2-Day Conference: Play Therapy: Engaging Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders and Trauma – Clair Mellenthin
Faculty:
Clair Mellenthin
Duration:
12 Hours 27 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Oct 19, 2020
Description
Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders are on the rise! Tantrums, anger, defiance, threatening behavior …
How can we as therapists more effectively decrease acting-out behaviors 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:
the impact of attachment plays a role in the etiology in childhood disruptive behavior disorders
to utilize attachment-centered play therapy techniques to treat these diagnoses in children
to strengthen parent-child relationships
to improve overall self-esteem and confidence – giving the child tools to control their challenging symptoms and help heal the family system.
Purchase today to explore the power of play therapy – and incorporate these strategies into your mental health practices with young clients and their families!
Handouts
Manual – 2-Day Play Therapy (2.9 MB) 78 Pages Available after Purchase
Outline
Why Play Therapy Works
Therapeutic power of play
Facilities communication
Fosters emotional wellness
Enhances social relationships
Increases personal strengths
Assessment and Diagnosis
Common myths of behavior disorders
Systemic assessment of emotional and behavioral distress
School, home, and community relationships
Impact of inconsistent and harsh parenting/relationships practices
Race, gender, ethnicity, culture issues and bias
Trauma assessment
TREATING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Recurrent behavioral and relational patterns
Impact on the family system
Shame and vulnerability (in the family) – The Kryptonite!
Cycle of disconnect, rejection, and attachment ruptures
Environmental risk factors
Play Therapy Interventions to Combat Negative Behaviors
Play-based regulation and co-regulation techniques
Calm down jars
Lemon squeezies
Blast It!
Guided imagery
Repair and enhance relationships
Shame shields
Feeling monsters
Conduct Disorder Treatment
Misdiagnosis and misunderstandings
Gender and racial bias in diagnosis
Trauma history of the child
Impact of trauma on brain development and maladaptive coping response
Patterns of engagement in the home, school, and community
Impact on family relationships
Trauma Treatment
Etiology of trauma in disruptive behavior disorders
Impact on neurological functioning and development
PTSD – the most overlooked diagnosis contributing to Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBD)
Assess for attachment ruptures and relational trauma
Shame-based punitive parenting
Repair and restore safety in the home
Play Therapy Interventions to Address Underlying Trauma
Increase emotional intelligence and understand trauma symptoms
Bound and rebound
Sandtray
Expressive arts in play
Repair and rebuild relationships
Nurturing spoons
Volcano inside of me
Play-Based Interventions to Promote Parent/Child Attachment
Building bridges of connection and communication
Create emotional safety
My safe place
Telling my story
My many colors of me
Inviting the Parent in the Playroom
Help the parent become a resource to their child
Decrease shame and vulnerability in the relationship
Improve healthy attachment-seeking behaviors
Repair attachment wounds and ruptures
Teach positive parenting strategies
Faculty
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S, is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and is the past president of the Utah Association for Play Therapy. Throughout her career, she has focused on providing therapy to children, teens, and their families. Clair is the director of Child and Adolescent Services at Wasatch Family Therapy. She 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. Clair is the author of Play Therapy: Engaging & Powerful Techniques for the Treatment of Childhood Disorders (PESI, 2018) and My Many Colors of Me Workbook. (Self-Published, 2013). In addition to being an experienced play therapist and professor, she frequently presents professional play therapy and family therapy trainings and appears on local and national TV and radio as an expert on children and family issues.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Clair Mellenthin is the clinical director at Wasatch Family Therapy. She is the author of My Many Colors of Me Workbook; she maintains intellectual property rights and receives royalties. Ms. Mellenthin receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Clair Mellenthin is the president of the Utah Association for Play Therapy.
