Jennifer Lefebre – Play Therapy for Tweens and Teens: Strategies to Build Rapport, Invite Emotional Expression, and Navigate the Unique Challenges of this Developmental Stage
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- Faculty:
- Jennifer Lefebre
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 7 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Mar 21, 2019
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Outline
ADVANCING ADOLESCENT TREATMENT WITH PLAY THERAPY
Why Play Therapy? What is It, and How is It Different with Teens and Tweens?
- Evidence supporting the benefits of play and creativity with this population
- Therapeutic powers of play
- Neurobiology of play & impact on trauma and attachment
- Avoid pitfalls when working with teens and tweens
- The frustration factor ~ use of cognitive skills and language
- Understand the difference between resistance, opposition and shut-down
- Play-based assessments and icebreakers to increase engagement
- Limitations & potential risks
From Client-Centered to CBT, a Myriad of Play Therapy Approaches as Applied to Adolescents
- Developmental Play Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
- Adlerian Play Therapy
- Client-centered Play Therapy
- Theraplay®
- Play therapy with families and groups
ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT ~ TASKS, THEORIES & CHALLENGES
Physical, Cognitive, Moral, and Psychosocial Development Changes and Milestones of Tweens and Teens
- Autonomy from parents & family
- Relationships, friendships & intimacy
- Identity development
- Moral reasoning & physical and intellectual growth
Influences of Culture, Heredity, Environment and Social Setting on Adolescents
- Social media, television and movies, music, electronics…oh my!
- This is the world we live in…how it effects treatment and growth
Striking a Balance
- Structure & freedom and independence & connection
- Verbal intellect & playfulness and creativity
- Strategies to teach caregivers how to play with their adolescents, and how to make these experiences part of their daily routines
PROVEN PLAY THERAPY TECHNIQUES
Enjoy the Silence ~ How to Use Silence to Increase Engagement and Therapeutic Rapport
- Try not to laugh
- Hide & seek & peek-a-boo
- What might this be? What can this do??
Walk this Way ~ Embodied Play Therapy and Movement Techniques to Increase Emotional and Behavioral Regulation
- The floor is lava…The floor is quick sand
- Mirror, mirror
- Trauma-informed yoga
What’s on Your Play List? ~ How to Use Music to Facilitate Therapeutic Discussion
- Trashballs
- Catch the beat
- What are you listening to?
Enter Sandman ~ The Use of Sandtrays to Facilitate Verbal and Nonverbal Expressions of Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors
- Safe Place
- Futurerama
- Half & half
How to Use Drawing, Paint, Clay, Masks, and More!
Faculty
Jennifer Lefebre, Psy.D., RPT-S Related seminars and products: 8
Jennifer Lefebre, Psy.D., RPT-S, TCTSY-F, is a clinical psychologist, registered play therapist supervisor, and trauma-sensitive yoga facilitator. She is the president-elect for the New England Association for Play Therapy. Her clinical and research interests focus on the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, adults and families whose lives have been impacted by complex trauma. Dr. Lefebre has extensive experience working with young children (0-5), adult survivors of severe childhood abuse and neglect, first responders, and combat veterans.
Dr. Lefebre is the clinical director at Healing the Child Within, a holistic trauma center in northwestern Connecticut which integrates psychotherapy, yoga, play, and expressive arts therapies into the treatment of complex trauma. She also provides clinical supervision and play therapy consultation throughout New England and online, and an adjunct faculty member at several universities, teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate level. In addition to being an experienced play therapist and professor, Dr. Lefebre is a sought-after expert for speaking engagements, podcasts and webinars on the topics of play therapy and complex childhood trauma.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Jennifer Lefebre is in private practice. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Jennifer Lefebre is a member of the Association of Play Therapy.
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