Overview
Via recorded webinar
Course Description:
APT Primary Focus Area(s):
Seminal Theories: 1 CE
Skills and Methods: 1 CE
Total Play Therapy CE Hours: 2 CE
Trichotillomania is currently classified as an “Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorder” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. This condition causes significant stress for children and teens and is treatable.
This 2-hour recorded training provides an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of trichotillomania using a play therapy approach combining cognitive behavioral play therapy, mindfulness-based play therapy techniques steeped in researched and evidence-based methods.
Original recording date: June 10, 2020 Length: 120 minutes
Learning Objectives:
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the nature of trichotillomania and name the possible causes for the development of this disorder in children.
- Explain the benefits of cognitive behavioral based facilitative play therapy techniques as intervention to treat trichotillomania in child clients.
- Describe how to use mindfulness-based play therapy techniques as interventions to treat trichotillomania in child clients.
- Explain how to utilize a child-centered play therapy approach in working with children with trichotillomania.
- Describe the importance of working closely with the parents of child clients receiving play therapy who suffer from trichotillomania.
Sources and Resources (click to expand)
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Hamid, N., Bordbar, M., & Marashy, S. A. (2022). The effectiveness of habit reversaltraining with cognitive behavior therapy on quality of life and symptoms of trichotillomania patients. Medical Journal of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 44(2), 116-126.
Harrison, J.P., Franklin, M.E. Pediatric Trichotillomania. Curr Psychiatry Rep 14,188–196 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-012-0269-8
Kazemi, N., Kooshki, S., & Emamipur, S. (2021). A Comparison of the Effectiveness ofMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy inImproving the Time Perception of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD). Journal of Applied Family Therapy, 2(1), 200-219.
Klobu?ar, A., Folnegovi?-Šmalc, V., Kocijan-Hercigonja, D., Sovi?, S., & Guli?, L.(2018). Clinical characteristics and comorbidity of pediatric trichotillomania: the study of 38 cases in Croatia. Psychiatria Danubina, 30(1), 79-84
Lee, E. B., Homan, K. J., Morrison, K. L., Ong, C. W., Levin, M. E., & Twohig, M. P.(2020). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Trichotillomania: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Adults and Adolescents. Behavior Modification, 44(1), 70–91.https://doi.org/10.1177/0145445518794366
Nesbitt, E. (2020). Behavioral therapy is a viable treatment option for children andadolescents with trichotillomania. Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates, 6)(2, 7.
Patkar P, Patil AA, Singh I, Priyambada R, Chaudhury S. Trichotillomania in childhood: A case series. Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Oct;30(Suppl 1):S243-S248. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.328820. Epub 2021 Oct 22. PMID: 34908700; PMCID: PMC8611599.
Wilton, E. P., Flessner, C. A., Brennan, E., Murphy, Y., Walther, M., Garcia, A., ... &Freeman, J. B. (2020). A neurocognitive comparison of pediatric obsessive-compulsivedisorder and trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(5), 733-744.
CE Details:
2 CE recorded webinar contact hour(s)
Core Wellness, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0569 and for mental health counselors, #MHC-0167. Note: Note: This course provides 2 contact hour(s) self-study credits. Core Wellness, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for all programs. Our credits are accepted via reciprocity by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Board of Psychologists. Please verify with your board.
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(ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Core Wellness LLC, #1745 maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 05/18/2020 to 05/18/2024. Social workers participating in this course will receive 2 continuing education credits (recorded webinar).
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