MFT 677 B - Experiential Play Intensive: Playful Therapy

Developmental science has long been championing the healing power of the play mode, whether one is a child, an adolescent, or an adult. However, in the field of therapy play is often overlooked and undervalued, often focused more on cognition and behaviour. Play can become marginalized or isolated into a particular model or approach, eclipsing its natural power.

The course will explore the purposeful dynamics of emotion and the inherent properties of play — and most importantly, the magical interplay when they come together. This course will play with the practical application across the lifespan. What does it look like to bring true play and playfulness into our practice, both in and out of the therapy room? What does it look like to matchmake play and emotion for those you care for and for yourself? With this insight of true play, we can see how play is nature’s design to take care of us, no matter what one’s role.