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Puppet Play Therapy: How to get Started
-Live Webinar-
Presenter: Joanne Vizzini, PhD., LCPC

When: July 20, @6 pm - 9:30 pm EST

Cost: $68.00

CE Hours: 3
Due to COVID-19 health concerns, this one-time online event has been approved by APT for 3 CONTACT/CE Hours.
Description:

Puppet play in therapy is daring, delightful, and dazzling. This mini workshop encourages you and your clients to join in the play, whether through puppet therapy, psychotherapeutic puppetry, or psycho-educational puppetry. Dr. V gives poignant and purposeful suggestions for practical puppet use specifically designed for the virtual play therapy venue. Set the stage for fun! Feel more confident and competent beginning to use puppet play for healing issues of anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief with clients of all ages.


Objectives:

  • Describe 3 ways of engaging clients in puppet play therapy re-enactment
  • Demonstrate the use of psycho-educational puppet play to teach coping skills
  • Identify 3 ethical considerations when using puppetry for sensitive topics in play therapy  

Presenter: Joanne Vizzini, Ph.D., LCPC
Graduate in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola Univ., MD, who supervised and taught clinical interns there for 14 yrs. She’s presented about puppets in national & international venues for 40 yrs. She loves ALL ages and is trained in psychodrama, spirituality, substance abuse, codependency, LD/ADHD, and EMDR. Publications include a chapter, “…Puppet Play Therapy for Adults,” (2018). Her YouTube channel features rap about body safety for parent and child. Dr. V’s private practice in Columbia, MD services adults, teens and children.
Cancellation Policy:

Written notification of cancellation must be received in our office at least 10 business days prior to a training for a refund. A $25.00 cancellation fee will be deducted from the refund. There will be no refund for cancellation notification less than 10 business days.

CBPS reserves the right to cancel a training due to inclement weather or insufficient enrollment. In the event of such cancellation, you will receive a full refund. 
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Education Approval for Licensed Mental Health Counselors/Social Workers/ School Psychologists/MFCCs/Play Therapists/Art Therapists 

SOCIAL WORKERS
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor Category I continuing education programs. Social Work Boards in most states accept this approval status. 

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5763. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CBPS is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS 
Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars (CBPS) is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer professional development for school Psychologists, provider #1067. CBPS maintains responsibility for the program. 

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS  
The Maryland and Washington, DC Boards of Psychology Examiners Recognizes national Association of School Psychologist approval status with CBPS and grants CE hours to clinical psychologists in Maryland and Washington, DC.

PLAY THERAPISTS
Chesapeake Professional Seminars (CBPS) is an Association for Play Therapy (APT) approved provider of continuing education, APT Approved Provider #97-034.


NEW YORK SOCIAL WORKERS, LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICIONERS, AND LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS

CBPS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s Board of Social Work, Provider #0122; and the Board of Mental Health Practitioners, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Provider #MHC-0009 and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, provider #MFT-0008.

ART THERAPISTS
Art Therapists (LCAT, ATR-BC) may obtain CE Hours based on our NBCC approval status.

PSYCHOLOGISTS
Approved to psychologists in NY Provider Number: #PSY-0070