Strengthening Attachment Bonds Through Family Play Therapy

Presented by Dr. Tim Baima, LMFT, PhD

This is an online event.
FREE for chapter members.
Includes 1.5 CEUs

About the Presentation

Bring your own lunch and get comfy, while joining us for an online presentation by Dr. Tim Baima.

 The goal of this presentation is for participants to understand the benefit of using play therapy with families, acquire ideas for family play interventions, and learn resources for further training.

This interactive workshop introduces family play interventions counselors can quickly learn regardless of their level of experience with families or play therapy. The family play interventions presented are especially useful in engaging whole families in the early stages of treatment, and are particularly effective in assessing and treating attachment issues. The presenter uses these interventions regularly with families who have children ranging in ages from 5 to 45 (families with adult children). He also teaches these interventions to students and supervisees who have been able to confidently and effectively implement them in their first year of experience.   

Learning Objectives

1.  Participants will be able to identify at least 3 reasons to use family play therapy.
2.  Participants will recognize the potential of family play therapy to heal relational bonds.
3.  Participants will become familiar with at least 2 family play interventions.

About the Presenter

Timothy Baima, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the MA Counseling Program at Palo Alto University where he serves as the coordinator for the Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling emphasis area. He is also a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in San Mateo, California where he specializes in family therapy with adolescents, and couple therapy. He is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, training three MFT associates in his private practice. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Family Therapy Academy since 2017. He has long held an interest in play therapy and has been receiving consultation from Dr. Eliana Gil for the past 5 years. His current research interests center on whiteness, and training the “self” of the therapist. He has published in The Expanded Family Life Cycle 5th Edition, The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, and the Journal of Family Psychotherapy. 

TARGET AUDIENCE: LCSW, LMFT, LPCC

If you miss any of the presentation, you will not be eligible for the CEUs.
SCV-CAMFT is a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider (CEPA 052466). This course meets the qualifications of 1.5 continuing education credits for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs. SCV-CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.