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UID:20260902T000020Z - 48338@am523a.odoo.com
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251026T100000
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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.calplaytherapy.org/event/2025-oct-26-empow
 ering-emotional-growth-through-play-using-cbt-and-role-play-game-mechanics
 -in-play-therapy-practice-95">2025 Oct 26: Empowering Emotional Growth Thr
 ough Play: Using CBT and Role-Play Game Mechanics in Play Therapy Practice
 </a>\nAngel S. Liang\,PhD\, MA Come join us for a fun\, interactive time t
 o learn about games\, and how they connect to CBT and Role-Play mechanics 
 in the work that is done in the art of play therapy. Come ready to learn a
 bout games\, find some new games\, and have some serious fun together! Reg
 istration Information Date: Sunday\, October 26th from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Location: King Kong Games & Comics 6700 Amador Plaza Road Dublin CA 94568
  Cost: $25.00 (For 2.0 hours of CE's) OR FREE (If you DO NOT want CE's) *W
 hen you register for this event\, you will choose which option. After the 
 event\, if you choose to receive CE's\, you must complete the post-survey 
 to receive your CE Certificate. ***Proceeds made from this event will go t
 owards future CalAPT grants/scholarship to help members attend future even
 ts and trainings. Workshop Description Play therapy remains a cornerstone 
 for fostering children’s emotional awareness\, regulation\, resilience\,
  and adaptive coping skills. Yet many practitioners encounter challenges i
 n helping children externalize and reframe maladaptive thought patterns wh
 ile simultaneously cultivating empathy and social-emotional competence. Wh
 ile symbolic and expressive play therapy approaches are well established\,
  a gap persists in integrating structured\, evidence-based cognitive-behav
 ioral meth methods into play therapy that explicitly target empathy and em
 otion regulation—two predictors strongly linked to long-term social-emot
 ional functioning. This workshop addresses that gap in the practice of pla
 y therapy by equipping clinicians with strategies to integrate CBT princip
 les—specifically the Think–Feel–Act framework—into play therapy th
 rough therapeutic board games and role-play mechanics. These approaches pr
 ovide children with safe\, playful opportunities to explore emotions\, ide
 ntify cognitive distortions\, and practice adaptive responses. Evidence su
 pports [...]
DTSTAMP:20260902T000020Z
LOCATION:KING KONG COMICS AND GAMES\, INC.\, 6700 Amador Plaza Road\, Dubli
 n CA 94568\, United States
SUMMARY:2025 Oct 26: Empowering Emotional Growth Through Play: Using CBT an
 d Role-Play Game Mechanics in Play Therapy Practice
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.calplaytherapy.org/event/
 2025-oct-26-empowering-emotional-growth-through-play-using-cbt-and-role-pl
 ay-game-mechanics-in-play-therapy-practice-95">2025 Oct 26: Empowering Emo
 tional Growth Through Play: Using CBT and Role-Play Game Mechanics in Play
  Therapy Practice</a>\nAngel S. Liang\,PhD\, MA Come join us for a fun\, i
 nteractive time to learn about games\, and how they connect to CBT and Rol
 e-Play mechanics in the work that is done in the art of play therapy. Come
  ready to learn about games\, find some new games\, and have some serious 
 fun together! Registration Information Date: Sunday\, October 26th from 10
 :00 am - 12:00 pm Location: King Kong Games & Comics 6700 Amador Plaza Roa
 d Dublin CA 94568 Cost: $25.00 (For 2.0 hours of CE's) OR FREE (If you DO 
 NOT want CE's) *When you register for this event\, you will choose which o
 ption. After the event\, if you choose to receive CE's\, you must complete
  the post-survey to receive your CE Certificate. ***Proceeds made from thi
 s event will go towards future CalAPT grants/scholarship to help members a
 ttend future events and trainings. Workshop Description Play therapy remai
 ns a cornerstone for fostering children’s emotional awareness\, regulati
 on\, resilience\, and adaptive coping skills. Yet many practitioners encou
 nter challenges in helping children externalize and reframe maladaptive th
 ought patterns while simultaneously cultivating empathy and social-emotion
 al competence. While symbolic and expressive play therapy approaches are w
 ell established\, a gap persists in integrating structured\, evidence-base
 d cognitive-behavioral meth methods into play therapy that explicitly targ
 et empathy and emotion regulation—two predictors strongly linked to long
 -term social-emotional functioning. This workshop addresses that gap in th
 e practice of play therapy by equipping clinicians with strategies to inte
 grate CBT principles—specifically the Think–Feel–Act framework—int
 o play therapy through therapeutic board games and role-play mechanics. Th
 ese approaches provide children with safe\, playful opportunities to explo
 re emotions\, identify cognitive distortions\, and practice adaptive respo
 nses. Evidence supports [...]
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