Relational Healing Through Play: Child-Centered Play Therapy
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Description of Training:Children exposed to domestic violence often communicate their experiences not through words, but through play. This training explores how domestic violence impacts children’s neurobiology, emotional regulation, and relational development, and how these impacts may emerge in the play therapy room. Grounded in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), this training will expand participants' ability to recognize common play behaviors, play themes, and relational patterns frequently observed in children impacted by domestic violence Through clinical case examples, this training will highlight how CCPT offers a developmentally responsive, trauma-informed approach, that prioritizes safety and attunement, honors the child’s world view and internal process, and supports relational healing, resiliency, and growth.
Objectives:
Describe at least two ways domestic violence impacts children’s neurobiological development and emotional regulation, using a trauma-informed, play therapy lens.
Identify at least three common play themes or behavioral patterns that may emerge in child-centered play therapy with children exposed to domestic violence.
Examine child-centered play therapy principles to one clinical case example, demonstrating how CCPT supports safety, regulation, and relational healing in the playroom.
1.5 Hour Training Outline:
Quick statistics
Brief overview of the prevalence of domestic violence exposure in children and associated developmental risks.
Neurobiology of domestic violence exposure
How chronic stress, threat, and relational disruption impact brain development, nervous system regulation, attachment, and emotional processing.
Why Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)
Rationale for CCPT as a developmentally responsive, relationship-based, trauma-informed approach that honors the child’s internal process and pace.
How it shows up in the playroom
Common play behaviors, themes, and relational patterns observed in children with domestic violence exposure (e.g., control, safety-seeking, aggression, rescue, dissociation, testing limits).
Clinical application
Share 1–2 clinical case examples illustrating how CCPT principles support safety, regulation, and relational healing in the playroom.
Date
Saturday 7 March 2026 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (UTC+09:30)Location
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