CHILDREN, TEENS PLAY & THE ARTS
Creative Approaches for Working with Young People in Therapy
THE EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES SUMMIT Coast to Coast Experiential Training
For nine years, the Expressive Therapies Summit has brought extraordinary experiential continuing education to New York City. Featuring all the arts and play therapies in a single event, over 900 mental health professionals, students, artists, and interested others from over a dozen countries have gathered annually for this uniquely multimodal and multidisciplinary opportunity. We also hold the Summit in Los Angeles in the spring.
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Topics, Themes, Approaches
DBT • Multiculturalism • Dissociation • Phototherapy • Drum Circles • IFS • Autism Spectrum • Sandplay Therapy • Mindfulness • Stress & Anxiety • Ethics • Soul Collage • Grief & Loss • Spirituality • Ecopsychology • Doll Making • Clay Work • Journaling • Trauma-focused Treatment • Masks • Bookmaking • Improvisation • Digital Approaches • Assessment through Art • Mandalas • Resilience & Wellness • Addictions • De-Escalation • Attachment • Resistant & Nonverbal Clients . . . and more!
Register for Any One or Combination of Days!
Join hundreds of professionals from around the country to learn leading-edge skills for your practice, network with like-minded professionals, and create from within.
FOR REGISTRATION AND FULL PROGRAM:
WWW.EXPRESSIVETHERAPIESSUMMIT.COM
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EARN UP TO 28 APT CREDITS!
Starbright Training Institute (STI) is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. The course will provide one hour of APT CE credit per hour of instruction. APT Approved Provider 96-029. STI maintains responsibility for the program.
Available only to licensed mental health practitioners or full-time graduate students in a graduate mental health program
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Play Therapy Track Chairperson
Eliana Gil, PhD, ATR, RPT-S, LMFT, is a registered play therapy supervisor, registered art therapist, and licensed marriage, family, child counselor. She is former president of the Association for Play Therapy and has worked in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment for over 40 years. Founder and partner at Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education, a group private practice in Fairfax, VA, Eliana was adjunct faculty at Virginia Tech University for over 15 years. Bilingual and bicultural, originally from Ecuador, she has authored numerous books.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
10:00 am - 5:15 pm
How Play Therapy Enhances Resilience in Grieving & Traumatized Children
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Jodi Mullen, PhD, LMHC, NCC, RPT-S, CPT
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
Managing Aggression & Bullying in Kids: How Play Therapy Can Transform Rage into Hope
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
David Crenshaw, PhD, ABPP, RPT-S • Alyssa Swan, PhD, LPC, NCC • Nicole Allen, PhD, LPC, NCC
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
Using Metaphor and Imagination in the Treatment of Trauma: The Story Within and Without
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Heidi Landis, LCAT, RDT, BCT • Craig Haen, PhD, RDT, CGP, FAGPA, LCAT
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
Sand Therapy: Existential Meaning Through Symbols and Their Voices
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway, enter on 48th Street
Dee Preston-Dillon, MA, PhD
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, NY LP, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Helping Children Affected by Conflictual Divorce Using Jungian Play and Expressive Arts
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Eric Green, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S, SP • Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S
Eligible for 2.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
10:00 am - 5:15 pm. - FEATURED SESSION
Assessment and Treatment of Sexually Abused Children Using Art, Play & Sand Therapies
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Eliana Gil, PhD, LMFT, ATR, RPT-S
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, APT credits available to mental health professionals
Play Therapy for Post-Traumatic Dissociation: Protocols for Symptom Management & More
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S • Annie Monaco, LCSW-R
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, APT credits available to mental health professionals
Altered Books for Building Personal Narratives & Managing Difficult Symptoms
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Mindy Jacobson-Levy, MCAT, ATR-BC, DVATA HLM, LPC
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
Treating Eating Disorders Through the Expressive Arts: Challenges & Dilemmas
Pratt Institute - 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn
Brittany Johnston, MA, LCAT • Lucy Marsh, MA
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
De-Escalation of Aggression and Symptom Management Through Art
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway, enter on 48th Street
Dana Wyss, PhD, LMFT, ATR Pamela C. Robertson, PsyD, LMFT
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only), APT credits available to mental health professionals
7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Promoting Playful & Dynamic Self-Care: Clients Experience Burnout, Too!
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Jennifer Lefebre, PsyD, RPT-S
Eligible for 2.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, APT credits available to mental health professionals
Nonverbal & Resistant Children on the Spectrum: Effective Creative Arts Interventions
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
David R. Henley, PhD, ATR, LCAT
Eligible for 2.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, APT credits available to mental health professionals
Identifying & Treating Covert Emotional Incest: Essentials for Clinicians
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, LISAC, BCETS, CP
Eligible for 2.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, NY LP, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Treating Attachment & Trauma In Teens and Tweens Using Play Therapy and the Arts
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
Doll Making in the Treatment of Traumatic Loss
Pratt Institute - 200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn
Sarah Vollmann, MPS, ATR-BC, LICSW • Sharon Strouse, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, MFT; SWNYS, NY LP, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Superheroes to the Rescue: Fighting Trauma & Anxiety in Clients of all Ages
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
April Duncan, MSW, LCSW, RPT
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionalss
Attachment & The Invisible String: Playful Activities to Support Healthy Connection for All Ages
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Dana Wyss, PhD, LMFT, ATR
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
Sand Therapy Competencies: Principles, Practice, Presence
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Dee Preston-Dillon, PhD
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only); APT credits available to mental health professionals
Personal Hope Books: Containers of Resilience for Teens & Adults
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway, enter on 48th Street
Erin Partridge, PhD, ATR-BC
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, MFT; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
Reaching Uncommunicative, Resistant & Nonverbal Clients Through Music Therapy Strategies
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Dan Walsh, MS, MT-BC
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, NY LP, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Approaches to Sandtray Therapy for Enhancing Therapeutic Attunement
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Marshall Lyles, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
Strength-Based Art & Play Interventions Through Neuropsychological Assessment and the ETC
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Dawn Burau, ATR, SpEd, LMHC
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, NY-LMHC; APT credits available to mental health professionals
Arts-Based Group Therapy with Adolescents: Engaging Challenges, Avoiding Pitfalls
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Craig Haen, PhD, RDT, CGP, FAGPA, LCAT
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; ASWB, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, NY LP, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
Quick & Creative Therapeutic Art Projects for (Very) Limited Budgets
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Rachel Brandoff, PhD, ATR-BC, ATCS, BCPC, LCAT • Angel Thompson
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: ATCB only; Not eligible for APT Credits
Making Music Without Instruments: Techniques for Enhancing Therapy with Teens & Adults
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Angela Guerriero, PhD, MT-BC • Gregory S. Perkins, MT-BC
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT, LMHC (New York State only). Not eligible for APT Credits
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Shadow Play: Working with Darker Metaphors in Play Therapy
School of Visual Arts - 132 West 21st Street
Jennifer Lefebre, PsyD, RPT-S
Eligible for 6.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Nurtured Heart Approach® & Play Therapy with Challenging Clients: Harnessing Intensity for Healing
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Group Sandtray Therapy: Managing Miniatures & Metaphors with Multiple Clients of All Ages
Executive Conference Center - 1601 Broadway (enter on 48th Street)
Marshall Lyles, RPT-S, LPC-S, LMFT-S
Eligible for 3.0 Clock/Credit Hours: NBCC, ATCB; NASW, APA, MFT, Nursing; SWNYS, LCAT; APT credits available to mental health professionals