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Conventional thinking around culture and diversity often focuses on aspects like skin colour and sexual identity, excluding aspects of formed social, cultural, and diverse groups - faith-based practices, music, the arts, play, values and belief systems that also deserve critical thought. Gaining knowledge of the meanings of both culture and diversity will show that culture involves all ways of life and beliefs and is created by groups of varied individuals sharing similar beliefs and community structures. These community structures encompass the true meaning of culture and the practice of cultural humility.
In this recording, watch Carmen and Marshall as they show you how to build diversity by looking deeper than skin colour and sexual identity within the play therapy setting. They’ll share skills for applying cultural humility to overcome barriers preventing the development of the therapeutic relationship with the child and family based on the therapist's own worldview and level of cultural competence.
Increasing skills around cultural humility allows children and families to deepen their engagement with the therapist which deepens the healing process within the therapeutic setting. And, when you gain knowledge of the importance of practicing cultural humility in the playroom - you assure a level of therapeutic safety for all children and families!
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Creating Diversity in the Practice of Play Therapy (2.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Creating Diversity in the Practice of Play Therapy - French (2.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Creating Diversity in the Practice of Play Therapy - Italian (2.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S™, lives in the Austin, Texas area and has 20 years of practice in family and play therapy. Drawing on lessons learned from working with attachment trauma in a variety of mental health settings, Marshall regularly teaches on trauma, expressive therapies, relational neuroscience and attachment-informed family work around the globe.
In addition to maintaining a small clinical practice, Marshall also conducts supervision and consultation sessions with counseling professionals who are pursuing EMDR certification and RPT status, often with a particular focus on the use of sandtray therapy to treat trauma.
Marshall has published in professional journals and magazines in addition to contributing chapters to the books Counseling Families: Play-Based Treatment and EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room: An Integrated Approach and co-authoring Advanced Sandtray Therapy: Digging Deeper into Clinical Practice.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Marshall Lyles owns The Workshop. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Marshall Lyles serves on the advisory board for WASTP. He is a member of the Association for Play Therapy, the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association, and the International Family Therapy Association.
Carmen Jimenez-Pride, is the creative mind behind Focus on Feelings®, an emotional literacy curriculum, she is a licensed clinical social worker, registered play therapist supervisor, certified AutPlay® therapy provider, certified EMDR Therapist, registered children’s yoga teacher, certified IFS therapist, and a certified LEGO® Serious PLAY® facilitator.
Carmen is a trauma therapist experienced in the clinical treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with culturally diverse backgrounds addressing a wide range of concerns. Carmen’s career in the mental health field spans more than 15 years.
She is an international speaker, award-winning best-selling author, and business consultant. Carmen is a visionary in the therapeutic community, working to create and develop a wide range of educational tools to assist the clinician, and the client to reach optimum goals. With a focus on cultural humility and cultural diversity, Carmen educates clinical professionals to address racial and cultural trauma within their clinical practices.
Carmen serves as the South Carolina Association for Play Therapy President and is the recipient of the 2021 Association for Play Therapy Emerging Leader Award. She also serves as the diversity and inclusion director of the Internal Sandtray Therapy Association.
Carmen is the developer of Diversity in Play Therapy Inc.; and the Diversity in Play Therapy Summit. She is also the developer and publisher of Focus on Feelings®.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Carmen Jimenez-Pride has employment relationships with Internal Family Systems Institute and Outspoken Counseling and Consulting, LLC. She is a published author and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations,
Non-financial: Carmen Jimenez-Pride is a member of the National Association for Addiction Professionals, National Association of Social Workers, and Association for Play Therapy.
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