
Friday May 6, 2022 8am 11am Eastern (virtual/live) $99
Need more ideas to help you understand aggression and anger in your play therapy kiddo? You may even want tips for keeping calm yourself when things get a bit tense during sessions and teaching parents to do the same at home.
Anger is a secondary emotion. Join us as we learn ways to explore the roots and building blocks of our play therapy client’s anger. Begin to identify the ins and out of the nervous system as well as parts of the brain to target during play sessions.
In this 3 hour training, participants will
✅ Identify how attachment theory effects the relationship in the playroom
✅ Identify Play Therapy Parenting Models to help assist parents at home
✅ Describe ways to de-escalate a child/situation to minimize angry outbursts in the playroom
✅Describe the importance of mirror neurons' impact on the child & therapist's calm
✅ Describe anger as a secondary emotion and identify strategies to organize primary issues/emotion
✅ Identify low brain vs high brain experiences in the playroom and when/how to approach a child
✅ Describe when to stay Child Centered and when to introduce Cognitive Behavioral strategies
✅ Describe how Poly Vagal Theory impacts the child and therapist's ability to stay balanced
✅ Describe at least 2 medically or biologically driven factors for anger in a play therapy client
🎨 Participants will be required to create various art related projects during the 3 hour session. In order to receive CE credit, participants will be asked to break off into ZOOM groups to share their projects. COME PREPARED WITH PAPER, MARKERS, CRAYONS AND ANY ADDITIONAL TOOLS YOU MAY WISH TO USE DURING THE TRAINING. FULL PARTICIPATION IS REQUIRED.
🌺 The Willow’s Crown Meditation Studio and Training Facility, llc is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. APT Approved Provider 19-587. The Willow’s Crown Meditation Studio and Training Facility, llc is responsible for the program.
For Live Webinar Only: Due to COVID-19 health concerns, this one-time online event has been approved by APT for 3 CONTACT CE Hours.
All training purchases are final. 100% refunds are not issued; however, should the participant wish to cancel the purchased training, 50% of the non-refundable monies may be used towards the purchase of a future training through Willow’s Crown. The purchaser is asked to mention this policy when purchasing the next training in order to receive the fore-mentioned discount. Get more info here.

Gabrielle Anderson, the teacher for this training is an LMFT, RPT-S and virtual Meditation Teacher. She has a specialty in stress management, anxiety and trauma with her private practice clients and utilizes brain based Mindful Meditation when appropriate. She also teaches virtual meditation to therapists, community members and other adults outside of the counseling practice. She can be reached at info@thewilllowscrown.com or 571-733-9736