IC11 Pre-Conference 02 - StoryPlay® An Ericksonian Play Therapy Approach for Re-Awakening the Resilient Child Within - Joyce Mills, PhD, LLC, LMFT, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor

Description:

With the healing power of therapeutic metaphors and the neuro-importance of play at its center, Story-Play®, a new Ericksonian, resiliency-based “indirective” model of play therapy provides participants with hands-on, creative tools for working with children and adolescents who experience phobias, medical issues, abuse, and trauma in a variety of settings to include private practice, hospitals, and the classroom. Case examples and experiential exercises will highlight how StoryPlay® can be effectively utilized with specialized populations or situations. Part I will focus upon the foundations of StoryPlay® Roots, Nine Essential Elements, Therapeutic Metamorphosis - four passages to transformation, and Steps for Creating and Utilizing Storytelling Metaphors both real and made-up. Multi-cultural aspects, Nature as co-storyteller, and relaxation exercises will be integrated. The second part will show how to recognize, retrieve and utilize “blocked sensory resources” to achieve Sensory Synchronicity.  Addition-ally, The Artistic Metaphor, StoryCrafts™, Creating and implementing Living Metaphors and Therapeutic Rituals will be explored through case examples and experiential exercises.