August 7-10, 2010
Perry, Maine
Learn: 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Explore and Reflect
in the remote calm of Maine
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Program Description
The beautiful sea in Perry, ME
This is an experientially-based workshop that will provide an introduction to the Moving Stories Method. The Moving Stories Method is an intermodal expressive arts method that integrates –story, sandtray and play therapy.
Therapeutic stories are told with the aid of a Moving Stories kit and a sandtray as the “theater”. Moving Stories kits are baskets or decorated boxes that contain miniatures/symbols that are used to tell the story. Individual clients, families, groups or classes from pre-school age to old age are then invited to reflect upon the stories followed by an invitation to respond in their own creative way. The method can be utilized by a wide range of theoretical orientations that permit some directive interaction on the part of the therapist.
This workshop will provide participants with the background needed in play therapy, sandtray therapy and therapeutic story-telling to begin using this powerful tool. The workshop is designed to be both instructive and personally meaningful.
Participants
This workshop is designed for the helping professional (e.g. School Counselor, Social Worker, Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor) with some experience or interest in play therapy and sandtray therapy. The Moving Stories Method is particularly useful for those working with children and in school systems. Skills will be applicable to individual, family, group and classroom contexts.
Objectives
- Participants will experience the power of play, sandtray and story through their own experience with the Moving Stories Method.
- Participants will understand how to create a Wonder Room–the three dimensional library/play room to house Moving Stories Kits.
- Participants will be introduced to the skills needed in play, sandtray and therapeutic storytelling needed in the Moving Stories Method.
- Participants will learn how to create their own Moving Stories Kits and Wonder Rooms.
Presenter
Susanne Carroll Duffy, Psy.D., RPT-S, is a clinical psychologist and Registered Play Therapy Supervisor and APT CE Provider. Dr. Duffy works at Pleasant Point Reservation and in Private Practice in rural Maine, primarily doing individual and family therapy with children, assessments, and consultation to area schools and Head Start. Emerging from this experience and play with her own children, Dr. Duffy created the Moving Stories Method, kits and Wonder Room. This workshop is the first level of her Moving Stories Method and Play Therapy Training Series. She will be presenting at several conferences this year. Dr. Duffy is a past board member of the Maine Association for Play Therapy and served on the faculty of Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars.
Program Agenda
Saturday: Overview of the Moving Stories Method
8-10: Experience the Moving Stories Method
10-12: Theory, Steps, Developing a Wonder Room
12-1: Case Examples with individuals, families, groups and classrooms.
Sunday: Play Therapy and Sandtray Therapy in the Moving Stories Method
8-10: Demonstration of presenting and joining in the play with a child.
10-11: Documentation, directive and non-directive use, creating the space.
11-1: Group Sandtray Experience and discussion of “holding the space” and symbols.
Monday: Story
8-10 Finding, Selecting and Writing Moving Stories
10-1: Making a Moving Stories Kit
Tuesday: Putting it All Together
8-1 Presenting a case and Moving Stories to each other.
Continuing Education
Certificates of Attendance will be awarded at the completion of the program. 5 contact hours can be earned a day, totaling 20 CEU’s for four days. Application will be made to the Maine Board of Social Workers. Per the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors, approval is not required for CEU’s. Hours are accruable for persons seeking hours towards registration/maintenance as play therapists (Provider number 04-144). With enough notice, we will apply to your board and state for CEU’s. By The Sea Seminars remains responsible for the workshop.
Location and Directions
The workshop will be held in Dr. Carroll Duffy’s Wonder Room which houses the Moving Stories Library. It is located at 471 Gin Cove Rd. Perry, ME (207-853-2774). Take Route 1 to Shore Rd. in Perry. Turn right on Shore Rd. if you are going North and left if you are going South on Route 1. It is across from the Friendly Restaurant. Go approximately 3 miles on Shore Rd. Go right on Gin Cove Rd. You’ve gone too far if you reach Route 1 again. 471 Gin Cove Rd. is the second driveway on the left.
Lodging and Touring: The downeast coastal Maine region offers the magnificence of the rocky Maine coast, as well as the peace and calm of the rural Maine lake country. Just 15 minutes away from the workshop you can enjoy the coastal island city of Eastport where there are restaurants, shops, trails, and places to hike and a ferry to Canadian Islands (bring a passport). There are a number of options for lodging in Eastport. Right in Perry, Maine there are cottages on Boyden Lake. Please contact Dr. Duffy if you need assistance in making a choice.
Size: Limited to 6 participants.
Cost: $695 plus a $25 materials fee
Bring: A camera to take pictures of your sandtray/Moving Stories. Also, bring a passport so that you can enjoy the many adventures available in nearby Canada.
Cancellation Policy: There are no refunds for cancellations, however credit may be used towards a future workshop.
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