Hi! I’m Sarah.
therapist, trainer, speaker
THE TOOLBOX SERIES
Play Therapy Workshops
TO CULTIVATE CONNECTION &
FUEL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
From my work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor I have come to several realizations about our work:
- Practitioners in this field are hugely committed to providing the absolute best care and support to the children they serve.
- It’s incredibly difficult for clinicians in the trenches to pursue professional development amid crippling caseloads, overwhelming bureaucracy, and restricted resources.
- Burnout and compassion fatigue are all too common thanks to near constant exposure to high-trauma situations and toxic stress.
It is my goal to provide comfort, kinship, and hope to others through professional development workshops that are jam-packed with tips, tools and takeaways to help improve the quality of services you provide to the humans you serve. Stellar networking and hearty belly laughs are also included.
Invite Sarah to speak at your organization by emailing
sarah@healwithplay.com
Founder, Heal With Play
MY MOST POPULAR PRESENTATIONS
Friday, August 18th
Ready, Set, Play! Integrating Play Therapy Into. Your School-Based Practice
Friday, September 22nd
Play Therapy Interventions to Address Anxiety
Saturday, October 21st
Integrating Bibliotherapy Into Your Practice
Friday, November 10th
Child Development 101: Ensuring the Success of Play Therapy
PLAY THERAPY INTERVENTIONS FOR ANXIETY
This workshop will help you advance your toolbox of play therapy interventions when working with children presenting with anxiety symptoms. You will learn ways to identify triggers and body cues, along with playful interventions that encourage emotional regulation and adaptive coping skills.
PLAY THERAPY INTERVENTIONS FOR GRIEF & LOSS
Play therapy can help children cultivate critical skills to navigate daunting circumstances such as death, deportation, deployment, etc. This workshop will teach play therapy interventions to help you interpret manifestations of grief and loss so that you may better identify goals to guide and optimize your treatment plan.
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, SHOOT:
THE CULTURE OF CHILDHOOD
Childhood as a culture has distinct values, rules, customs, status, and language. In this play therapy workshop, you’re invited to set down the lens of adulthood as you learn the unique ways of approaching your practice (and practices) through the eyes of the children you serve.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT 101: ENSURING
THE SUCCESS OF PLAY THERAPY
The success of play therapy dramatically increases when considering the developmental stages of any given client. Throughout this workshop, we’ll explore common behaviors at every age, aspects of development to look out for, and various support practices parents can adopt to support their child’s development at every age.
SUPPORTING PARENTS AS KID
HELPING PROFESSIONALS
Designed explicitly for clinicians, this workshop will transform your consultation process. With relevant resources and hands-on play therapy experiences, you will learn how to help parents navigate the trials of caregiving and become more meaningful participants in the play therapy process while helping their family experience more joy and less stress.
INTEGRATING BIBLIOGRAPHY INTO
YOUR PLAY THERAPY PRACTICE
Story-telling can be an empowering tool to build emotional literacy, explore emotional regulation, increase self-esteem, and more when integrated with play therapy. In this workshop, you will learn about a range of books, interventions, and resources that can help you harness the power of stories to facilitate therapeutic experiences for your clients.
READY, SET, PLAY: INTEGRATING PLAY THERAPY
INTO YOUR SCHOOL-BASED PRACTICE
School-based play therapists face unique challenges. In this introductory workshop, clinicians will get support in overcoming these challenges by learning various play therapy interventions, how to identify treatment objectives for common presenting problems, and how to engage allies (i.e., teachers and parents) in the play therapy process so that children can get the collaborative support they deserve.
“Sarah offers an enriching and engaging professional learning experience. She is an
insightful and dynamic presenter, who naturally connects with her audience. She not only provides an opportunity to learn skills, she creates a space to practice and play with the learning. Sarah ensures that her audience leaves feeling inspired and empowered to enhance their own practice.”
TRACY SCHMIDT, LCSW
SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
“Sarah provided an incredibly fun and helpful workshop on Treatment Planning for a large group of Mending Matters therapists. Even though she was virtual, and the therapists were all in person, Sarah skillfully engaged the room and encouraged participation and discussion. She had all the therapists laughing and involved throughout the presentation, and provided space and time for us to practice interventions with one another. I would highly recommend Sarah for any type of virtual training!”
CAITLIN LINDSEY, LCSW
MENDING MATTERS