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Session Description
Session Description
Overview:
Child-Centered Activity Play Therapy (CCAPT) is adapted for tweens/teens who challenge traditional play and talk therapy. Using hands-on activities, CCAPT provides tweens/teens a safe supportive environment for self-expression so tweens/teens can work through their challenges and process their thoughts/feelings. This interactive workshop provides theoretical and practical skills for implementing CCAPT.
Abstract:
Since tweens and teens might feel too old for a traditional "playroom," Child-Centered Activity Play Therapy (CCAPT) utilizes age-appropriate (ages 10-17), hands-on, and relational activities as the primary mode of communication and expression. This adaptive child centered modality recognizes that while adolescents possess advanced verbal skills, they often resist traditional "talk therapy" due to developmental factors such as identity consolidation, desire for autonomy, and discomfort with explicit emotional sharing. CCAPT serves as a non-threatening environment for the tweens and teens to work through their challenges.
Primary Area: Play Therapy Special Topics
Play Therapy Competencies Addressed: Clinical Play Therapy Skills
Theoretical Basis: Child Centered Play Therapy
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Explain the theoretical underpinnings and key factors of traditional Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) and Child-Centered Activity Play Therapy (CCAPT).
Identify the essential developmental characteristics and relational needs of tweens and teens (ages 10-17).
Select and utilize three age-appropriate expressive activities to facilitate non-verbal communication in sessions.
Describe the role of the play therapist in CCAPT.
Examine the necessary adaptions for the playroom environment, including the identification of essential materials.
Brief Bio:
Brief Bio:
Kristie Opiola, PhD, LCMHC-QS, RPT is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she specializes in play therapy. Kristie’s clinical and research focus is working with children and families who have experienced relationship breaks and trauma, as well as the impact of Child-Centered play therapy courses and training on counselors in training overall development and competence.
Rakia Hicks, , is a doctoral student and clinician in the Charlotte area. Rakia has gained extensive experience as a mental health counselor working with both acute and non-acute populations, including mentally ill adolescents and adults. Rakia completed certification in Play Therapy and trauma informed-care for marginalized communities at UNC Charlotte.
Questions?
Questions?
Please contact Dr. Kristie Opiola regarding program questions at kopiola@charlotte.edu.
Please contact the Office of School and Community Partnerships at oscp-coed@charlotte.edu if you have questions regarding registration.
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