Solution Focused Play Therapy, Externalization, exceptions and empowerment

Description

Externalisation, Exceptions and Empowering Play Therapy with Children.

(7 CPD Points)

Date: 24 July 2020
Time: 08h00 – 17h00
Place: 4A 12th Ave, Parktown North, Johannesburg
Price: R1 660-00
Presenter: Dr Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs

Workshop Outline:

Solution Focused Play therapy is exciting creative, brief and highly effective. By externalizing the problem and then utilizing the child’s strengths, interests and personality to build solutions in a creative and playful way; gives the child control and skills to do things differently. This workshop will illustrate how to help children to externalise the problem, how to find exceptions and creatively and playfully incorporate these exceptions into the child’s daily life to bring about change. Solution Focused Therapy believes that in the presence of a problem lies an absence of a skill therefore using previously positive skills (exceptions) builds new and healthier ways of behaviour and interaction. Empowering the child in a playful and creative manner gives the child all the tools he needs to take control of his life and change his behaviour. This workshop will look at utilising drawings, puppets, story CD’s, treasure hunts, magic wands and even a time machine.

Aims of the Workshop:

• To discuss Solution Focused Play Therapy
• To illustrate how to externalise the behaviour problem
• To uncover all the times the child behaves appropriately
• To utilise the exceptions as strengths
• To empower the child to behave differently and overcome the problem
• To use creative and playful approaches to solving problems
• To incorporate parents into therapy

Outcomes of the Workshop:

On completion of the workshop the participants will be able to:

• Implement Solution Focused Play Therapy
• Understand the externalisation principle
• Find exceptions to problems
• Turn exceptions into strengths
• Empower the child to behave differently
• Utilise creative play therapy tools such as drawing, stories, puppets and treasure hunts

Recommended Reading List:

• Von Cziffra- Bergs, J 2018: Creative Solution Building. Solution Focused Institute of South Africa: Johannesburg
• Selekman, M; 2017: Working with high risk adolescents. The Guilford Press: New York
• Selekman, M; 2010: Collaborative Brief Therapy with Children. The Guilford Press: New York