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Self Care through Play Therapy-Taking Care of the Therapist and then Client

December 13, 2024

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 15 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 partners 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:  Play Therapy, 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

This experiential play therapy training will focus on the therapist engaging in a day of self-care through play therapy.  We will spend time exploring self-care needs, setting boundaries for self, and even exploring personal goals.  Throughout the day, participants will engage in experiential interventions to build self-care skills and practice mindfulness while exploring ways these interventions can be utilized with clients when participants are back in their practice settings.  Come spend a day—playing and taking care of yourself while learning new interventions for your clients!

Learning Objectives:

Participants will

  1. Explore the importance or self-care
  2. Discuss how poor self-care can impact therapy practice
  3. Identify ways in which counter-transference and poor boundaries impact client care
  4. Demonstrate 4-6 interventions that can be utilized to promote self-care
  5. Demonstrate 4-6 interventions that can be utilized to benefit clients in play therapy
  6. Analyze ways to continue to assess personal self-care needs and burnout prevention
  • Date: December 13, 2024
  • Location: In-Person (Brighter Futures Training & Consultation, 1002 N. Mulberry Street, Elizabethtown KY, 42701)
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST (6 Contact Hours)
  • Cost: $125.00
  • Cancellation Policy can be viewed here.
  • Continuing Education:
    • APT Approved Provider # 20-599
    • Brighter Futures Counseling is an approved sponsor with The Kentucky Board of Social Work (Approval number KBSWSP 2024008)
    • Brighter Futures Counseling is an approved sponsor with The Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists
    • The Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors approved this training on 03/15/2024
    • The Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology (Approval number 2023081)