The Play of Shadows: Burnout, Sacrifice, and Emotional Resilience in Groups.
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.
HUNTR/X fights demons while performing, a powerful metaphor for the invisible battles many clients face daily. Through an Adlerian Play Therapy lens, we’ll explore masking, protector parts, performance fatigue, and the toll of unseen emotional labor, connecting these experiences to the Crucial Cs and Life Tasks.
Using Jinu’s redemption arc and the group’s shared grief, we’ll address betrayal, rupture, and ambiguous loss. Through Therapeutic Powers of Play, such as Emotional Modulation, Self-expression, Insight, and Social Connection, you’ll learn shadow work, narrative repair, and attachment mapping using sandtray, music, and storytelling.
Participants will leave with creative interventions that honor both the weight and resilience in clients’ stories, fostering belonging, courage, and a renewed sense of purpose.
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Apply Adlerian role exploration strategies to address emotional labor, burnout, and the impact of social roles on self-concept for clients of all ages with play therapy techniques.
Use symbolic play techniques (e.g., sandtray, narrative repair, role-play) to process grief, betrayal, and themes of sacrifice while promoting resilience and dignity.
Reframe discouraging beliefs into encouragement through play therapy based activities that build social interest, mutual respect, and a sense of contribution to one’s community.
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 enjoyed the information on using pop culture as a tool during sessions and having it practiced through the presentation.”
“I found the discussions on emotional burnout interesting and useful not only in my practice but also in my own life.”
“I loved the deep dive into the archetypes!”
“I learned so much about K-pop.”
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