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Empowering Children Facing Cultural Trauma: Play Therapy Approaches to Build Resilience and Inspire Bravery

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Many children of color carry the heavy weight of cultural and intergenerational trauma, often feeling isolated in their struggles and unable to express the complex emotions tied to their experiences. Play therapy offers a powerful avenue for them to process these challenges in a safe, expressive environment.

Watch Carmen Jimenez-Pride and Catherine Denham for a play therapy workshop dedicated to helping children navigate their emotional landscapes and address the deep-rooted effects of cultural trauma through play therapy interventions.

You’ll explore principles from play therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and sandtray therapy to:

  • Gain insights into the unique impacts of cultural trauma on children of color, including how systemic and intergenerational factors influence their emotional well-being and behaviors in play therapy settings.
  • Cultivate a play therapy space that respects and celebrates diverse cultural backgrounds of children, ensuring their identities are acknowledged and integrated into therapeutic practices.
  • Foster safety and trust in the play therapy relationship allowing children room for authentic expression and healing from past traumas.

You will learn how to create safe, empowering spaces that honor each child’s unique cultural identity within the play therapy setting.

Here's What You'll Learn

Foundations of Cultural Trauma and Its Impact on Children in Play Therapy 

  • Cultural Trauma in Young Clients
    • Cultural traumas unique impact on children of color
    • Signs of cultural trauma in children within play therapy sessions
  • Building a Culturally Affirming Play Therapy Space
    • Create a play therapy environment that honors each child’s cultural identity
    • Tools for fostering safety and trust to encourage authentic expression

Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) to Unburden Cultural Trauma

  • Mapping Internalized Parts with IFS in Play Therapy
    • Help children recognize internal parts burdened by cultural trauma (e.g., feelings of fear, shame)
    • Guide children in understanding and externalizing these parts in play therapy
  • Healing and Unburdening Techniques
    • Play therapy activities to release burdens and find self-compassion
    • IFS play strategies for empowering children in their healing journey

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 2 hours of video content
  • Up to 2.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Carmen Jimenez Pride, LCSW, LISW-CP, ERYT, RCYT, RPT-S™

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The late Carmen Jimenez-Pride, was the creative mind behind Focus on Feelings®, an emotional literacy curriculum, a licensed clinical social worker, registered play therapist supervisor, certified AutPlay® therapy provider, certified EMDR therapist, registered children’s yoga teacher, certified IFS therapist, and a certified LEGO® Serious Play® facilitator.

Carmen was a trauma therapist experienced in the clinical treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with culturally diverse backgrounds addressing a wide range of concerns. Carmen’s career in the mental health field spanned more than 15 years.

She was an international speaker, award-winning best-selling author, and business consultant. Carmen was a visionary in the therapeutic community, working to create and develop a wide range of educational tools to assist the clinician, and the client to reach optimum goals. With a focus on cultural humility and cultural diversity, Carmen educated clinical professionals to address racial and cultural trauma within their clinical practices.

Carmen served as the South Carolina Association for Play Therapy President and was the recipient of the 2021 Association for Play Therapy Emerging Leader Award. She also served as the diversity and inclusion director of the Internal Sandtray Therapy Association.

Carmen was the developer of Diversity in Play Therapy Inc.; and the Diversity in Play Therapy Summit. She was also the developer and publisher of Focus on Feelings®.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Carmen Jimenez-Pride had employment relationships with Internal Family Systems Institute and Outspoken Counseling and Consulting, LLC. She was a published author and receives royalties. She received a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She had no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Carmen Jimenez-Pride was a member of the National Association for Addiction Professionals, National Association of Social Workers, and Association for Play Therapy.

 

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Catherine Denham, LCSW, RPT-S™

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Catherine Denham, LCSW, RPT-S™, has been a social worker for the past 20 years, and a licensed clinical social worker for the past 10. She specializes in working with the birth-5 population, adoptive families, and the LGBTQIA community.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Catherine Denham has an employment relationship with Community Health Northwest Florida. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Catherine Denham has no relevant non-financial relationships.

 

More taught by Catherine Denham, LCSW, RPT-S™

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150160
Duration:
2 hours, 2 minutes
Copyright:
Jun 04, 2025
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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