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That Was Fun: Disarming Oppositional Kids with Play

Session #: 710-228
Presenter(s): Matthew Selekman
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Explosive, aggressive, oppositional, disruptive, and self-destructive kids can strike fear into the heart of the most experienced therapist. But the brain behind that defiant, pugnacious young face is most likely bursting with imagination and invention. If you can tap into that creative energy, the child will become your ally rather than your (and everybody else's) enemy. In this workshop, we'll discuss a collaborative, brief, family-based model of therapy that draws on the spirit of play in kids and their families to begin cooperatively reshaping their relationships. You'll learn how to craft powerful therapeutic questions that elicit kids' particular expertise and imaginative powers ("What would Harry Potter do, if he were faced with your situation?"), as well as how to use family play and art therapy experiments to uncover untold family stories and co-create compelling future realities.

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