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Digital Seminar

Play Therapy and Suicidal Ideation: Practical Tools to Reduce Stress & Anxiety in Young Clients


Speaker:
Heather Fairlee Denbrough, LICSW, RPT-S™
Duration:
1 Hour 31 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 11, 2023
Product Code:
POS059376
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

More of you than ever before are in the position of treating young children with suicidal ideation! 

Risky behavior and death-oriented play are showing up in the play therapy room at greater rates and you may not feel equipped with the right tools. 

Join Heather Fairless Denbrough, who specializes in suicidal ideation as she shares the indicators of and practical tools you need now to feel competent and confident in your ability to: 

  • Apply play therapy themes in session to assess suicidal risk 
  • Ask questions in developmentally appropriate way 
  • Develop a safety plan if needed 
  • And more! 

You’ll learn practical play therapy tools to increase a child’s ability to manage their anxiety and stress in a healthy way and discover a tool Heather developed to help even very young children understand and manage stress. 

The earlier kids can identify their own stress, the less likelihood of suicidal ideation.  You won’t want to miss this session.

Credit

Program Information

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Handouts

Speaker

Heather Fairlee Denbrough, LICSW, RPT-S™'s Profile

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Heather Fairlee Denbrough (she/her/hers) is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor™ and Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Supervisor with more than a decade of play experience. Her specialty areas are young children and early childhood, developmental trauma. Attachment issues, parent-child relational problems, suicidal ideation in young children, Synergetic Play Therapy, the nervous system and its role in therapy, parent reflective work/inner work, and reflective supervision.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Heather Denbrough has employment relationships with Playful Integration, Wonders Counseling Online School for Mental Health Professionals, and Children’s Center. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Heather Denbrough is a member of the Association for Play Therapy.

 


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

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Objectives

  1. Apply research-based knowledge on play therapy themes in session that indicate suicidal ideation to assess child’s risk and determine need for safety planning. 
  2. Demonstrate clinical strategies in play therapy to increase parent engagement around issues of suicidal ideation and improve parents’ ability to respond to children and keep them safe at home. 
  3. Utilize a simple yet effective clinical intervention, the Visual Stress Management Chart, to increase a child’s ability in play therapy to identify and address their own stress and reduce suicidal ideation.   

Outline

Warning Signs of SI Inside the Playroom & Out 

The Role of the Play Therapist When SI Shows Up 

Effective Strategies for Increasing Stress Management Skills in Play Therapy 

The Visual Stress Management Chart Walk Through & How To 

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Play Therapists 
  • Marriage & Family Therapists 
  • Psychologists 
  • Social Workers 

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