  1. Participants will be introduced to a theory of parenting.
  2. Participants will hear a technique that has proven to be successful with
    thousands of kids.
  3. Participants will be able to create a better understanding of parenting and its
    relationship to their clients.
    This webinar is not only for parents but also for clinicians who have not considered the
    impact that parenting has on their clinical work.  Furthermore, it will challenge those who
    already have a parenting approach to compare, contrast, and discuss the efficacy of their
    approaches.

“School, Homework, Children and Play Therapy – Are they related?”
          Tuesday, May 7, 2013,  9:15-10:15 a.m. CST     Register Now
    Description:  This webinar will address the relationship between school and home.  
    Often schools “overtake” the home.  That is, behavior at school is drawn into parenting at
    home.  Homework drags into the enjoyment of a family.  This webinar will address
    issues of boundaries between school and home.  Discussion on how this is “brought”
    into the play room will be provided.  Play Therapy can be used by clinicians to help set
    limits.  The use of Play, Play Therapy and toys will be discussed in terms of school,
    home and boundaries.
    Learning objectives:
    Participants will
  1. Be able to understand the boundaries between school and home.
  2. Be able to see examples of how to implement boundary setting in order to have a
    more successful home environment, specifically as it relates to homework.
  3. Be able to better work with their clients through simple techniques of managing
    homework.
  4. Analyze the above as it applies to the Play Therapy room.
  5. Discuss the use of toys and Play Therapy as related to homework.

“An Allowance is not a Bribe:  How it applies to Children and Play Therapy”
          Tuesday, June 11, 2013,  9:15-10:15 a.m. CST       Register Now
    Description:  This webinar addresses the use of money, allowance, bribing, fiscal
    responsibility, etc. with children.  In order to help a child succeed, money cannot be used
    as an incentive.  To teach fiscal responsibility, one needs to implement “an allowance
    because I love you” system.
    Learning objectives:
  1. Participants will be able to understand the theory behind “allowance”.
  2. Participants will be able to learn techniques that children and parents can use in
    order to succeed in learning financial responsibilities.
  3. Participants will be able to apply the theory and the technique to their clients.
  4. Participants will see how this is “played” out in the play therapy room.



Past topics now available online:

“Food, ‘Playing House’, Popcorn Walk, What is Nurturing in Play Therapy?”
    Description:  This webinar discusses techniques on how to nurture children in the play
    room. The use of food, “playing house”, and taking a Popcorn Walk are some of the
    techniques that will be discussed.    

“The 10 Second Commercial, Silence and Soft Moments —New Techniques in Play Therapy”
    Description:  This webinar discusses techniques on how to interact with a child.  The
    relationship is a critical component in the progress of children expressing their inner-
    most thoughts and feelings.  Soft moments, 10 second commercials, silence and other
    techniques will be demonstrated.

"Mad, Sad, Glad - Play Therapy and Countertransference"
    Description:   This webinar discusses the feelings that many children have and their
    impact on the therapist.  Often we complicate children’s feelings by talking too much,
    ignoring non-verbal “feelings” or assigning tasks to express them.  We will talk about
    “relaxing” with feelings of children.

"Play Therapy Techniques Using the Ball and the Phone"
    Description:  This webinar talks about using the Ball and the Phone to connect with
    children who are oppositional, shy, or distant in a playroom.  For many children,
    interacting is very uncomfortable; speaking is very uncomfortable.  The use of toys and
    the use of a playroom in play therapy make it much more tolerable and manageable for a
    child to communicate, and therefore, can help a child express some of these feelings.  
    The webinar explains different ways to use the toys, the ball and the phone, in order to
    talk with the child.  

"The Doll House in Play Therapy"
    Description:   This webinar discusses how the doll house “works” in a play room.  For
    many children playing in a doll house helps them express their innermost feelings,
    conflicts, struggles, and challenges.  This webinar will analyze the play so one can
    intervene, interact, interpret with a child.
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