About this live event
Some children walk into the playroom wearing invisible crowns forged from racism, poverty, immigration trauma, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or the intersecting weight of multiple marginalized identities. These crowns are heavy, yet most play therapy training never teaches us how to see them, much less how to keep from adding to their weight.
This 3-hour ethics and cultural competence training centers the lived realities of minoritized and marginalized children (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, refugee/immigrant, poor and working-class, religiously minoritized, and multiply-marginalized youth) and examines the ethical mandates of culturally responsive play therapy when systemic oppression follows the child through the playroom door.
Using vivid clinical vignettes, sandtray scenes, artwork, and puppet play examples, participants will explore how unexamined power and privilege can unintentionally re-traumatize children, gain tools to create playrooms where all children—especially those whose identities are often misunderstood or marginalized—can experience liberation, affirmation, and ethically grounded therapeutic care.
