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Digital Seminar

Mindful Play and Meditation Techniques for Anxiety & Depression


Speaker:
Rebecca Wing, LCPC
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 30, 2016
Product Code:
POS063005
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

  • Play approaches for kids, adolescents and adults
  • Neurobiology of Play—it’s role in healthy brain development
  • Help clients develop mindful curiosity and meditative ease
  • Grounding attention through all the senses
  • Effective techniques to strengthen family relationships

Early in my career anxious clients who started each session urgently telling me how hard the past week had been for them left me feeling flooded and unable to settle into helping them.

Depressed clients who came in unable to communicate, due to slowed cognitive processing abilities and sluggish nervous systems, challenged me even further as I tried to engage them in meaningful dialogue. My clients were deeply lost in their own story and experience, which made it difficult to bring in new viewpoints and knowledge that would help.

As a therapist who is also a daily meditator and a musician well versed in creative meditative play states, I started to use mindful play and meditative techniques for treating anxiety and depression.

I began to engage my clients in states of curiosity, flexibility, and open exploration. Anxious clients learned to let go and relax. Those with depression would brighten and physically wake up during session.

Since then I have developed more ways to help clients cultivate positive mind-states while in session with me and in their own daily lives. Clients learn how to train attention on positive aspects of living versus over-focusing on fear and sadness. The therapeutic relationship with my clients has grown deeply which, as research tells us, helps a client engage in their own mental health ultimately leading them toward more meaningful and fulfilling lives. I’ve learned what current research says about how the brain functions during play and how similar this state is to meditation.

Attend this seminar, and I will show you how to:

  • Engage anxious clients in transformative practices to increase self-regulation skills
  • Open children, adolescents and adults to non-judgmental cognitive states
  • Transform cognitive distortions in depressed clients
  • Develop advanced play therapy skills

Mindful play techniques are simple to learn and implement with clients. Come and explore the wonders of mindful play and learn approaches that will leave you feeling optimistic about treating even your most challenging cases. I’m confident this seminar will leave you feeling refreshed and encouraged!

OUTLINE

Beyond Board Games

  • Mindfulness-based practices to address age-appropriate developmental stages
  • Tennis ball activities to engage clients
  • Bubble blowing as meditation
  • Open floor space for expansive play
  • Outdoor activities
  • Play dough is not just for kids
  • Energizing a depressed client

Engaging the Senses

  • Essential Oils for scent meditation
  • Blind touch meditation
  • Flower dissection for mindful attentiveness
  • Music for meditation and creative expression
  • Bells and bowls for exploration of sound
  • Eating meditation for all ages

Body-Centered Approaches

  • Easy yoga for all ages and abilities
  • Simon says
  • Ballooning
  • Freeze dance
  • Mindful breathing minus performance anxiety
  • Push hands activity
  • Foam swords for awareness training

Developing Relationships Through Play

  • How can play improve our own lives?
  • Current research surrounding the neuroscience of play
  • Show depressed clients how to play
  • Healthy client/therapist relationship through play
  • The wisdom of dropping agenda
  • Unfolding a timid client through mindful play
  • Adult clients and play as meditation

Sand Tray Therapy

  • The basics of sand in therapy
  • Cultivating mindful attention during sand tray
  • Exploring intuition and attention with sand
  • Sand calms anxiety
  • Therapeutic reflection skills during sand tray

Teaching Parents and Children How to Play

  • Foot massage for mindful bonding
  • Bedtime meditation stories
  • Yoga for families
  • Teaching parents reflective listening
  • Creating a family drum circle
  • Practicing kindness

OBJECTIVES

  1. Demonstrate unstructured play techniques that can be used in therapy offices, classrooms and at home.
  2. Identify the neurobiological implications of play and its role in healthy brain development.
  3. Design and implement strategies for teaching non-judgmental curiosity to adolescents.
  4. Develop practical skills for nurturing play states between parent and child.
  5. Identify meditation approaches that cultivate expansive awareness.
  6. Design and implement simple activities that integrate meditation, mindfulness and play.
  7. Learn techniques that will help energize the pace of a session.
  8. Assess and describe mindful play techniques that broaden depressed and anxious clients’ points of view.

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI, Inc., PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

ADA Needs

PESI would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 800-844-8260.

Credit


* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

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Counselors - Counselors

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Counselors - South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists

This program has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Approval #4540.


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Social Workers - Canadian Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level self-study course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Social Workers - Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

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PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number #50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.25 continuing education credits.


Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

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Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


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PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #: RCST071001. Successful completion of this self-study course meets the qualifications for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.


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Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

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Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 credits.


Educators

This course consists of 6.25 self-study clock hours. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


New Jersey Educators, Administrators & Education Services Personnel

6.0 Actual Professional Development Hours (self-study). MEDS-PDN, powered by PESI, Inc., is a registered New Jersey Professional Development Provider with the NJ Dept of Education.  


Illinois Educators

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Indiana Educators

6.0 Professional Growth Points are available for full attendance of this self-study package per the Indiana Department of Education standards.


Montana Educators

This self-study package is offered for 6.0 Renewal Units. PESI, Inc. is an Approved Renewal Unit Provider with the Montana Office of Public Instruction.


Texas Educators

PESI, Inc., has been approved as a CPE Provider #500-981 for Texas Educators by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBED). This self-study package qualifies for 6.0 CPE clock hours.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

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Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 7.6 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

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Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists

This course contains 6.0 hours of self-study continuing education. It was not offered for ASHA CEUs. Please retain your certificate of completion. If audited for ASHA Certification Maintenance, you can submit this certificate of completion at that time. For state licensure, teacher certification renewal, or other credential renewal, contact those agencies for information about your reporting responsibilities and requirements.


California Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, #PDP 319. This course meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of self-study continuing professional development credit for Speech-Language Pathologists or Audiologists, as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.


Kansas Speech-Language Pathologists

Approved for 7.5 self-study continuing education clock hours for Kansas licensed Speech-Language Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the APA and the ASWB. Full participation in this self-study course will qualify for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



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Speaker

Rebecca Wing, LCPC's Profile

Rebecca Wing, LCPC Related seminars and products

Mindfulness Retreat Center of Maine


Rebecca Wing, LCPC, began her professional career by having studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn and many Buddhist teachers.  With that knowledge, Rebecca integrated her knowledge and experience of mindfulness into an effective approach for her students. For 8 years, Rebecca taught professional development seminars for teachers seeking to utilize Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction skills with children. After 17 years of teaching and performing, Rebecca earned an MS degree in clinical counseling at the University of Southern Maine.

In 1999, Rebecca co-founded the Mindfulness Retreat Center of Maine with her husband, Terry Fralich. Rebecca has a private counseling practice for children, adolescents and families and also offers extended residential mindfulness retreats at the Center. She has taught many workshops throughout the country and teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs for schools and corporations, including LL Bean and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. A professional musician, Rebecca has recorded 3 CD’s of original music and a guided meditation CD. She has pursued her own meditation and mindfulness practice for over 20 years.

 

Speaker Disclosure:

Financial: Rebecca Wing maintains a private practice. She is the Co-Founder of The Mindfulness Retreat Center of Maine. Ms. Wing receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Rebecca Wing has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals

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Toppie L

"Very helpful. I will watch this presenter again."

CRAIG M

"This was fun and informative. Thank you!"

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