Cultural Considerations in Play Therapy for BIPOC Children Around Divorce, Separation and Family Rearrangements

Workshop Description

Divorce, separation and family rearrangements affect all children because their lives are changing, and things become unpredictable. BIPOC children are also faced with historical and current family separations due to various institutional traumas and political gains. How can a play therapist consider the cultural stigmas and impacts on a changing family structure? How do we work with blended families, self-blame and shame around divorce?

Learning Objectives

After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the impact of divorce, separation, & breakups on children and recognize the impact of racism on BIPOC families.
• Identify the psychological tasks of children or divorce (and separation) and how BIPOC families are resilient in their coping strategies.
• Explain why play therapy is effective in treating children and families in separated situations and cultural considerations to incorporate into practice.

Continuing Education Credits: 2.0

This workshop is approved for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed psychologists.

Presenter: Lyrica Fils-Aime, LCSW-R, RPT-S

Lyrica is a therapist, writer, and equity strategist who facilitates workshops about decolonizing leadership, anti-racist clinical work, healing justice, and play therapy. Lyrica has authored a childhood Racial Justice Curriculum for Sesame Street, Where We Go Wrong in Equity Work for NYU’s VUE journal, Ancestral Trauma, Wisdom & Resilience for Psychotherapy.net and writes The Gift of [Anti-Racist] Therapy for Psychology Today. She has most recently written a chapter in Supervision Can Be Playful titled, Multicultural Supervision: Building Culturally Responsive Play Therapists. Lyrica has also published a Haitian children’s book titled T se pou TapTap to help the Haitian children in her life access the Kreyòl language. Lyrica is the founder and CEO of Pilon Harlem, a facilitation hub sharing knowledge and strategies, helping organizations delve into difficult conversations in ways that feel manageable and enjoyable, while building stronger cultures of belonging.

Refund Policy

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Refund emails must include the subject line “Refund Request” and the attendee’s name, workshop date, and title in the body of the email.

• All refunds are subject to a 20% administrative fee.
• Refund requests typically take 5 business days to process.
• No refunds for no-shows or partial participation.
• We do not issue credits or apply refunds to future courses.
• If NASW-NYS cancels the event, you will receive a full refund.

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Grievances

NASW-NYS strives to provide high-quality programming. Participants can provide feedback via evaluations at the end of each program. If you have additional concerns, please email info.naswnys@socialworkers.org.

Accessibility

Closed captioning through Zoom will be provided for all programs. If you need additional accommodations, please email info.naswnys@socialworkers.org. To ensure we can meet your request, please submit it at least 10 business days before the event.