July 20, 2023, OR November 9, 2023
Presenter Bio
C.J. Quick, LPCC-S, LMFT, RPT-S holds a Masters of Arts in Education with emphasis in Professional Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. She has practiced as a mental health therapist for over 14 years and currently owns a private practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky that specializes in working with Children and Families. Ms. Quick is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor-Supervisor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor. She specializes in working with children who have experienced trauma, children who have attachment concerns, and with families. She has worked with at risk children including over two years full time experience at a Children’s Crisis Unit working with children as risk of harming themselves or others. She works closely with community partner including court systems, doctors, and schools to ensure a systemic approaching to helping families and coordinating care. She utilizes Play therapy in her work with children, families, and community partners.
Ms. Quick presents locally and throughout the state on a multitude of child mental health topics including but not limited to: Early Childhood Mental Health, the effects of Trauma on Brain Development, and Trauma Informed Education. She also provides Kentucky board approved trainings for mental health professionals on Understanding and Treating Suicide, Domestic Violence, and Laws and Ethics as they apply to Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Program Description
Join us for a day of play while learning about the power of Play Therapy. Attendees will engage in a day of expressive play while learning the foundational principals of play therapy. We will discuss the importance of the relationship in play therapy as well as the importance of being present. Different approaches and theories of play therapy will be discussed including seminal theories to play therapy. Both directive and non-directive techniques will be practiced as attendees do their own expressive play work throughout the day. We will discuss the use of play therapy with individuals, families, and groups as well as with children, adolescents, and adults.
Workshop Objectives:
•To better understand the benefits of play and the therapeutic power of play therapy
•To understand the key components in play therapy including important values and beliefs one must hold in play therapy
•To gain a basic understanding of significant theories play therapy as well as play therapy history
•To gain an understanding of the continuum of directive and non-directive play therapy
•To be more confident in setting up your play therapy space and in discussing play therapy with clients and families
•To learn creative and expressive interventions to use and better be able to problem solve variations of interventions and to process interventions
- Date: 07/20/23 OR 11/09/23
- Location: In-Person
- July: Elizabethtown Tourism Bureau–1030 N. Mulberry St, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
- November: Central KY Community Foundation (Home of Philanthropy)– 200 Jim Owen Dr, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
- Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST (6 Contact Hours)
- Cost: $115.00
- Cancellation Policy can be viewed here.
- Continuing Education:
- APT Approved Provider # 20-599
- Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC has been approved by NBCC as an approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7035. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
- NBCC Credit allows this training to qualify for CE Hours for both KY Counselors and Social Workers
- Brighter Futures Counseling, PLLC is an approved continuing education sponsor by the Kentucky Board of Marriage and Family Therapy (Approved 02/17/2022)
