Retreat in Costa Rica (32 CE Credit Hours): Integrating Play Therapy and Expressive Arts
Thu, Mar 21
|Barceló Playa Tambor Hotel
Earn 32 CE Credit Hours (APT #20-602 and APTI #15-001) by immersing yourself in the world of play, art and creative expression. A training program presented by Isabella Cassina (Switzerland), Claudio Mochi (Italy) and Sylvia Ketelhohn (Costa Rica).


Time & Location
Mar 21, 2024, 9:00 AM CST – Mar 24, 2024, 5:00 PM CST
Barceló Playa Tambor Hotel, Puntarenas Province, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
About the Event
The retreat training program is divided into three sequential moments that allow immersion in the world of play, art and creative expression. By the end of the training program, participants will have an overview of the broad and multifaceted field of play therapy and the practical tools that will enable them to develop sessions by using the transformative and healing powers of play and expressive arts in therapy.
Day 1:
The training program begins with a day devoted to the use of expressive arts in play therapy. For this purpose, after an introduction to the field of play therapy, the neuroscientific assumptions for using the therapeutic powers of play and expressive arts in therapy will be explored; situations and populations with which their use is ideal and the most common limits in application with children, families, and groups will also be discussed. The day is enriched by practicing a variety…