 Advanced
Filial Therapy Training - Pennsylvania
About the Workshop
Filial Therapy has been consistently shown through clinical practice and
research to be very effective in producing long-lasting change for both
children and parents. This advanced workshop focuses on problems in
the conduct of Filial Therapy and on parental change processes. Some
parents make changes because they’ve learned new skills and the
play sessions have helped them understand their children better. Other
parents become motivated to change when the play sessions trigger personal
and/or family issues and concerns. This triggering of parent “material” is
nearly inevitable, and the skilled therapist uses it as an opportunity
to help parents change their attitudes and behaviors and to solve problems.
This 3-day workshop covers the advanced Filial Therapy
skills needed to handle common and complex problems that arise in therapy
and to foster
parent change.
A respectful, collaborative problem-solving model of working with parents is
presented. Participants in this advanced workshop will have many questions
answered.
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Learning Objectives
Participants in this training will be able to…
- handle problems at different stages of the full, family therapy
form of Filial Therapy
- help parents gain accurate understandings,
through the play sessions, of their children's play, their
children, and themselves
- recognize when filial play sessions
trigger parent or family dynamic issues and how to handle that
- facilitate problem-solving by parents
- overcome resistance
in various forms
- conduct Filial Therapy with more complex problems
and families
- maximize their effectiveness in conducting FT,
even with very challenging families
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Prerequisite Training Experience
This advanced training is designed for clinicians who have completed the Intensive
Filial Therapy Training Program and who have conducted FT with at least 5 families.
If you have any questions about your eligibility for this training, please
contact Dr. VanFleet at rise@risevanfleet.com. When registering, please send
an email to Dr. VanFleet indicating how you have met the prerequisites.
Training Methods
The Advanced Filial Therapy Training Program is limited
to 8-10 participants to permit extensive skill practice & case
consultation with individualized coaching & feedback. Dr. VanFleet
presents brief lectures, live and videotaped demonstrations, case
studies, and supervision/feedback to participants as they practice
during role plays. All is done in a playful, positive learning
atmosphere.
Participants are asked to bring DVD examples of their
FT work for confidential review. More information about this
will be sent to
you with your registration confirmation.
Participants
This training is for psychologists, social workers,
counselors, psychiatrists, family therapists, school counselors, & other
experienced professionals who work with children & families
and who meet the prerequisites.
Special Needs
We are committed to making workshops accessible to everyone. Please contact us
if you have special needs.
Schedule
This training program has 18 actual training hours.
Daily schedule: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Participants need to plan to attend the entire workshop;
early departures on the last day forfeit all CE credits!
Continuing Education
The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center, Inc. is approved by the American
Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.
The FEAPT Center maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.
The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center is approved by the National
Board of Certified Counselors (5732) to offer continuing education credits to
counselors. The FEAPT Center follows all CE guidelines. It is also an Association
for Play Therapy (APT) Approved Provider 95-014. This program has been approved
by a number of state social work boards (please contact us for this info). 18
continuing education credits will be awarded to participants who attend the entire
training. Partial credit cannot be given. No exceptions can be made to this policy.
Please call with any questions about your CE needs!
About the Instructor
Risë VanFleet, Ph.D., RPT-S is
the Founder and President of the Family Enhancement & Play
Therapy Center, Inc., in Boiling Springs, PA, an organization specializing
in the training and supervision of child, family, and play therapy
professionals. She is a PA-licensed Psychologist and Registered
Play Therapist-Supervisor who brings 35 years of experience to
her work. She has trained thousands worldwide, and her books & materials
have been translated into several languages & used in over
65 countries. Dr. VanFleet specializes in strengthening family
relationships through play, and has subspecialties in chronic medical
illness, disaster mental health, child/family trauma and attachment
interventions using play therapy, and canine-assisted play therapy.
She is the author of Filial Therapy:
Strengthening Parent-Child Relationships Through Play, A Parent’s
Handbook of Filial Play Therapy, coeditor of
the Casebook of Filial Therapy, and coauthor of Child-Centered
Play Therapy. Her book, Play Therapy
for Kids & Canines was honored by the Dog Writers Association of America. She
is featured on 4 best-selling play therapy DVD workshops: Child-Centered
Play Therapy; Overcoming Resistance:
Engaging Parents in Play Therapy; Introduction
to Filial Therapy, & the American
Psychological Association’s DVD, Filial Play
Therapy.
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Dr. VanFleet has been honored with the
Bernard G. and Louise F. Guerney Award for Outstanding Contributions
to Practice and Training in Filial Therapy (AFREM), the Play Therapy
Professional Education & Training Award (APT), and others. She is
a Past President/Board Chair of the Association for Play Therapy. She
is also involved in the research and involvement of animals in play therapy,
and works with one of her dogs as a play therapy dog. She is a popular
featured speaker at national and international conferences. Participants
in past Intensive Filial Therapy Training Programs have consistently
commented that this is one of the best trainings they have ever attended.
Risë is
also an accomplished pianist and an award-winning nature photographer
specializing in Alaskan wildlife.
 Fees
Extra Early Bird Fee (fully paid by 3/1/11): $535
Early Bird (fully paid 3/1-5/1/11): $600
Regular Fee (after 5/1/11): $650
Cancellation Policy
Of the total paid, $125 is considered a nonrefundable deposit
to hold your seat. Registrations are accepted on a first-come-first-served
basis. Fees include 18 hours of training, handout book, light
refreshments. Lunches and dinners are on your own.
The $125
deposit is nonrefundable. Written cancellations received
10 weeks or more prior to the training will receive a full refund
of the balance of the fees.
Cancellations received within 10 weeks of the training are subject to an additional
$175
processing fee, with the remainder being refunded.
We regret that no refunds can be given within the 4 weeks preceding
the training. (When someone from the waiting list can substitute, credit
toward future trainings
may be given.) Due to the limited seating capacity of this workshop, no exceptions
can be made to this policy.
To Register...
Please
register using our online store.
or download the
full brochure and submit the registration form that is on it.
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