Supernatural: They Chose Family

About this Training

Supernatural is rich in the topics of how dysfunctional families operate and chosen family as well. Family is the backbone of interactions with others and helps us form relational bonds throughout our lives. Supernatural provides ample information around family dynamics, structural integrity, and how to cope with difficult family situations. This course with identify the various dysfunctions with the Winchesters and their relationships with the other characters in the series. These examples provide various interventions to use in individual and group therapy.

Supernatural: They Chose Family

Learning Objectives

  • #1

    Participants will be able to design a conversation around dysfunctional family types such as enmeshed and disengaged using the Supernatural fandom.

  • #2

    Participants will identify three various family roles and relate them to the client

  • #3

    Participants will create three interventions using the series with individuals and groups in a family centric fashion.

Play Therapy

Learning Objectives

  • #1

    Participants will be able to define play therapy and identify the 10 seminal theories and historically relevant approaches that guide play therapy practice.

  • #2

    Participants will identify two play therapy interventions that combine characters, themes, and/or narratives present in Geek Culture that harness the therapeutic power of play for supporting the mental health and well-being of children, adolescents, adults, and/or families.

1 APA Hour Upon Completion

The Telos Project is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Telos Project maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Geek Therapeutics is an approved Cosponsor.
NBCC ACEP # 7042

1 NBCC Hour Upon Completion

Geek Therapeutics has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7042. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Geek Therapeutics is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
NBCC ACEP # 7042

1 ACE CE Hour Upon Completion

Geek Therapeutics, #1769, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Approved Continuing Education (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. Geek Therapeutics maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 05/19/2021 – 05/19/2022. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

1 APT CE Hour Upon Completion

Geek Therapeutics, #21-649, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Play Therapy (APT)Approved Continuing Education program. Registered and Associated Play Therapists completing this course receive 1 continuing education credits.

Instructor(s)

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR

Wendi Line

Nicki Line aka Therapist Nicki is a licensed mental health counselor and board-certified sex therapist working in Tampa, Florida at Harmony US Inc. She specializes in kink and alternative relationships such as polyamory. She is also a traumatologist and addictologist. Therapist Nicki works with individuals, children, adolescents, relationships, and families. Other areas of specialization include eating disorders, military and civil service personnel. Therapist Nicki brings her unique sense of humor and style to her practice, Harmony US INC., where geek is our kink. She is also known as the Healing Unicorn, using creative methods to clean out old wounds so the individual can heal and thrive. These creative methods include and, are not limited too, incorporating pop culture, anime, virtual reality, comic books, video games, and table top role playing games. She is also a life long geek that never stopped playing or believing in magic. Therapist Nicki is the student director at the International Academy of Collaborating Counseling and Coaching Education (IACCCE). The creator of HarmonyUS Games , the therapeutic gaming branch of HarmonyUS Inc, and co- host of The Movies That Traumatized US podcast. She is an instructor for Kink Therapist Certification Institute and Sex Positive Academy.

CRISIS COUNSELOR

Sara Mercier-Kennedy

Graduated from Colorado State University with a double Bachelor’s in Psychology and Sociology, where I focused on Gender Identity formation, and LGBTQIA+ issues. Specifically, those in relation to the Transgender population and access to health-care and mental health counseling by knowledgeable counseling professionals and doctors. I then went on to my Master’s at Walden University where I continued this track and become actively involved in the ACA’s ALGBTIC division and served on the committee for making language in documentation more accessible and gender neutral. I picked up a specialization in Crisis & Trauma after working for Hospice and volunteering at the local LGBT centers around my hometown and university. Eventually I made my way to Florida from Colorado. Gamer/Neet/Anime Weeb and all around enjoyer of life’s little self-care routines.

Enjoy These Further Benefits!

  • Understand Your Clients

    Learn how to understand and work with your clients using proven strategies derived from competent practice, knowledge, and culture while knowing what questions to ask them.

  • Learn From A Leader In The Field

    Presented by one of the leading experts in the field of Psychology, this training presents upon the topic using real life examples.

  • Become Knowledgeable In The Culture

    Through understanding the culture and connecting with our clients, we create meaning, relationships, and a place for new thought to birth.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Supernatural: They Chose Family

    • Welcome to the Supernatural: They Chose Family Workshop

    • Supernatural: They Chose Family Handout

    • Geek Culture & Play Therapy

  • 2

    Supernatural: They Chose Family Video

    • Supernatural: They Chose Family

    • The Therapeutic Potential of Geek Culture in Play Therapy

  • 3

    Supernatural: They Chose Family Learning Objectives Quiz

    • Supernatural: They Chose Family Learning Objectives Quiz

  • 4

    Supernatural: They Chose Family CE Evaluation

    • Supernatural: They Chose Family CE Evaluation

  • 5

    Final Steps

    • Here are the next steps!

Other Information

Access is provided to the course via email after registration and payment is made.

System Requirements: A computer and a stable internet connection.

Target Audience: Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Mental Health Professionals.

Content Level: Beginner

Course Completion Requirements: Completing all sections of the training of written information, video completion, learning objectives quiz, and course evaluation.  Evaluations are part of the coursework.  The certificate will then be generated immediately after all requirements have been completed.

Date Recorded: 09/18/2021

Please contact Geek Therapeutics for any grievances at hello@geektherapeutics.com.

Disability Accommodations

It is the responsibility of the Individual to contact Geek Therapeutics to request disability accommodations at Hello@geektherapeutics.com.   

Geek Therapeutics is committed to helping each student reach his/her academic potential and to providing every student equal opportunity to participate in and engage with the course.  In keeping with this commitment, effort has been made to develop accessible learning materials that provide equal access.  Please contact Geek Therapeutics immediately if access to course materials is restricted due to a disability so the issue(s) can be resolved in a timely manner.

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