Located in the coastal Maine town of Perry (Picture by Marion Williams).
By The Sea Seminars provides experientially-based workshops in the beautiful coastal Downeast Maine area and provides training in the Moving Stories play therapy method (APT Provider #04-144). By The Sea Seminars also hosts the Moving Stories e-Library.
Free Workshop April 23, 2012 5 – 8 PM
Moving Stories Play Therapy Method: Telling Therapeutic Stories in the Sandtray
Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D., RPT-S will be presenting a 3-hour free workshop at Acadia Hospital in Bangor Maine. This workshop introduces the Moving Stories play therapy method which is an integration of play therapy, sandtray therapy and bibliotherapy. 3 APT CEU’s are available for $20– no charge for CEU’s for MEAPT members. Space limited to 50. For more details and to register e-mail: bythesea@roadrunner.com.
Intensive Workshops
Moving Stories 1 :Integrating Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy and Story will be offered in Perry, Maine May 22-24, 2012 and through Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars August 9-11, 2012 in Bristow, Virginia. This training provides introductory skills in play therapy, sandtray therapy and bibliotherapy that are needed in the Moving Stories play therapy method.
Moving Stories 3: Sandtray Therapy Intensive will provide intensive training in the sandtray therapy skills used in the Moving Stories play therapy method. After Level 1, it is not necessary to take the Moving Stories levels in order.
Developing Your Own Play Therapy Techniques: A Practicum
Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D., RPT-S will be presenting this 6 hour workshop for Sweetser on May 4, 2012. Workshop Details and Registration
Roundtable Workshops
The Roundtable provides mental health practitioners with an opportunity to present and learn from colleagues throughout the year. The Maine Play Therapy Association is collaborating with By The Sea Seminars to establish a Roundtable in the Central and Western Maine area. The Downeast Roundtable is established and open to visitors. Generally, 6 CEU’s are earned per session with many hours throughout the year counting for registration as a Play Therapist. Contact Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. for details.
e-Library
New therapeutic story for the sandtray in the e-Library
This is a story of the growth of a butterfly from the larvae stage through the struggle of emerging from the cocoon and finally taking flight. It is a very good story for transitions and the closure of therapy.