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Healing Through the Therapeutic Power of Play

Stimulating Posttraumatic Growth in Children and Young People

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Speaker:
Sonia Murray
Duration:
5 Hours 28 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Sep 26, 2024
Product Code:
PDR031632
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Description

In today's fast-paced and often challenging world, our understanding of the profound impact trauma can have on children and young people has significantly increased. We now know that traumatic experiences can deeply affect their mental health and development, manifesting in various behavioural and emotional challenges. As clinicians, teachers, therapists, play therapists, social workers and practitioners, it is crucial to equip ourselves with the right tools and knowledge to support these young individuals effectively. The course “Posttraumatic Growth in Children and Young People: "Healing Through the Therapeutic Powers of Play" is designed specifically to explore this need. 

Why do clinicians need this content? 

Trauma in childhood can manifest in various ways, from hyperarousal and anxiety to withdrawal and somatisation. Understanding the intricacies of trauma and posttraumatic growth is essential for anyone working closely with children and young people. This course provides a comprehensive framework that helps professionals identify signs of trauma, understand its impact and utilise play as a powerful therapeutic tool. 

What will it help them do? 

  1. Enhance Understanding: Gain deep insights into different types of trauma, including developmental and secondary trauma. Learn about the concept of posttraumatic growth and how it can be fostered through the therapeutic powers of play. 
  2. Practical Application: Discover practical strategies for integrating the therapeutic powers of play into your work. Learn how to create a safe and supportive environment where children can express their feelings, process their trauma and embark on a path of healing. 
  3. Develop Skills: Build essential skills in recognising and responding to trauma-related behaviours. Understand the role of symbolic and posttraumatic play in helping children resolve conflicts and cope with unmet needs. 
  4. Promote Healing: Learn how to use the therapeutic powers of play to support emotional regulation, enhance resilience and facilitate posttraumatic growth. Understand the importance of maintaining clear expectations and boundaries to provide a sense of safety and control. 

Why is it relevant? 

With an increasing awareness of the long-term effects of childhood trauma, it is more important than ever for professionals to be equipped with effective, evidence-based interventions. This course is grounded in the latest research and therapeutic practices, offering relevant and practical knowledge that can be immediately applied in your work. Whether you are a teacher, therapist, play therapist, social worker or practitioner, this course will empower you to make a significant difference in the lives of the children and young people you support. 

Join us in "Posttraumatic Growth in Children and Young People: Healing Through the Therapeutic Powers of Play" and take a step towards creating a brighter, more resilient future for those affected by trauma. Together, we can help them process, grow and thrive.

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Sonia Murray is a Behaviour Support Consultant and Registered Play Therapist with over 40 years of experience. She holds a diploma in social work (Social Work England registered) and is a strategic attachment lead for schools. Sonia specialises in attachment, child abuse, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, children’s mental health, childhood trauma, parenting programmes and play therapy.

Sonia delivers training nationally and internationally on attachment, trauma, play therapy, understanding behaviour, play, communicating with children, behaviour management and positive parenting. Her extensive work history includes roles as a childcare social worker, parent worker and play therapist in education, social care and health settings. She spent 22 years at a specialist school for children with complex social, emotional, mental health and behavioural difficulties. Sonia also provides consultation, supervision and training in both statutory and voluntary children and young people’s services.

Additionally, Sonia has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Roehampton and the University of Northampton. She has authored a number of publications including:

 

  • The Behaviour Toolbag – Practical Strategies & Interventions (with J. Murray, 2024). Northampton: Hinton House Publishers
  • Obtaining and Analysing Play Therapy Process – An Example from Practice (with K. Stagnitti, 2023), British Journal of Play Therapy, 17, 32-44
  • Play Therapy: The Ideal Environment for Play Development and the Repair of Play Deprivation (2021) in S. Jennings & C. Holmwood (Eds.), *Routledge International Handbook of Play, Therapeutic Play, and Play Therapy* (pp. 327-340). Routledge
  • Telemental Play Therapy in Schools (2021) in J. Stone (Ed.), *Play Therapy and Telemental Health: Foundations, Populations and Interventions*. New York: Routledge
  • The Therapeutic Use of Stories in Play Therapy (2020) in H.G. Kaduson & C.E Shaefer (Eds.), *Play Therapy with Children – The Modalities for Change*. Washington: American Psychological Association
  • Therapeutic Games to Treat Anxieties and Fears: Game Play Therapeutic Use of Games with Children and Adolescents (2019)
  • Play Therapy in Schools: Becoming and Being a Play Therapist (2019)
  • Symbolic Solutions: Establishing a Sense of Safety for Relationship Repair Turning Points in Play Therapy and Emergence of Self: Applications of the Play Therapy Dimensions Model (2019)
  • Exploring the Play Therapy Process Through the Lens of Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental Stages (with Dr. Nick Banks, British Journal of Play Therapy, 2018)
  • Stories Used Therapeutically with Children in Education: The Therapeutic Use of Stories (1997)
  • Obtaining and Analysing Play Therapy Process – An Example from Practice (with K. Stagnitti, 2023), British Journal of Play Therapy, 17, 32-44

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sonia Murray has an employment relationship with Jogo Behaviour Support Ltd. She receives royalties as a published author. Sonia Murray receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sonia Murray is a member of the British Association of Play Therapists.


Objectives

  1. Accurately define trauma, identify its types, and recognise its psychological and physiological impacts on children and young people. 
  2. Explain the concept of posttraumatic growth, identify its five domains, and describe how it manifests in children and young people.
  3. Articulate the role of play in supporting posttraumatic growth and demonstrate at least three play-based interventions that promote healing and resilience. 
  4. Design and implement at least three creative activities, such as art, storytelling and sensory play, that facilitate posttraumatic growth in children and young people. 

Outline

  • Understanding the impact of trauma on children and young people
  • Exploring Posttraumatic Growth in children and young people
  • Utilising the therapeutic powers of play to facitilitate posttraumatic growth in children and young people

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Family Therapists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Play therapists
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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