June 6, 2025 | Live Zoom Webinar
The Power of Play: Strengthening Attachment and Co-Regulation
The Power of Play: Strengthening Attachment and Co-Regulation
This 6-hour experiential workshop will provide play therapists with an understanding of Theraplay, integrating attachment theory, Polyvagal Theory, and play therapy principles to support children. Theraplay is a playful, interactive intervention that strengthens parent-child bonding, security, and delight through face-to-face engagement, sensory experiences, and reciprocal activities. Participants will explore the four dimensions of Theraplay (Structure, Engagement, Nurture, and Challenge) and learn how each contributes to felt safety, co-regulation, and secure attachment in therapeutic work.
The workshop will include at least eight Theraplay-based interventions for engaging children and caregivers in healing play. A special focus will be placed on Polyvagal Theory, helping participants recognize nervous system states and understand how Theraplay foster’s regulation and resilience. Additionally, attendees will be introduced to the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) assessment.
By the end of this training, therapists will have the knowledge to understand Theraplay principles for children struggling with emotional regulation, attachment disruptions, and behavioral challenges.
This interactive training will include lecture, case discussions, video examples, and experiential activities, ensuring therapists leave with both conceptual knowledge and practical skills to enhance their play therapy practice.
Learning Objectives
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Explain the theoretical foundations of Theraplay, including its connection to attachement theory, Polyvagal Theory, and play therapy principles.
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Describe the four dimensions of Theraplay (Structure, Engagement, Nurture, and Challenge) and their role in promoting regulation, connection, and attachment security in children.
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Demonstrate at least eight Theraplay-based interventions.
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Apply Polyvagal Theory to Theraplay-based interventions, recognizing how nervous system regulation impacts a child's ability to engage in therapeutic play.
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Identify key components of the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) assessment that is part of Theraplay treatment.
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Describe treatment strategies integrating Theraplay principles to address emotional regulation, attachment disruptions, and behavioral challenges in play therapy sessions.
Presenter
Rose LaPiere, LPC, RPT-S™, ACS, and Foundational Theraplay Practitioner, is an experienced therapist with a career spanning over two decades, dedicated to helping children and families. In addition to her therapeutic expertise, she is as a writer, educator, EMDR consultant, registered play therapist supervisor, and synergetic play therapy supervisor. She also holds the role of a Being With Coach.
Her therapeutic approach is rooted in attachment theory, mindfulness practices, the therapeutic powers of play, interpersonal neurobiology, and family systems theory. Rose is particularly passionate about integrating the healing power of nature and sand tray into her therapeutic work. She loves working with parents and offers consultation to therapists. Rose has co-edited and co-authored a book titled "Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies: Interventions for working with children, teens, and families.”
Details & Registration
Date: June 6, 2025
Location: Zoom Webinar, MST
Pricing:
$185 Regular Pricing
$100 Student Pricing
*Pricing includes CE Certificate
Schedule:
8:45
Check In/Sign in
9:00
Presentation Begins
10:30
15 Minute Break
12:00-1:30
Lunch Break
2:45
15 Minute Break
5:00
Presentation Ends
Of note: This is an online live webinar training. To be eligible for CEs, you must attend with your camera on. Please do not engage in other activities while in this training including driving, driving through for that coffee fix, or rearranging your closet - this training requires your attention and engagement. You will receive an email with any handouts the day prior to the training.
This training will provide 6 CE Credits. A New Hope Therapy Center, our sister organization and partner for trainings and workshops, is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT) - Approved Provider 20-631 and Maria Laquerre-Diego is an Approved Provider for the NM Counseling and Therapy Practice Board CCE020981