Workshop Title: Beyond the Playroom: EcoTherapy with Children & Families
Facilitator: Facilitator: Dominique Begnaud, MA, ATR, LPC, NCC, RPT™
Training Date: June 7th, 2024
Training Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm CST
Location: Equal Shares Parenting Family Activity Center, 9715 Olive Blvd, St. Louis MO 63132
APT Continuing Education Hours: 6.0 APT Contact CEs
 
Workshop Description:
Ecotherapy, also known as nature therapy, is a growing practice in the mental health profession that play therapists can apply within play therapy treatment as well. Nature-based activities allow the play therapist to take play therapy sessions beyond the playroom, but there are important ethical considerations to ensure confidentiality and safety are still priorities in outdoor play therapy sessions. This workshop will help play therapists apply the Therapeutic Powers of Play to nature-based activities in individual, family and group play therapy sessions with clients across the lifespan. 
 
Learning Objectives: 
List the benefits of ecotherapy activities in play therapy sessions.
Analyze the use of nature-based activities in Gestalt Play Therapy sessions with clients across the lifespan.
Apply the Therapeutic Powers of Play nature-based activities in play therapy sessions.
Use art-based ecotherapy activities in individual, family and group play therapy. 
Describe the application of nature-based mindfulness activities in outdoor play therapy sessions.
Identify ethical considerations in outdoor play therapy sessions. 
 
Agenda:  
9:00 am-10:30 am Lecture & experiential learning
10:30 am-10:45 am  Break
10:45 am-12:00 pm Lecture & experiential learning
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch break 
1:00 pm-2:30 pm Lecture & experiential learning
2:30 pm-2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm-4:15 pm Lecture & experiential learning
4:15 pm-4:30 pm Q &A and wrap-up