Healing the Hurting Child: The Necessary Dimensions of

Child Centered Play Therapy by Dr. Garry Landreth

Center for Play Therapy Training

June 23-27, 2008

 

 

 

 

Phone: 704-687-8801

Fax: 704-687-6289

E-mail: oeo@uncc.edu

To contact us:

 

 

 

 

Mr. Victor B. Mack, Director

Office of Educational Outreach

College of Education

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

This workshop will focus on the perceptual world of the child, the dynamic elements of the relationship that facilitate the play therapy process, structuring the relationship in the playroom, “reading” themes in children’s play, the four healing messages needed by a child who is hurting, helping children develop self-control and self-responsibility, the ACT model of therapeutic limit setting, the language of facilitating change in children, guidelines for selecting appropriate toys and materials and a conceptual model of the process of change in play therapy.

 

Workshop activities will center around spontaneous demonstrations by Dr. Landreth dealing with specific problems in the play therapy experience, critique of video tapes of Dr. Landreth’s play therapy sessions and the art expressions of Ryan, a child who was dying.  Handouts will be provided.

 

 

Objectives:  Following the workshop, participants should be able to 1) identify four healing messages needed by children; 2) identify the three steps in therapeutic limit setting; 3) identify three characteristics of reflective responding in play therapy; 4) identify the basic toys needed in play therapy

 

 

Biography:  Garry L. Landreth, LPC, RPT-S, internationally known for his writings and work in promoting the development of child-centered play therapy, is a Regents Professor in the Department of Counseling at the University of North Texas.  He is the founder of the Center for Play Therapy, the largest play therapy training program in the country.  Dr. Landreth is a frequent speaker at play therapy conferences around the world.  His more than 150 journal articles, books and videos include his award-winning book Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship, which has been translated into several languages.  His latest books are Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model and an accompanying Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) Treatment Manual.  Dr. Landreth is Director Emeritus of the Association for Play Therapy and received the APT Lifetime Achievement Award and Research in Play Therapy Award.