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Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Approach

Helping children is our mission

An international faculty — including Susan M. Knell — teaching advanced Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
ADVANCED PROGRAM · SECOND LEVEL

Advanced Training in Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy

For clinicians who already have the foundations — go deeper with the people advancing the method worldwide.

~30 hoursInternational facultyCertificate of attestationSelf-paced
Faculty teaching at a professional CBPT seminar

Advanced practice, taught by an international faculty.

An international faculty

The advanced program brings together experts from across the world who teach, research and advance CBPT — led by its pioneer, Susan M. Knell.

Susan M. Knell
CBPT Guidelines · Guidelines for Parents · Roadblocks
Meena Dasari
Play into CBT & CBPT · Internalizing disorders
Didem Altay
History of Play Therapy · CBPT & EMDR
Lisa Remey
CBPT and Sandtray
Samantha Martin
School Refusal
Ornella Argento
Research protocols in CBPT
Maria A. Geraci
Case conceptualization · CBPI-R · Parent training · Setting · Therapeutic objectives
Andrea Meana de la Vega
CBPI-R
Martina Maiolatesi
Level 2 Tools: Therapeutic Storytelling

What you will explore

Advanced clinical themes and tools across roughly 30 hours of teaching.

Guidelines & Roadblocks
Clinical guidelines and handling obstacles in therapy (Knell).
Internalizing disorders
Clinical application of CBPT (Dasari).
CBPT & EMDR
Integrating approaches (Altay).
Sandtray
CBPT and sandtray work (Remey).
School refusal
Assessment and intervention (Martin).
Research protocols
Research in CBPT (Argento).
Case conceptualization
Theory, worksheets and objectives (Geraci).
CBPI-R
Rehabilitation model (Geraci, Meana de la Vega).
Advanced tools
Level 2 therapeutic storytelling (Maiolatesi).

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