The Evolution of a University-Based Center of Play Therapy Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-108
Author(s):  
Tiffany McNary ◽  
Galina Kadosh Tobin ◽  
Sarah D. Stauffer
Keyword(s):  
Play Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Supervision Training ◽  
Therapy Training ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Play Therapists ◽  
Conceptual Skills ◽  
Therapy Education ◽  
Training Institute

More beginning graduate students and new mental health professionals are seeing children and families in their therapeutic work, creating a growing need for play therapy-specific training and supervision. Training students and professionals in the art of play therapy is critical to the wellbeing of children, families, and the future profession. A university-based approved center of play therapy education aims to fulfill this growing need while undertaking a momentous amount of responsibility. Training skilled play therapists is a complex endeavor requiring a combination of foundational knowledge, advanced clinical and conceptual skills, and supervision that surpasses classroom coursework requirements. The authors describe the evolution of Georgia State University's Center of Play Therapy Education and Play Therapy Training Institute to provide readers with a comprehensive model for play therapy training and supervision.

The Evolution of a University-Based Center of Play Therapy Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 476-497
Author(s):  
Tiffany McNary ◽  
Galina Kadosh Tobin ◽  
Sarah D. Stauffer
Keyword(s):  
Play Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Supervision Training ◽  
Therapy Training ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Play Therapists ◽  
Conceptual Skills ◽  
Therapy Education ◽  
Training Institute

More beginning graduate students and new mental health professionals are seeing children and families in their therapeutic work, creating a growing need for play therapy-specific training and supervision. Training students and professionals in the art of play therapy is critical to the wellbeing of children, families, and the future profession. A university-based approved center of play therapy education aims to fulfill this growing need while undertaking a momentous amount of responsibility. Training skilled play therapists is a complex endeavor requiring a combination of foundational knowledge, advanced clinical and conceptual skills, and supervision that surpasses classroom coursework requirements. The authors describe the evolution of Georgia State University's Center of Play Therapy Education and Play Therapy Training Institute to provide readers with a comprehensive model for play therapy training and supervision.

Technology in the Supervision of Mental Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
pp. 114-131
Author(s):  
James R. Stefurak ◽  
Daniel W. Surry ◽  
Richard L. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Supervisory Relationship ◽  
Training And Supervision ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Constructivist Epistemology

As communication technology is increasingly applied to the training and supervision of mental health professionals, a more robust analysis of how such approaches fundamentally change the relationship between supervisor and supervisee and how these approaches both enhance and limit the outcomes of supervision is sorely needed. In this chapter clinical supervision is defined and discussed and the various technology platforms that have been used to conduct supervision at-a-distance are reviewed along with the supervision outcomes observed in the research literature with each method. The potential for technology to reduce geographic and financial barriers to the provision of quality supervision is discussed. However, the chapter also outlines the potential negative impacts technology might have to the supervisory relationship, the ethical dilemmas posed by technology-mediated supervision, and the ways in which technology-mediated supervision may place limits upon the elements of supervision that rely upon a constructivist epistemology.

Assessing the Development of Competence During Postgraduate Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Training

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey V. Barnfield ◽  
Fiona M. Mathieson ◽  
Graeme R. Beaumont
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Therapy Training ◽  
Long Course

This article investigates the development of competency in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) as a result of a postgraduate training course in CBT in Wellington, New Zealand. Thirteen experienced mental health professionals attended the half-time 30-week-long course. Preliminary data are presented on the development of knowledge as assessed at the beginning and end of the course by a modified version of the Behaviour Therapy Scale (Freiheit & Overholser, 1997), other-rated competence as measured by the Cognitive Therapy Scale—Revised (Blackburn, Milne, & James, 1997), and supervisor and student evaluations of competence in particular skill areas. All students improved in specific CBT skills as a result of training. The extent that students improved and variations around the other outcome measures, together with the limitations of this pilot study and suggestions for improvements for future investigations, are discussed.

Multicultural Considerations in Play Therapy Caregiver Consultation

2017 ◽  
pp. 249-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristy A. Brumfield ◽  
Celita J. Owens ◽  
Rheta LeAnne Steen ◽  
Renee M. Floer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Parent Consultation ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Complex Cases

The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature regarding parent consultation and to address special considerations when working across cultures and ethnicities. Understanding privacy expectations and how to meet the needs of families, without discouraging the caregivers or unintentionally breaking cultural guidelines, will be explored. This chapter is extremely important because mental health professionals must adhere to the diversity guidelines and ethical standards of practice in complex cases, with many involved caregivers at times. When consulting with caregivers from culturally diverse backgrounds, consultants need to consider the impact of culture on the caregiver, the child client, and on the consultation process.

Using Play Therapy to Support Bereaved Students

2017 ◽  
pp. 182-194
Author(s):  
Karrie L. Swan ◽  
Rebecca Rudd
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Early Period ◽  
School Based ◽  
Bereaved Children ◽  
Family Constellation ◽  
Child Centered ◽  
Child Centered Play Therapy

Using the tenets of child-centered play therapy, this chapter describes interventions that school-based mental health professionals can use to support bereaved children. Children’s reactions to death, and the interventions that professionals can use, vary based on their developmental stage. Strategies are presented for helping children process the early period of bereavement, facilitate a developmentally and culturally appropriate understanding of death, promote adjustment to changes in family constellation and dynamics, and memorialize loved ones. Instructions are provided for using play techniques to help children organize, make sense of, and express their losses in a concrete manner. The play interventions described in this chapter involve using a sand tray and miniature figures to help a child prepare for a memorial service and to start to understand the concept of death, using puppets to explore the changes in family dynamics that occur after a death, and creating a memorial book.

Multicultural Considerations in Play Therapy Caregiver Consultation

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-206
Author(s):  
Kristy A. Brumfield ◽  
Celita J. Owens ◽  
Rheta LeAnne Steen ◽  
Renee M. Floer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Play Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Parent Consultation ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Complex Cases

The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature regarding parent consultation and to address special considerations when working across cultures and ethnicities. Understanding privacy expectations and how to meet the needs of families, without discouraging the caregivers or unintentionally breaking cultural guidelines, will be explored. This chapter is extremely important because mental health professionals must adhere to the diversity guidelines and ethical standards of practice in complex cases, with many involved caregivers at times. When consulting with caregivers from culturally diverse backgrounds, consultants need to consider the impact of culture on the caregiver, the child client, and on the consultation process.

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