Building Bridges: Expanding Metaphor, Themes & Processing In Therapy
Fri, Mar 07
|Berger Counseling Services
It sounds so simple - just reflect and expand... but how do we ACTUALLY process, build and metacommunicate our clients' metaphors and themes!


Time & Location
Mar 07, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST
Berger Counseling Services, 7522 Wiles Rd Suite B213, Coral Springs, FL 33067, USA
About The Event
We know the basics - tracking, reflection, metacommunicating...but how come we keep asking questions and getting stuck in talk to clients? Because the basics of play therapy are actually the opposite of what we're trained to do! Learning how to fully integrate these skills takes time and effort. This workshop will be a hands-on, experiential time to practice, role-play and build your clinical skills in a fun, play therapy office. During this workshop we'll break down to common misconceptions about non-directive, child-centered play therapy skills, including what reflection, tracking and metacommunicating actually look and sound like. We will learn how and when to ask a question, as well as why the power of play is the foundation for all our services. This workshop will build on the foundations of CCPT and directive approaches. This workshop will provide 6 CONTACT APT CE's (6 CE's Seminal or Historically Significant Theories) 6…