Healing Trauma Through Play Therapy: A Neuroscience & Attachment Approach

NASW Utah Chapter

Healing Trauma Through Play Therapy: A Neuroscience & Attachment Approach

Date: 5/17/25

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Location: 1526 E Medical Center Dr, St. George, UT 84790; Utah Tech University Russell C. Taylor Health Science Building

6 CEUs

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Healing Trauma Through Play Therapy: A Neuroscience & Attachment Approach
Unlock the transformative power of neuroscience-informed play therapy and expressive arts to heal trauma deeply in children and teens. This interactive, full-day training gives you powerful tools to confidently address trauma through evidence-based play therapy approaches.

I’m inviting you into a day of deep learning with this one-day intensive play therapy training, designed to provide you with the knowledge and tools needed to change young lives for the better using play therapy. Leveraging the powerful combination of neuroscience and attachment theory, I packed my nearly 35 years of condensed child and adolescent mental health wisdom so you can help children and teens access the therapeutic powers of play for healing.

Trainer: Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S

With nearly 35 years in child and adolescent mental health, I've supported traumatized children and teens across diverse settings, including outpatient clinics, private practice, shelters, residential treatment, juvenile justice, foster care, and adoption programs. One common thread in every setting is trauma. Like you, my life's mission is clear: helping children, teens, and families heal deeply. To do this effectively, you need specific, trauma-informed skills tailored to the developmental needs of young clients.

That's why I created this specialized training—to equip you with powerful, evidence-based techniques to confidently and safely heal trauma through play therapy.