Our recent Parent & Family Training Series is now available on-demand! Learn from experts in family, child, and play therapy and earn CEs. Learn more about this Child and Play Therapy Training and also visit our Training Page to find additional training opportunities from CVN.
About the Training: “Partnering with Parents in Child and Play Therapy”
There is no doubt that engaging parents in the therapy process improves outcomes. There is also no doubt that many child and play therapists find working with parents to be the most stressful part of their job. In this three-hour workshop, we will reframe parent behavior through the lens of the nervous system. This reframe will increase clinician compassion and confidence. We will also identify practical and actionable strategies for clinicians to improve their relationship with parents and caregivers to increase engagement and support in the therapy process.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the training, the learner will be able to:
- Reframe challenging & resistant parent & caregiver behavior through the lens of the nervous system
- Develop a framework that can be applied to all human behavior
- Identify actionable strategies to increase parent engagement and support
Content Level: Intermediate
Target Audience: Mental health professionals serving families, children, and/or parents
Duration: This is a recording of a live 3-hour webinar that took place on March 14, 2024. The webinar recording is approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes in duration. Participants will also need to complete a short quiz and evaluation survey that will take approximately 10 minutes total.
Earn 3 CEs, accredited by APA & ASWB. Participants who complete this training in its entirety will be eligible to receive 3 continuing education (CE) credits. In order to receive CEs, participants will need to pass a final quiz with at least an 80% score.
Cost: No cost; training and CEs are free to all learners.
Thank you to USAA for providing funding to support this training and promoting high quality care for veterans and military family members.
“Partnering with Parents in Child and Play Therapy” Training is available online through Relias Learning Management System. In order to access the course, you will need to create a free Relias account. This will enable you to save your progress and receive 3 CEs. Following successful completion of the course, final quiz, and feedback evaluation survey, CE certificates will be generated automatically through Relias. See additional details on System Requirements for using Relias here.
About Our Presenter: Robyn Gobbel, MSW
Robyn Gobbel, MSW, has 20 years of practice as a family and child therapist, specializing in complex trauma, attachment, and adoption. Her diverse clinical training includes EMDR (including EMDR adapted for children with attachment trauma), Somatic Experiencing, Theraplay, Trust Based Relational Intervention®, Circle of Security Parent Educator, The Alert Program® and Yogapeutics Aerial Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training. Robyn has integrated these training modalities with a foundation of attachment theory and the relational neurosciences to create an attachment-rich, sensory-sensitive, and relational neurosciences supported healing paradigm for children and families.
Robyn consults, teaches, and trains extensively throughout the US. She previously served as an instructor for the Foundations of Interpersonal Neurobiology Certificate Program at Portland Community College as well as with the Adoptive & Foster Family Therapy Post-Graduate Certificate Program. Robyn has served on the working board of the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies (GAINS). Robyn is the host of The Baffling Behavior Show podcast. Her first book, Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies that Really Work, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, was published in September 2023.
Commercial Support/Conflicts of Interest:
- Cohen Veterans Network received a grant from USAA in order to fund the development and distribution of this training. CVN has no other commercial support or conflicts of interest to disclose.
- Robyn Gobbel references her book and podcast, and she may earn royalties or financial compensation through sales of her book and/or advertising through her podcast. There are no conflicts of interest to disclose.