Entering Children’s Worlds: Part 3 - Emotional Expression and Regulation
Date:   To Be Determined
Time: To Be Determined
Location: To Be Determined
 
For any information not on this flyer, please email: Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com
 
Training Description:
There is a Mexican saying that goes, “Each head is it’s own world.” This saying perfectly captures the power of sandtray in the therapy room. Sandtray allows for clients to express themselves and get some insight into their own internal world. This is the third part of a four part introductory training for therapists, counselors, social workers, and others who are interested in learning how to integrate sandtray in their clinical work with youth and families in the child welfare or probation systems. This training will go a step beyond the basics with a focus on discussing feelings and self-regulation. The aim for this training is to provide participants with experiential activities in order to provide effective play-based learning of the interventions and how to process them with youth and families in the child welfare and probation systems. This training will specifically focus on helping clients express feelings and emotions as well as how to regulate through the use of sandtray.
 
About the Trainer:
Cristal Alvarado is a bilingual Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Registered Play Therapist (RPT) with an MA in Counseling Psychology and Correctional Emphasis. She currently works with at-risk youth and Hayward families at the Hayward Police Department. Cristal previously worked with First Five in East San Jose and has been practicing play therapy since 2017. Cristal provides play therapy trainings centered on culture to agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 
**All instructors and staff declare that they have no known conflicts of interest.*
 
Educational Goals: 
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to: 
demonstrate the ability to use sand tray for the purposes of moving the therapeutic process forward.
use sand tray in order to help clients identify and discuss their feelings and emotions.
Integrate sandtray interventions to help clients self-regulate.
 
Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
Observe and identify at least 2 key factors of a client’s sand tray based on their stage of development.
list at least 3 benefits of incorporating mindfulness in sand tray with clients.
implement at least 3 sand tray interventions with clients of all ages and in various modalities specific to emotional expression and regulation.
 
Target Audience:
This is an introductory course designed for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, LEPs, pre-licensed associates, and graduate mental health students.
 
Accomodations:
To request accommodations for special needs, please email the Program Administrator at Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com.
 
Gievances:
To obtain the grievance policy or report a grievance please email Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com or call 510-516-4345.
 
Certificates:
Course Completion certificates will be awarded at the end of the course in exchange for a completed evaluation form and passing of a post-test. Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
 
Cost/Refund/Cancellations:
Full refund if canceled 45 days before training, minus $50 administrative fee; after that date there will be no refund unless space is filled from the waiting list. Participants may cancel via Cristal@FluentInPlayTherapy.com. If a course must be cancelled, the course participants are notified via email no later than one week in advance. In the event that an instructor has an emergency and must cancel a course with less than a week notice, participants will me notified immediately via email and include information regarding a rescheduled date.
 
CEUs:
CAMFT/CEPA - LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, LEP
Course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit, for LMFTs, LCSW's, LPCC's, and LEP's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Cristal Alvarado is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #10003384) to sponsor continuing education for LMFT's, LCSW;s, LPCC;s, and LEP's. Cristal Alvarado maintains responsibility for the program and all its content.
 
Schedule:
Part 1: Getting Started and Basics
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm : Introductions and Sand tray basics Review
1:30pm – 2:00 pm : Sandtray at different developmental stages
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm : Benefits of Mindfulness in Sandtray with experiential activities
 
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break - 15 minute break not included in CEUs
 
Part 2: Using Sandtray with Clients
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm : Intro to Processing Sand trays
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm : Experiential Activities, Demonstration Video, and discussion