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Level Two Theraplay & MIM

Registrants should have experience using Theraplay in their work before attending this training.

19 Continuing Professional Development Hours (except where noted)

Prerequisite: Level One Theraplay & Marschak Interaction Method

Day 1: Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) Skill Development

This will focus on several examples of MIMs and their interpretation to improve your comfort and skill in administering and interpreting this assessment.

Learning Objectives

  • Administer and analyze the MIM at an intermediate skill level

  • Develop skills in the use of the MIM for treatment planning

Features

  • Time permitting, you may share one of your complex or interesting MIM’s for group discussion.

Day 2: Building Your Theraplay Skills

This will help improve the breadth of your Theraplay skill set to bring your Theraplay work to a higher skill level.

Learning Objectives

  • Demonstrate how to use a wider range of Theraplay activities and techniques

  • Describe how to adapt Theraplay to work with a wider range of populations, such as children with autism and older children

  • Describe strategies for dealing with resistant clients

Features

  • The training will include lots of practice and a wide range of video examples

Day 3: Adapting Theraplay to Work with Trauma and Complex Families

If you work with children who have been traumatized, have attachment disorders or complex families we highly recommend that you attend this program.  It will help you sensitively adapt Theraplay to work with this population.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the concept of developmental trauma disorder

  • Describe three modifications to Theraplay to meet the needs of traumatized children

  • Describe two ways that other modalities can be used in conjunction with Theraplay to meet the treatment needs of traumatized children

  • Describe how to determine when to use Theraplay in the overall treatment course of a client

  • Describe how to adapt treatment to meet the needs of parents who themselves may be traumatized

Features

  • Case videos of children who have been traumatized will be shown

  • Participants will practice Theraplay modifications for trauma

  • Participants will develop and practice a treatment plan for one of their traumatized client

Upcoming Trainings

  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Mon, 10 Mar
    Brisbane
    10 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 13 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Brisbane, 24 Gaskell St, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113, Australia
    10 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 13 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Brisbane, 24 Gaskell St, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Mon, 24 Mar
    Melbourne
    24 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEDT – 27 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AEDT
    Melbourne, 1 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
    24 Mar 2025, 9:00 am AEDT – 27 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm AEDT
    Melbourne, 1 Queen St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Mon, 07 Apr
    Sydney
    07 Apr 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 10 Apr 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Sydney, 55 Shelley St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
    07 Apr 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 10 Apr 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Sydney, 55 Shelley St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Tue, 20 May
    Rockhampton
    20 May 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 23 May 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Rockhampton, Cambridge St, Rockhampton City QLD 4700, Australia
    20 May 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 23 May 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Rockhampton, Cambridge St, Rockhampton City QLD 4700, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Mon, 23 June
    Hobart
    23 June 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 26 June 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Hobart, 36 Argyle St, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia
    23 June 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 26 June 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Hobart, 36 Argyle St, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Mon, 08 Sept
    Gold Coast
    08 Sept 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 11 Sept 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Gold Coast, Corner Olsen and, Musgrave Ave, Southport QLD 4215, Australia
    08 Sept 2025, 9:00 am AEST – 11 Sept 2025, 5:00 pm AEST
    Gold Coast, Corner Olsen and, Musgrave Ave, Southport QLD 4215, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Tue, 04 Nov
    Adelaide
    04 Nov 2025, 9:00 am ACDT – 07 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm ACDT
    Adelaide, 43 Franklin St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    04 Nov 2025, 9:00 am ACDT – 07 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm ACDT
    Adelaide, 43 Franklin St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
  • Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Level One Theraplay & MIM
    Mon, 24 Nov
    Perth
    24 Nov 2025, 9:00 am AWST – 27 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm AWST
    Perth, 9 Alvan St, Subiaco WA 6008, Australia
    24 Nov 2025, 9:00 am AWST – 27 Nov 2025, 5:00 pm AWST
    Perth, 9 Alvan St, Subiaco WA 6008, Australia
    Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child.
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