Child Therapy Institute

Workshop Series: Mindfulness with Children and Families

rsanchez — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:32 +0000

Gary Buck, PhD

Mindfulness is an evidence-based intervention for a wide variety of clinical issues for adults. We are just at the earliest stages of transferring this intervention to various uses with children and families. This program will cover the definition of mindfulness and its companion practice, heartfulness, along with ways to teach these practices to children from preschool age through elementary school. Additional topics will include age-appropriate techniques for classroom and psychotherapy settings, mindfulness in the context of families, and the current status of research on mindfulness with children. The training will involve hands-on demonstrations and experiential learning along with video and lecture presentations.

Date: March 31, 2012

Location: TBD

Time: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Workshop Series: The Use of Games In Child Psychotherapy

rsanchez — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:19:49 +0000

Brain Lukas, PHD

In this experiential and didactic workshop, participants will dive into the world of the game as therapeutic vehicle with children. Going beyond using games to build rapport, Dr. Lukas will show how a simple board game, floor game, or building game can become a tool through which to explore the therapeutic relationship. Moreover, Dr. Lukas will demonstrate how games can facilitate a child’s greater integration of affective states and behavioral choices.

Date: April, 28 2012

Time: 10:00am – 4:00am

Location: San Rafael, CA

Buy Tickets: Tickets go on sale March 1.

Brian Lukas, PhD: Executive Director and Clinical Supervisor

admin — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:23 +0000

Dr. Lukas is a licensed psychologist with more than thirty years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and adults, in both outpatient clinic and private practice settings. He brings more than fifteen years’ experience with sand play to his work. He specializes in working with school-aged boys and their parents in psychotherapy. He has a private practice in Albany.

Kathy Buys, MFT: Assistant Director and Clinical Supervisor

rsanchez — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:00:55 +0000

In addition to 15 years as a licensed marriage and family therapist, Kathy is a global educator, professional musician, and advanced certified shamanic practitioner. She interweaves teaching, experiential process with the arts, and wisdom from ancient Ireland to facilitate an adult’s authentic connection with the true self in individual, group, and retreat settings. This facilitates the person’s ability to heal from depression and childhood abuse and to more consciously create his or her most desired life. Kathy has worked with children and adults in both outpatient clinic, inpatient psychiatric, day treatment and private practice settings and has an office in Antioch and Albany.

Nancy Jacobs, LCSW: Clinical Director and Supervisor

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:00:32 +0000

Nancy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults in outpatient clinic, private practice and school based settings. She uses a variety of approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy, sand play, expressive arts and mindfulness in order to meet each patient’s unique needs. As an accredited Triple P Provider, Nancy works with parents to improve their communication and relationship skills with their children.

Gary Buck, PhD, Psych. Assistant

rsanchez — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:32 +0000

Gary is a graduate of our training program and the founder of our Petaluma site. He also sees clients in San Rafael. Gary uses sand play, art , and play therapies as well as mindfulness in his work with children. In addition, he teaches mindfulness in elementary school classrooms. Gary also works with parents to improve their parenting skills as an accredited provider of the Positive Parenting Program (triple P). In his individual work with adults who are interested in spiritually-informed or contemplative therapy, Gary draws on over 35 years of mindfulness practice. In this work, he utilizes mindful inquiry, sand play, and the expressive arts as transformative therapeutic modalities.

Aninha E. Livingstone, MA, Psychological Assistant

rsanchez — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:02:40 +0000

Aninha is currently completing her doctoral work at Meridien University, where she specialized in expressive arts therapy. She has worked in the healing arts for over twenty years integrating somatic and shamanic approaches to healing. She has also worked with children ages K – 6 as a bilingual, migrant aid. Aninha provides therapy that integrates Spanish and English.

Dajenya S. Kafele, LCSW

rsanchez — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:56:18 +0000

Dajenya Kafele is a multi-ethnic Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 15 years of social work experience with children and families. Her diverse life experience and professional knowledge cover a wide range of issues including single parenthood, divorce, adoption, non-traditional families, parental substance abuse, child abuse and other childhood traumas. In her work with children ages 3 and up, she utilizes child-centered relational play therapy, sand tray and expressive arts therapy. She uses a down-to-earth and collaborative style in her parent-coaching work. Ms. Kafele is also available to work with adult individuals with a variety of problems and issues.

Aneissa Rosas-Sanchez, MSW, LCSW intern

rsanchez — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:07:27 +0000

Aneissa provides bilingual psychotherapy in Spanish and English and is a social worker in her first year at The Child Therapy Institute. She specializes in working with children and families who have experienced trauma and loss. Through the American Red Cross in NYC, Aneissa worked with children and families who had been impacted by September 11. Aneissa has a special interest in working with people from under-served communities and helping children and families through loss and transition.

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Aneissa proporciona psicoterapia bilingüe en íngles y español y es una trabajadora social en su segundo año en el Institituto de Terapia de Niños. Se especializa en trabajar con niños y familias que han sufrido de un trauma, pérdida, o transición. Durante su experiencia con La Cruz Roja de Nueva York, Aneissa trabajó con niños y familias quien habían sido afectados por el 11 de septiembre. También, ella ha trabajado en El Departamento de Psiquiatría de Niños y Adolescentes del Hospital Presbiteriano de NY dónde ella proporcionó servicios con El Programa Escolar de Salud Mental. Aneissa tiene un interés especial de trabajar con personas de various culturas y experiencias, y ella entiende que cada persona/familia es extraordinaria.

Elizabeth Ann (Bethann) Rea

rsanchez — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:15:27 +0000

Bethann is a marriage and family therapist intern, with a specialization in expressive arts therapy. This is her first year at The Child Therapy Institute, where she looks forward to continuing her work with children, families, and individual adults. Integrating expressive arts, sandplay and play therapies with body-based mindfulness practices, she guides her clients in discovering and building on their unique, natural strengths so they can better use them in meeting the challenges of life. Bethann is particularly interested in helping people work with identity and adjustment issues, especially involving difference of any kind. These include learning style, gender, ability, or other differences, lifestyle preferences and various family constellations, including those involving LGBT parents, multiple parents, and uniquely blended family groups. She has been an elementary school counselor, a youth empowerment facilitator, a bedside counselor for medically hospitalized patients, and a peer counselor at an alternative residential education program.