The Science of Breaking Generational Cycles
Dr Sam Casey, AMHSW, RPT
Founder, Play Prescription®
Learn to think like a child therapist — beyond the therapy room
For parents and anyone who works with children and/or parents who want to understand what is actually driving the patterns — and what it really takes to break them.
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THURSDAY 9 APRIL · 7:30PM AEST
Before you had children — or before you chose this work — you had a vision.
You were going to be the adult you never had. Give children the childhood you never had.
And you still mean it. You actually care deeply. You try hard. And yet the cycles you wanted to break keep showing up — in your responses and it feels like there is this gap between who you want to be and who actually shows up in these stressful moments.
That is not a failure of effort. That is a lens problem.
The lens that changes everything has been locked inside therapy rooms — available only to trained mental health professionals. While the parents and other professionals who are actually with children every day work without it.
I created this webinar to change that.
When a child is struggling, the instinct of even the most switched-on parent or professional is the same.
Refer them. Get them to a therapist. Get them to someone who has the real expertise and tools.
And I say this as a registered mental health professional — therapy is powerful. I believe in it deeply.
But here is what the research tells us that referring to therapy alone consistently misses.
The environment a child lives inside matters enormously. The relationships they are held within every single day. The adults who are already there — at bedtime, at drop-off, in the classroom or even the ones supporting their parents. Those relationships are not just secondary to a child's healing. They are the place where healing actually happens.
The most powerful source of growth in a child's life is not the therapist.
It is you.
In 60 minutes you will walk away with a complete framework
For understanding why cycles repeat — and what it actually takes to break them.
Why your own childhood experiences are shaping what you see in the child right now — not just how you respond
Why the most well-intentioned people still find the cycle repeating — and what is actually driving that
Why behaviour is always communication — in the child and in yourself — and what changes when you start reading it that way
Why showing up for yourself isn't optional — and what compassion and accountability together actually build
Why the environment around you is never neutral — and how systems either support cycles or break them
How child-led therapeutic play — prescribed specifically for the child in front of you — is one of the most powerful tools available to any parent or professional, and why the research backs it
You will leave with a framework, not just information. And a clear sense of what the next step looks like — for you.
This framework is built on decades of psychological theories and research — in neuroscience, attachment, play therapy, child development, trauma-informed practice, paternal/maternal mental health and acceptance and commitment therapy — all pointing to the same conclusion.
The relationship between a child and the adults already in their life — is where healing actually happens.
A ground-breaking analysis of over 40 years of play therapy research confirms it. When the adult already in a child's life learns to use therapeutic play — rather than referring on to a therapist — outcomes are often stronger than working with a therapist alone.
Because the healing happens inside the relationship that already exists. Every day. In the ordinary moments between an adult and a child.
"This is like no other professional development I have attended. The inner child work is the key element that has been missing from every other training."
— Parenting Practitioner, Play Prescription® Certification
"Finally, a framework I can actually use — not just 'use play therapy' but how to prescribe it specifically for this child and this challenge."
— Play Prescription® Certification participant
"I thought this was about learning skills for kids. What I didn't expect was how much understanding myself would change everything."
— Play Prescription® Certification participant
This webinar is for you if…
This webinar is for you if you are a parent who came into this wanting to give your child the childhood you never had — and you are ready to understand what is actually getting in the way.
It is for you if you work with children and want a framework that goes beyond behaviour management — and gives you the child therapist lens in the role you are already in.
And it is for you if you have ever found yourself responding to a child in a way you did not choose — and wondered where that came from.
Dr Sam Casey
AMHSW, RPT
Therapist | Consultant | Trainer
I am a Registered Play Therapist, Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, and holds a PhD in Psychology. She has over 20 years of experience working with children and families.
I founded the Play Prescription® Method on one belief — that the child therapist lens belongs beyond the therapy room. In the hands of the parents and professionals who are with children every day.
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Thursday 9 April · 7:30pm AEST · 60 minutes
You came into this wanting to give children something different.
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