10/28/2026
🕷️ "If you wish to live and thrive, let the spider run alive." - English proverb
As we head deeper into Halloween season, a time populated by cobwebs, the "monstrous", and all manner of things we’re supposed to find fearsome and strange, we've been thinking about the misfits.
You know the ones you've had on your caseloads. Those labeled as "weirdos", "oddballs", "quirky", "emo". They may feel different, like they don't fit in, may be drawn to the macabre, or love things their peers just don't understand and even bully them for.
What happens when, instead of recoiling from what seems strange, dark, or different, we get curious about it?
We believe in creating welcoming spaces for these clients (and therapists!) all year round, and this is central to 'The Rise of the Misfit: Exploring Identity and Belonging Through Pop Culture and Play Therapy', a training with Dana Wyss now available on demand. 🖤
This means creating therapeutic spaces where interests that fall outside the mainstream aren't judged. Where cherished outsider characters become pathways to healing. And being open to being taken in completely unexpected directions. In Dana's case? Animal-assisted therapy with tarantulas and pythons (you've gotta hear it to believe it!).
Dana's training isn't one to shy away from the hard stuff, with inspiring case studies on working effectively with clients navigating self-injury, loss, abuse, and offending behavior. You'll come away with an array of creative intervention ideas using art, poetry, music, junk journaling, sticker swaps, character work, and more.
🖤 Available on demand for just $50
🎯 1.5 NBCC and APT CEs
🔗 anewhope.thinkific.com/courses/misfit
