The Training Institute's mission is to enhance the social and emotional development and mental health of children and their families through providing high-quality training and education to those who care for and educate children.
Vivian Mann, LCSW
Vivian Mann is the Director of Training and Professional Development and leads the ChildSavers Training Institute, which provides evidence-based training to parents, child care providers, paraprofessionals and professionals in the areas of Early Childhood Development and Mental Health, the Impact of Trauma on Children, and Treatment Models addressing children’s mental health issues including Play Therapy and Family Therapy. Previously at ChildSavers, she was the Clinical Director for eight years, managing the Guidance Clinic (which provides outpatient psychotherapy to children and their families) and the Trauma Response Program (which provides immediate response and short-term trauma focused counseling to children who have been impacted by trauma). She is also an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the School of Social Work Master’s Program. She received her Master's of Social Work degree from New York University. She is currently working toward her Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and Certified Trauma Specialist credentials. She is also part of the first group of ten individuals in the state working toward her Infant Mental Health Endorsement.
Integrating the Creative Arts Therapies and Play Therapy
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Early Bird Special – Register by June 15 - $125 (Students $100
After June 15th - $140 (Students $115)
Register for Integrating the Creative Arts Therapies and Play Therapy
Association for Play Therapy Approved Provider 11-303
This workshop will provide the participant not only with guidelines regarding how to integrate the Creative Arts Therapies and Play Therapy but also with the rationale for modeling a love of and trust in the creative process. Participants will learn to identify clients’ natural ways of communicating to ascertain whether they are primarily visual, auditory, or kinesthetic beings and provide the appropriate expressive modalities including drawing, painting, dancing/moving, writing, and creating scenes. The workshop will include lecture, case examples, and creative experiences.
Learning Objectives
After this training participants will be able to:
- Reiterate the Importance of Play and Expressive Art Therapies being natural modalities for children
- Explain why and how the Expressive Arts Therapies are effective in adult treatment as they overcome adults' tendencies to over-think and over-talk what's happening for them
- Set up a therapeutic environment that is conducive to integrating Play Therapy with the Expressive Arts Therapies
- Comprehend the importance of creating access to supplies, guaranteeing quality of supplies, and maintaining visibility of others' Creations (on display with permission) to decrease isolation
- Appreciate the "ideal" of Moving Intermodally - from Art to Writing to Story-Telling to Enacting Drama
- Participate, without directing or interpreting, by staying attuned
- Articulate the Significance of keeping track of details. Understand and maintain a safe haven for themes that develop over time through taking notes about characters and asking for clarifications
- Explain to clients (and their parents/guardians) how art, music, acting, writing, dancing, etc. can and will always help. Articulate their belief that creative outlets should be honored and used daily to express one's authentic self.
Trainer: Annie Ready Coffey, Psy.D., RDT
Date: June 28, 2012
Contact Hours: 6.0 (9-4:30)
At ChildSavers
Register for Integrating the Creative Arts Therapies and Play Therapy
About the Trainer
Annie Ready Coffey, Psy.D., RDT,
Annie Ready Coffey is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Registered Drama Therapist who has been working with individuals and families for over 20 years in diverse settings including inpatient, outpatient, schools, and Community Service Boards.
In 1999, she founded her private practice, Arts for Replenishment and Change, P.L.L.C., in Richmond, VA.
replenishmentandchange.com
The logo for Arts for Replenishment and Change is a series of vibrant, striving figures who celebrate being in this world.
Dr. Coffey is not your ordinary clinical psychologist. It is her hope that clients and students will partake of her life philosophy: being authentic is essential to one's ability to grow and change.
Annie Coffey honors the process of developing a therapeutic rapport with you. Once you are comfortable with her and she has gotten to know you, she excels at helping you make authentic choices. It is her mission to bring you closer to celebrating your own voice and vision in every session.
To this end, she specializes in the facilitation of healthy growth through the creative arts therapies (with clients aged 12 and up); incorporating drama, poetry, music, and movement into her work with clients; and leading experiential workshops, lectures, and day-long retreats on the therapeutic benefits of creativity.
