Introductory Workshop on Integrative Play Psychotherapy

Duration: 1 day

Times: 09:30 – 17:00

Mode: Face – to – Face

Language: Croatian

The goal of the introductory workshop on Integrative Play Psychotherapy is to provide an overview of the Integrative Model of Play Therapy, which can be used to enhance existing knowledge and skills or as an introduction to the Integrative Play Psychotherapy program. The workshop will be both educational and experiential in nature.

The introductory workshop on Integrative Play Psychotherapy is intended for all interested psychotherapists and counseling therapists considering enrolling in an education focused on psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents. At this introductory session, participants will have the opportunity to meet the primary educator of the program, experience the teaching style, and learn about the fundamentals of the Integrative Model of Play Therapy by authors Lorri Yasenik and Ken Gardner. The model distinguishes two critical dimensions monitored during psychotherapeutic work with children and adolescents: the client’s awareness of the problem and the psychotherapist’s involvement in the process, using either a directive or non-directive approach. These two dimensions form four quadrants that describe when, how, and why to use each approach.

With the enactment of the Law on Psychotherapeutic Activities and the adoption of the Ordinance on Special Additional Education for Working with Children and Adolescents, conditions and obligations have been prescribed that a psychotherapist or counseling therapist must meet to work with this population. The Integrative Play Psychotherapy education has been carefully designed and aligned with the Law on Psychotherapeutic Activities and the Ordinance on Special Additional Education for Working with Children and Adolescents, the standards of the European Interdisciplinary Organization for Therapeutic Services for Children and Young People (EIATSCYP), and thereby the standards of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).

The Integrative Play Psychotherapy program has been verified by the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists.

Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for the Introductory Workshop on Integrative Play Psychotherapy.

Workshop topics include:

• What is the Integrative Model of Play Therapy?

• The two dimensions of the Integrative Model of Play Therapy

• An overview of the four quadrants of the Integrative Model of Play Therapy

• Understanding each quadrant through case study and experiential exercises

• Presentation of the Integrative Play Psychotherapy program

• Q&A related to the workshop content and the Integrative Play Psychotherapy program