Play Therapy Training Institute

THE PLAY THERAPY TRAINING INSTITUTE

Previous Workshop

Claudio Mochi, M.A., RPT-S and Isabella Cassina, M.S., CAGS

Friday, October 14, 2022

Description of Training:

This interactive workshop provides an overview of an innovative model for intervention in crisis and potentially traumatizing contexts, “Coping with the present while building for the future” (CPBF). Emphasis will be placed on the role of play, play therapy, and expressive arts in a process-oriented approach targeting children, families, and professionals.

What does it mean to deal with trauma in crisis contexts? When is the appropriate time to do so? What should be done before and after? After getting into the subject matter by sharing theoretical assumptions, images, and videos from the field, the presenters will invite participants to reflect by engaging in creative activities and group discussions.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the relevance of a process-oriented approach in crisis contexts.

• Describe the main phases of the “Coping with the present while building for the future” (CPBF) model.

• Contextualize the treatment of trauma in crisis work.

• Analyze the role of play and expressive arts in the treatment of trauma in and out of the playroom.

Presenter(s) Information:

Claudio Mochi, MA, RP, RPT-S is a Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. He specializes in emergency interventions and trauma treatment with twenty years of international field experience in disaster mental health. He has presented and trained on play therapy-related topics across six continents and in over twenty countries. Claudio is the founder of the Association for Play Therapy Italy (APTI) and the President and Director of the training program of the International Academy for Play Therapy Studies and Psychosocial Projects in Switzerland.

Isabella Cassina, MA, TP-S, CAGS is a Social Worker and specializes in international cooperation (IHEID Geneva) and migration. She is a Registered Therapeutic Play Specialist with the Italian Association for Play Therapy Italy (APTI) and has significant experience as a humanitarian worker focusing on the use of Play Therapy and Expressive Arts modalities in crisis interventions.

Psychological Interventions in Complex and Dynamic Settings: Lessons from the Front Lines

Previous Workshop

Claudio Mochi, M.A., RPT-S and Isabella Cassina, M.S., CAGS

Friday, October 14, 2022

Summary:

How can mental health professionals intervene in a world that appears increasingly complex and dynamic, in which situations of intense stress and trauma surround them and others? Presenters share key insights from their work in crisis contexts across 4 continents including videos and images and emphasizing the relevance of play and expressive arts as elements of psychological interventions.

About the presenters:

Claudio Mochi, MA, RP, RPT-S is Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor with the Association for Play Therapy (APT). He specializes in emergency interventions and trauma with twenty years of international field experience in disaster mental health. He has presented and trained across six continents and in over twenty countries. Claudio is the founder of the Association for Play Therapy Italy (APTI) and the President and Director of the training program of the International Academy for Play Therapy Studies and Psychosocial Projects in Switzerland.

Isabella Cassina, MA, TP-S, CAGS is a Social Worker and specializes in international cooperation (IHEID Geneva) and migration. She is a Registered Therapeutic Play Specialist with the Italian Association for Play Therapy Italy (APTI) and has significant experience as a humanitarian worker focusing on the use of Play Therapy and Expressive Arts modalities in crisis interventions.