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Wanna come out and play? Creative use of games, stories, puppets and art with children and teens

child blowing bubble for innovative therapeutic techniques

Discover how games, puppets, stories, and art can transform therapy sessions for children and teens, helping them overcome psychological challenges. This webinar introduces innovative therapeutic techniques for a variety of clinical issues. These include anxiety, trauma, behavioural concerns, and emotional regulation.

Led by internationally recognized child and family therapist Liana Lowenstein, this engaging session provides practical, evidence-informed tools. Clinicians will gain strategies they can implement immediately in their work with children and teens. Through video examples and live demonstrations, participants will learn how to bring these techniques to life in everyday practice.

Liana brings over 30 years of experience working with children and families. Her training style is creative, accessible, and highly engaging.

Learning objectives:

  • Harness the power of innovative therapeutic techniques such as games, stores and art into your practice.
  • Bring puppets to life as therapeutic tools.
  • Craft healing stories and integrate metaphors.
  • Analyze and process client artwork effectively.
  • Implement diverse play and expressive arts techniques.
  • Apply key processing skills to deepen therapeutic impact.

Join us to expand your therapeutic toolkit and make your sessions more engaging and effective for young clients. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your foundational practice – Register now!

This webinar is module 2 of our Innovations in child and family therapy certificate program; however, you can also register for it as a stand alone training to enhance your therapeutic skills.

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