(HS Baylon, Laquerre-Diego 150161 2025) Playful Curiosity for Building Resilience: 5 Essential Domains in Assessing Medical..

Course overview

Medical trauma often arises from a child's experiences with illness, medical procedures, or long-term treatments, significantly affecting their emotional well-being and attachment. Play therapy provides a valuable framework for helping children process these complex feelings in a safe, supportive environment. In this engaging session, experts Liliana Baylon, LMFT-S, RPT-S, and Maria Laquerre-Diego, LMFT, RPT-S, address the unique challenges of medical trauma in play therapy. They'll provide practical, play therapy-based interventions designed to foster resilience and curiosity, creating a safe space for children to process and heal from challenging experiences. In this play therapy training, you'll learn to: Assess Five Critical Domains Play Therapy: Medical history, birth/genetic factors, perception of diagnosis, social media influence (including self-diagnosis), and resource availability (medical, familial, educational, therapeutic) within the framework of play therapy. Integrate Assessments into Play Therapy: Targeted play therapy strategies that encourage children to share their medical experiences and trauma, enhancing therapeutic conversations. Recognize and Address Trauma Responses in Play Therapy: Common trauma responses in children and adolescents with interventions to help them express their fears and anxieties effectively. Equip yourself with essential play therapy tools to make therapeutic conversations with young clients more impactful, helping them navigate their medical journeys more confidently and resiliently.