Ghost to Gold: Rumi's Journey of Voice, Belonging and Identity through Play Therapy.
Whether you’re a K-pop fan or not, you’ve probably heard of the animated musical sensation K-Pop Demon Hunters. Beyond the catchy songs and high-energy fight sequences, K-Pop Demon Hunters is rich with therapeutic potential. In this two-part play therapy webinar series, you’ll learn how to translate this fandom-fueled phenomenon into practical, developmentally-attuned and trauma-informed interventions.
Through an Adlerian Play Therapy lens, we’ll explore music, metaphor, and narrative as tools for self-expression, emotional modulation, insight, and connection. You’ll see how to use sandtray, lyric journaling, art, movement, and storytelling to address issues from shame and marginalization to burnout and group dynamics.
Rumi, the half-demon lead singer of K-Pop Demon Hunters, loses her voice at the height of her career, a striking metaphor for identity loss, invisibility, and the struggle to reclaim personal power. Through an Adlerian Play Therapy lens, we’ll explore belonging, significance, private logic, and the Crucial Cs, using her journey as a framework for client work around shame, marginalization, and self-acceptance.
Drawing from two pivotal songs - “Golden,” and “Takedown,” - we’ll connect lyrics and performance to themes of empowerment, emotional drain, and transformation. Using the Therapeutic Powers of Play, including Self-expression, Emotional Modulation, Insight, Catharsis, and Access to the Unconscious, participants will learn music-infused, metaphor-rich interventions such as lyric journaling, movement, sandtray, and art. You’ll leave with adaptable tools for children, teens, families, and adults that honor each client’s story, amplify resilience, and help them find, and keep, their voice.
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Quest Complete! Guide Our Next Mission...
Identify at least three Adlerian play therapy concepts (encouragement, belonging, private logic) reflected in the film’s songs and character arcs, and explain their relevance to identity formation across the lifespan.
Demonstrate two lyric-based Adlerian play interventions to promote emotional regulation, self-expression, and insight in both child and adult clients.
Integrate the Therapeutic Powers of Play (such as emotional modulation, catharsis, and self-expression) into music- and art-based activities that foster identity exploration and social connection.
All sales of recorded training sessions are final. Once purchased, there are no refunds or returns available. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to providing you with valuable content and insights through our recorded sessions.
This recorded training offers 3 non-contact Continued Education credits. To earn your CE certificate you will need to complete the post test with at least an 80%. A New Hope Therapy Center, our sister organization and partner for trainings and workshops, is an Approved CE Provider for the Association for Play Therapy™ (APT™) - Approved Provider. Furthermore, A New Hope Academy has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7816. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. A New Hope Academy is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please check with your state or other licensing board regarding their acceptance of these CEs.
Upon purchase, you'll have 30 days of access to recordings, handouts, and post-tests. Access extension requests must be made before expiration.
“I loved it! The interventions were fun and engaging. I have quite a big interest in Kpop Demon Hunters from the kiddos I work with. So excited to try the interventions with them!”
“I like how it was presented in a way that I understood the material and meanings even though I have not seen the movie. It is relatable to my work and my own children. I can absolutely use this in my playroom and will be doing so.”
“I loved the theme! The course was extremely useful as I have quite a lot of fans of Kpop Demon Hunters. I can't wait to use the interventions with them!”
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