Training Schedule with Bonnie Badenoch
Brain-Wise Therapy Workshop:
Healing Experiences with Sandplay, Art, and Clay
Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT and Theresa Kestly, PhD
Corrales, New Mexico April 9-10, 2010
Workshop Description
In this workshop, we will have a conversation about how the principles of interpersonal neurobiology impact the play therapy relationship, beginning with some basic brain science that is fundamental to this specific relationship. Then we will plunge into the profound world of sandplay, art and clay, discovering how understanding the neuroscience that supports these experiential paths can reduce suffering while deepening the healing experience. We will use clay and art materials to gain a deeper understanding of how the implicit and explicit memory systems impact our play therapy decisions, moment by moment, as we work with clients of all ages and diagnoses. On this foundation, we can begin to bring the brain awareness into the play therapy room, in practical ways that strengthen emotional balance and foster hope for both client and therapist. We will use self-reflection, conversation, and case studies to make this learning more concrete as we discuss applications for play therapy. At the end of the two days, you may find that one of the most surprising outcomes of encountering this deep science is a remarkable increase in compassion for self and others.
Workshop Goals
The workshop will help participants to:
- Apply the knowledge of basic brain structure and function as well as the processes of early brain development to play therapy practice.
- Apply the understanding of implicit, explicit, and autobiographical memory with clients as they use art, clay and sandplay therapy materials.
- Understand how to foster neuroplasticity in play therapy.
- Learn how to integrate mindfulness into play therapy practice.
- Apply the principles of interpersonal neurobiology to play therapy.
Presenters
Bonnie Badenoch, PhD, LMFT is an in-the-trenches therapist, supervisor, teacher and author who has spent the last five years integrating the discoveries of neuroscience into the art of therapy. She co-founded the Center for Hope and Healing (CHH) in Irvine, California in 1991, and in 2004, joined Daniel Siegel’s interpersonal neurobiology study group, subsequently becoming one of the founders of the nonprofit organization, Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS). Out of this study, combined with her 19 years of working with survivors of trauma and attachment struggles, came her book, Being a Brain-Wise Therapist: A Practical Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, published in 2008. Bonnie has a gift for translating the complexities of brain science into words and examples that allow people to internalize the principles so they can use them in the counseling room. Her article, “Brain to Brain: Applying the Wisdom of Neuroscience in Your Practice,” is featured in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of Psychotherapy Networker and she presented Being a Brain-Wise Therapist at the March 2009 Psychotherapy Networker Conference.
Theresa Kestly, PhD is a psychologist, educator, consultant and a registered play therapist/supervisor with the Association for Play Therapy. She is an international presenter, and she maintains a private practice with specialties in play therapy and sand tray therapy in Corrales, New Mexico for children, adults, families, couples, and small groups. Theresa served as a senior staff psychologist at the Albuquerque Family and Child Guidance Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she specialized in child, adolescent and family therapy, consultations with the Indian Health Service, and consultations with the Albuquerque Public Schools. She supervised psychology, counseling and psychiatry trainees as an adjunct faculty member at the University of New Mexico. Theresa served as the first president of the New Mexico Association for Play Therapy. She is the founder and director of the Sand Tray Training Institute of New Mexico in Corrales, New Mexico where she provides large-group seminars and small-group intensive training for psychotherapists in child and adult sand tray therapy.
Location: Corrales, New Mexico
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Lunch break is one and one half hours.)
Limit: 16 participants
Fees:
$280 early fee (postmarked 30 days in advance)
$300 regular fee
$260 early fee for students (postmarked 30 days in advance) - send proof of full-time student status
Refunds: Fees for this workshop are nonrefundable due to travel expenses of our guest speaker. Registrants may transfer/sell their enrollment to another qualified person at any time.