2021 Innovative Child Therapy Symposium, Therapist Extraordinaire Pass

Our Sessions

Monday: Specific Childhood Disorders & Treatment Approaches

— EMDR as a Treatment Approach for Anxiety in Children with Annie Monaco LCSW-R, RPT and Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW-R, RPT-S

— Autism through the Lens of Relationships with Sarah Wayland, Ph.D.

— Autism: Words of Wisdom from and Insider's Point of View with Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

— Using Creative Interventions in Therapy to Support Children and Families of Divorce with Liana Lowenstein with MSW, RSW, CPT-S

— AutPlay® Therapy as a Treatment Approach for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder with Robert Jason Grant, Ed.D

— Social Communication Skills for Children with Stephanie Sanders, M.A., CCC-SLP

— Bibiliotherapy with Julia Cook, M.S.

Tuesday: Clinicians Supporting Families

— Supporting Adoptive Families with Andrea Vargas LMHC, RPT-S

— Understanding Imposter Syndrome with Ernesto Segismundo Jr., LMFT

— Using Genograms with Parents to Strengthen Case Conceptualization with Allan M. Gonsher, LCSW, RPT-S

— Understanding the Magnitude of Cultural Attunement When Working with Families with S. Kent Butler, Ph.D.

— Filial Therapy with Risë VanFleet, PhD, RPT-S, CDBC, CAEBC/I

— How to Support Parents through Art Directives with Erica Curtis LMFT, ATR-BC

— Strengthening Children's Resilience through a Focus on the Mind, Body and Relationships with Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D

— A Teacher's Passion to Help Kids through Support and Education with Nicole Schmatolla, M.ED.

Wednesday: Expressive Arts Therapies

— Healing Trauma through Expressive Arts with Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S

— Legos in Therapy with Althea Simpson, MBA, LCSW, RPT-S

— Using Rhythm for Healing in Child Therapy with Dan Walsh, MS, MT-BC

— Construction Play and Story Telling for Children in Play Therapy with Leslie Baker, MFT, NCC, RPT-S

— Creative Play Based Career and College Readiness Activities for Professional School Counselors to Use with Students with Stacy M. Van Horn, Ph.D., NCC

— Gestalt Therapy with Children - Virtual Use of the Oaklander Model in a Time of Crisis with the Online Sandtray & Dollhouse with Karen Hillman Fried, Psy.D., M.F.T.

Thursday: Understanding the Developing Brain

— Understanding How Trauma Presents in Children and Adolescents with Debra Wesselmann, MS, LIMHP

— The WISE Method to Teach Children & Parents About the Brain with Amy F. Parks PhD, ACS

— Supporting Children's Somatic Awareness through the Felt Sense of Emotions with Jackie Flynn EdS, LMHC-S, RPT

— Braindrops: Applying our Understanding of the Neuroscience Behind Co-Regulation with Judith Norman, MA, MS, LPC, RPT-S

— Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with Kids: a Body-Based and Bottom-Up Approach with Pat Ogden, Ph.D and Bonnie Goldstein, LCSW, Ed.M., Ph.D.

— Supporting Children's Somatic Awareness through the Felt Sense of Emotions with Jackie Flynn EdS, LMHC-S, RPT

— Helping Children Understand How their Brain Works through the Handy Model of the Brain with Jeanette Yoffe, M.A., M.F.T.

Friday: Play Therapies

— Virtual Sandtray Therapy with Jessica Stone, Ph.D., RPT-S

— Online Play Therapy with Rachel Altvater, Psy.D., RPT-S

— Adlerian Play Therapy with Dalena Dillman Taylor, PhD, LPC, LMHC, RPT

— School-Based Therapy with Teresa Lawhead, M.A., LPCC-S

— Supporting Adoptive and Foster Families through TheraPlay® with Mandy Jones, LCSW, RPT, JD

— The Oaklander Method: Violet Describes the Rosebush Technique with Violet Oaklander Ph.D, Martha Oaklander, Ph.D. (Violet's daughter-in-law), and Karen Fried, Psy.D.,M.F.T.

— On Documentation: Writing Quality Play Therapy Progress Notes with KatySue Tillman, Ph.D.