Seminar #204
PUPPET PLAY THERAPY
Instructors: Heidi Kaduson, Ph.D., RPT-S
Wednesday July 22, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Credits 6.0
Participants will leave this
workshop equipped to use puppets in the following ways: 1) to create therapeutic
stories and convey healing metaphors to child clients, 2) to teach skill (social
skills, anger management skills, problem solving skills, and anxiety reduction
skills, etc.) and practice these skills, 3) to process traumatic events and help
the child gain mastery over them, 4) to overcome resistance to treatment, 5) to
help children assess therapeutic progress and reflect on the work that has been
accomplished during treatment and 6) to assess the child's perceptions of family
dynamics and salient events in their lives. Participants will create one
puppet during the course of the day to take home to their playrooms.
Videotape segments of puppet work in actual client sessions will be
presented. Participants will see clients process everything from divorce
to sexual abuse to adoption through puppets. This workshop will be
experiential, so bring your favorite puppets (and the presenter will bring
hers), and come prepared to play!!
INSTRUCTOR: Heidi Kaduson, Ph.D., RPT-S is a licensed clinical psychologist and
registered play therapist-supervisor. She is in private practice in Monroe
Twp., New Jersey.
She has lectured throughout the world on the assessment and treatment of Attention
- Deficit - Hyperactivity Disorder and Play Therapy. She has conducted research studies on
the effectiveness of diverse treatment approaches for this childhood disorder. Dr.
Kaduson is director of the Play Therapy Training Institute and past
president/ board
member of the Association for Play Therapy. She is author and co-editor of books
entitled The Playing Cure, 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, 101 More Favorite Play Therapy Techniques, The
Quotable Play Therapist, and Short-Term Play Therapy For Children.
Wednesday July 22, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
