strengthening your skills in providing EMDR with children?
integrating play therapy interventions with your young clients?
Presenter, Shanon Claussen with her “playful” style, provides you with the tools to successfully combine EMDR and play therapy when working with children.
Shanon Claussen, LISW, RPT-S, CADC is an EMDRIA Approved Therapist and Approved Consultant. Also, she is an EMDR facilitator/coach for EMDR Consulting Basic Trainings. Shanon is the Clinical Supervisor of Behavioral Health Services at Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Her clinical experience includes work with all ages for individual, couples, family, groups, and substance abuse treatment.
In addition, Shanon has specialized training in Play Therapy, Theraplay® (attachment/relationship based play therapy modality), Sand Tray Therapy, Filial Therapy, and Substance Abuse treatment, and incorporates EMDR into each of these areas. Also, she is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S) and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Shanon provides supervision for those working on becoming a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) or Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC), as well as toward independent licensure (LMSWs or LMHCs) and EMDR certification.
1. Identify at least 5 play therapy interventions to use with children in 8 phases of EMDR therapy.
2. Recognize possible targets to reprocess through observation of the child’s play.
2, preparation phase) to facilitate Phase 4 reprocessing.