Connecting with Resistant Caregivers of Play Therapy Clients: A Polyvagal Perspective of Safety, Connection, and Co-Regulation

Sponsoring Organization: Neuroscience of Play Therapy Summit

Date: 02/17/2024

Time: 1:30 – 4:30pm

Location: Atlantic Beach, FL

Description: 

Many play therapists report that working with resistant and uncooperative play therapy clients is the most stressful part of their job.  This stress contributes to compassion fatigue and decreased satisfaction in our work. Some play therapists even leave the field due to the stress of working with ‘resistant’ parents.  Play therapists can rediscover confidence and contentedness in their work by applying the theory of the autonomic nervous system to play therapy clients, seeing their resistant and uncooperative behaviors as signs of stress.  Workshop participants will learn a step-by-step process for connecting with — and setting boundaries with — even the most challenging parent or caregiver.  

Registration Information: The three-day Neuroscience of Play Therapy Summit is open to all! Keynote Speaker Stephen Porges, MD will be accompanied by leaders in the field of neuroscience and children’s mental health