When Healthcare Hurts: Supporting Children with Medical Trauma
A 65-Minute CE Workshop for Mental Health Professionals
Synchronous and Asynchronous
Live via Zoom — can't make it live? A full replay will be available with CE credit eligibility for both options
Continuing Education: 1 NBCC Hour
Length: 65 min
Date/Time: Thursday, September 24 @ 1pm EST / 12pm CT / 11am MT / 10am PST
Cost: $45. If you’re pre-licensed, use code PRE50 for 50% off.
Medical trauma doesn't always look the way you'd expect.
It can show up in a child long after the diagnosis, procedure, or hospital stay is behind them. This workshop helps you understand what medical trauma really looks like in kids, how common it is, and how to respond.
Sara Loftin, LPC-S, RPT-S, brings thirteen years on the front lines of a major pediatric hospital's Psychology Consult-Liaison Team in Dallas, Texas, where she's used play therapy, Child-Parent Relationship Training, and parent education to support families through it.
You'll leave with two directive activities for older clients, play therapy themes for younger ones, and practical ways to guide caregivers through the process.
This training is for you if:
You work with children or the adults in families navigating a child’s medical diagnosis, procedure, or ongoing health condition
You want practical play therapy tools and directive activities for clients affected by medical trauma
You're looking for ways to better support and educate caregivers alongside their child's treatment
You’re a mental health therapist, physical therapist, occupational theapist, registered dietitian, speech and language pathologist, or any allied healthcare professional
Learning Objectives
Participants will gain insight into working with children and the parents of children with medical trauma, including prevalence, symptoms, and presentation.
After this workshop, the learner will be able to:
Define medical trauma as a clinical construct.
Identify the prevalence of medical trauma within the general client population.
Describe play therapy themes common to younger clients with medical trauma.
Demonstrate two directive interventions for use with older clients with medical trauma.
Identify ways to support and educate the family of a client with medical trauma.
Instead of paying $45, you can join The Chronic Illness Collective for $65/month ($35 for pre-licensed therapists) and have all upcoming live and on-demand CEs, consultation groups, and SKILLS classes included as long as you are a member!
If you join us by 9/28/26, you can purchase the annual membership at a steep discount.
For pre-licensed clinicians, the annual price is currently $380, going up to $420 on 9/29
For fully licensed clinicians, the price is currently $570, going up to $715 on 9/29
About the Presenter
Sara Loftin, LPC-S, RPT-S, has worked at a prominent pediatric hospital in Dallas, Texas as a Clinical Therapist on the Psychology Consult-Liaison Team for thirteen years, providing play therapy, Child-Parent Relationship Training, group therapy, and parent education for families and patients with a myriad of medical and mental health diagnoses. Sara Loftin is a contributor to play therapy publications and presents at national and international conferences.
The Chronic Illness Therapist has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7980. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Chronic Illness Therapist is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.