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Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders are on the rise! Tantrums, anger, defiance, threatening behaviour…
How can we as therapists more effectively decrease acting-out behaviours and help repair, rebuild and create strong parent-child relationships?
Watch me, Clair Mellenthin, expert in child and family trauma and attachment, as we dive into the impact of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder on children, teens, and their families. You’ll learn effective, powerful, evidence-based play therapy interventions including guided imagery, mindfulness, expressive arts, and sandtray play – all of which include parent-child relationship enhancement activities.
This workshop will show you how:
Purchase today to explore the power of play therapy – and incorporate these strategies into your mental health practices with young clients and their families!
Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships
All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.
PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 12.5 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - 2-Day Conference: Play Therapy (13.9 MB) | 93 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - 2-Day Conference: Play Therapy - French (13.9 MB) | 93 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - 2-Day Conference: Play Therapy - Italian (13.9 MB) | 93 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S™, is an international speaker, author, psychologist, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. Throughout her career, she has specialized in providing play therapy to children, teens, and their families. She is currently the Director of Child & Adolescents at Wasatch Family Therapy. Ms. Mellenthin frequently presents professional play therapy and family therapy trainings on Attachment-Centered Play Therapy, Family, and Trauma issues both nationally and internationally.
Ms. Mellenthin is a sought-after supervisor, training graduate students and interns in play therapy, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Southern California MSW program. She is the past-president of the Utah Association for Play Therapy and remains an active member on the Board of Directors. She is the author of the books Attachment Centered Play Therapy; Play Therapy: Engaging & Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders; My Many Colors of Me Workbook and has authored several chapters and articles. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and professor, Ms. Mellenthin also appears on local and national TV and radio as an expert on children and family issues. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California.
Speaker Disclosures:
Why Play Therapy Works
Assessment and Diagnosis
TREATING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR DISORDERS
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Play Therapy Interventions to Combat Negative Behaviours
Conduct Disorder Treatment
Trauma Treatment
Play Therapy Interventions to Address Underlying Trauma
Play-Based Interventions to Promote Parent/Child Attachment
Inviting the Parent in the Playroom
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