An experiential play intensive offered in-person only in June 2025

I am excited about this opportunity again to dive into a 5 day experiential intensive on play and emotion, offered in-person along with my colleague Tracy Azevedo and in partnership with a university that I have been teaching at since 2010.

In this on-site experiential course, we will play with the practical application across the lifespan. What does it look like to bring true play and playfulness into our practice, both in and out of the therapy room? What does it look like to matchmake play and emotion for those you care for and for yourself? With this insight of true play, we can see how play is nature’s design to take care of us, no matter what one’s role. We look forward to playing together with you!

Developmental science has long been championing the healing power of the play mode, whether one is a child, an adolescent or an adult. However, in the field of therapy, play is often overlooked and undervalued, often focused more on cognition and behaviour. Play can become marginalized or isolated into a particular model or approach, eclipsing its natural power. In this course, we will explore the purposeful dynamics of emotion and the inherent properties of play — and most importantly, the magical interplay when they come together.

See detailed course outline here

Suitability: Open to all those who work with children, adolescents and adults and would like to apply play to your practice (eg. as counsellor, child care worker, educator, parent, grandparent, etc.)

Offered in person June 16 -20, 2025 in Langley, BC, Canada (one hour outside of Vancouver)

Cost: $800 ($700 early bird rate if registered by March 31st, 2025)

Facilitators: Tamara Strijack & Tracy Azevedo

If you would like more information, contact us at aboutthespacebetween@gmail.com