ISLAMABAD: Bahria University has organised a 3-day training programme on “Utilising Play Therapy for Trauma Survivors” for students and professionals of psychology. The training has been conducted by Department of Psychology at BU Islamabad campus by Dr Zainab Zadeh, Dean Psychology at Bahria University. The workshop has provided participants with an opportunity to learn to play therapy interventions in order to promote resolution of traumatic events by direct or indirect processing of incidents. A number of psychologists and counsellors participated in this training.
The course focused on crisis intervention play therapy, incorporating elements of cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic play therapies. It helped teach participants how to work with survivors of trauma to equip them with skills to treat cases.
At the closing ceremony, Bahria University Pro-Rector Shahid Saeed said that psychological problems are rising in our society and there is a need to train psychologists to improve the mental and physical health of individuals; Bahria University always provides opportunities and learning platform to widen the horizon and credibility of their functionality, he added.
