About this Event
Working with Aggression and Intensity in the Playroom
Date: Saturday March 6, 2027
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: CHRISTOPHER’S HALL EVENTS & MEETING VENUE
1602 Thousand Oaks Drive
San Antonio, TX 78232
Although aggression and death are a common part of the play therapy process, many therapists don’t have a clear understanding of what to do and how to facilitate the intensity when it enters the playroom during play. The result can lead to inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up, exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves.
This workshop is designed to help play therapists understand aggression and death play from a neuro-biological perspective and a Synergetic Play Therapy lens. With the help of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, therapists will learn how to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation, repatterning of the child’s autonomic activation patterns and decreases compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration and Snacks
🕑: 09:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Working with Aggression and Intensity in the Playroom
Info: Although aggression and death are a common part of the play therapy process, many therapists don’t have a clear
understanding of what to do and how to facilitate the intensity when it enters the playroom during play. The result can lead to
inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up,
exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves, which can over time significantly impact their longevity in the field, as well as their
ability to stay attuned and present to a child in the play room.
This workshop is designed to help play therapists understand aggression and death play from a neuro-biological perspective
and a Synergetic Play Therapy lens. With the help of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, therapists will learn how
to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation, repatterning of the child’s
autonomic activation patterns and decreases compassion fatigue a
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Networking Lunch
🕑: 01:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Working with Aggression and Intensity in the Playroom
Info: Although aggression and death are a common part of the play therapy process, many therapists don’t have a clear
understanding of what to do and how to facilitate the intensity when it enters the playroom during play. The result can lead to
inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up,
exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves, which can over time significantly impact their longevity in the field, as well as their
ability to stay attuned and present to a child in the play room.
This workshop is designed to help play therapists understand aggression and death play from a neuro-biological perspective
and a Synergetic Play Therapy lens. With the help of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, therapists will learn how
to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation, repatterning of the child’s
autonomic activation patterns and decreases compassion fatigue a
Event venue & nearby stays
Christopher Hall Event's & Meeting Venue, 1602 Thousand Oaks Drive, San Antonio, United States
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