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Workshops: Intensive
Filial Therapy Training*-Oakland, California
Co-sponsored by the Family Enhancement
and Play Therapy Center
August 12-15, 2010 Thursday
through Sunday
Includes 1 hr individual consult
Presenters: Karen Pernet LCSW, RPT-S, Wendy
Caplin Ph.D., RPT-S
Registered Play Therapist-Supervisors and Certified Filial
Therapy Trainers
6:1 participant to leader ratio
Credits: 27 CE credits
About the Workshop
Filial Therapy is a highly effective intervention integrating
family therapy and play therapy to address child and family
problems.
Therapists learn how to train and supervise parents as they
conduct special
child-centered play sessions with their own children (ages3-12),
an approach designed to resolve presenting problems while
strengthening the family.
Filial Therapy has been used successfully
with many child and family problems: oppositional behaviors,
anxiety, depression,
abuse/neglect,
single parenting, traumatic events, attachment adoption/
foster
care, relationship problems, divorce, family substance
abuse, family reunification,
chronic illness, and others. A research history spanning
more than 40 years has consistently shown Filial Therapy
to be cost-effective
in facilitating positive and long-lasting child and family
change.
The use of this rela- tively short-term evidence-based
approach has increased dramatically worldwide in recent years due
to its effective,
empowering approach to strengthening families. Filial Therapy
has been used in many settings & in both individual & group
format. It has been embraced by many throughout the world
because of its respectful involvement of parents as partners
in the process
of family change.
Prerequisite Training
The training works best if participants have prior training & supervised
experience in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) & a
live introductory workshop or distance learning course
in FT, such as the book Filial
Therapy & the DVD workshop Intro to FT. Both are available
at the Family Enhancement and Play Therapy on line store
at the website
www.play-therapy.com). Please attach a brief description
of your experience. If you have questions about your own
background,
please call (510-923-0520) or e-mail Karen Pernet (keperent@yahoo.com).
Karen will be glad to speak with you.
Training Methods
The Intensive Filial Therapy Training Program is limited
to 6 participants per training leader to permit extensive
skill
practice with individualized
coaching and feedback. The leaders present brief lectures,
live and videotaped demonstrations, case studies, and
supervision/feedback to participants as they practice during
role plays.
Participants
This training is for psychologists, social workers, counselors,
psychiatrists, family therapists, school counselors, & other
experienced professionals who work with children and
families.
Schedule
This training program has 27 actual training hours. The
daily schedule is as follows:
Day 1 9:00AM-5:30PM
Day 2 9:00AM-5:30PM
Day 3 9:00AM-5:30PM
Day 4 9:00AM-4:30PM
& post training 1 hr. consult
Fees and Cancellations
Policy
Fees include 27 hours of training, a manual & light
refreshments and 1 hour post-training consultation.
Lunches
are on your
own.
- Regular Registration Fee $850
(due 3 weeks prior to guarantee a place)
- EARLY BIRD Fee $725 (fully paid by 6/15/10)
- Deposit $100 (non-refundable; applied to fee).
Please download
the brochure and mail a check for your
deposit.
- Intern and Association for
Play Therapy members: $25 discount. Redeem your discount
at the training.
To Register
Credit card charges through Pay
Pal. To register now online and pay by credit card, click
on the "buy now" button beneath
your applicable registration. To pay by
check,
please
download
our brochure,
fill out the form, and return to us by mail.
Cancellation Policy
A non-refundable $100 deposit is required to hold a reservation
for this training. Registrations are accepted on a first-come-first-served
basis. Written cancellations received 5 weeks prior to
training will
receive full refund of the balance, cancellations received
within 5 weeks of the training are subject to an additional
$200 processing
fee, with the remainder being refunded. We regret that
no refunds can be given within the 3 weeks preceding
the training
(if
there is a waiting list substitute, credits to future
training may be
given). Due to the limited capacity of this workshop,
no exceptions can be
made.
Continuing Education
The Family Enhancement & Play Therapy Center, Inc,
is approved by the American Psychological Association and
the National Board
of Certified Counselors (5732) to offer continuing education
credits to psychologists and counselors respectively. It
is also approved
by the Association for Play Therapy (95-014) to offer
continuing education specific to play therapy. This program
has also been approved
by CA BBS and in some other states for LCSWs and MFTs.
Family Enhancement & Play
Therapy Center follows all CE guidelines and maintains
responsibility for this program of 27 CE credits. Partial
credit cannot be given.
Karen Pernet, LSCW,RPT-S #23635
is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker & a Registered
Play Therapist Supervisor. She is known for her encouraging
and down to earth approach.
She has been described as knowledge- able, supportive
and playful. “I
consider myself fortunate to work in the field I love.
It is important for me to have the opportunity to combine
my life experience and
my professional learning. My areas of specialty also
include problems of childhood, somatic therapy, parenting,
bi-racial, foster & adoption
issues, abuse, trauma & attachment.”
Wendy A.
Caplin, Ph.D., RPT-S
is a Licensed Psychologist & a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. "I
view each therapeutic relationship as a shared journey
in which I am privileged to participate. I am particularly
interested
in the
I-Thou encounter in
therapy and its connection to attachment. My specialty
areas include: problems of childhood, parenting, affective
disorders,
women's
issues, gays and lesbians, chronic illness, sexual & physical abuse,
adoption & foster care issues.
Karen and Wendy’s training as play therapists includes
a three year internship in Child Centered Play Therapy,
an intensive training
in Gestalt Therapy with children, and ongoing training
and consultation in Filial Therapy and certification
as Filial Trainers by Rise
VanFleet. They developed and ran a 12 week Filial Parenting
Group Program for
high risk parents and are collaborating on a manual.
Quote
from a participant: BD LCSW
“I am actually still floating in the clouds since the training-I still
can't get over the unbelievable skills that I have acquired…the people
that I have been privileged to work with for the four days. (As) you said I feel
that I have
gained a lot for myself, both within the Filial work & beyond.”
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