Play Therapy Center Faculty
Dr. Susan Bray Director, Play Therapy Program |
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| Ph.D. Counselor Education, Texas A&M University Commerce, CACREP accredited. December
2009. Program emphasized counseling, supervision, research, and teaching. Cognate Area: Counseling Children and Adolescents. Completed coursework in play therapy, advanced play therapy, filial therapy, counseling children and adolescents, parenting across culture, family violence, advanced studies in school counseling. |
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Dr. Richard L. GaskillSumner Mental Health Center |
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Dr. Richard L. Gaskill has worked in community mental health for over 40 years. He is currently the Executive Director of Sumner Mental Health Center in Wellington, KS. Rick also served as Children's Director and Clinical Director before becoming the CEO. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, and an Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor. Rick was a founding member and past president of the Kansas Association for Play Therapy and served on the Board of Directors for the national Association for Play Therapy, as well as, a reviewer for the International Journal for Play Therapy. He also helped found the Kansas Association for Infant Mental Health. Dr. Gaskill is an adjunct faculty member at Wichita State University, teaching play therapy and supervising play therapy practica since 1995. He was a cofounder of the WSU Approved Play Therapy Center in 2010. Dr. Gaskill has published 4 book chapters (3 with Dr. Bruce Perry), a research article, monograph, and magazine articles regarding the neurobiology of trauma and the use of play therapy and NMT guided play activities. He has designed, operated, consulted, and lectured on children's therapy; therapeutic preschools and integration of school based mental health services throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia over the past 25 years. He received the Chairman's Award from Future's Unlimited in 1997 for his work with at risk children, and was named the Kansas Head Start Partner of the Year in 2005 for his work with therapeutic preschools. Dr. Gaskill was named a Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy in Houston, Texas, in 2004. In 2006, he was named one of the Regional Administrator's Leadership Award Winners for ACF Region VI of the Department of Health and Human Services and in 2013 served on the Governor's Mental Health Task Force for the State of Kansas. In 2014, Dr. Gaskill was honored with the Exemplary Service to Children and Families Award at the Kansas Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. In 2015, he was also recognized for his work with traumatized preschoolers by the National Association to Protect Children, and in 2017 Wichita State University awarded him the College of Education's Champion of Education Award. Also in 2017, Dr. Gaskill was presented the Alice Eberhart-Wright Visionary Award for his outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of early childhood mental health by the Kansas Association of Infant Mental Health. Further, the Kansas Association for Play Therapy named Dr. Gaskill the first recipient of the Richard Gaskill Luminary Award for his contributions to play therapy in the State of Kansas (named in his honor). Finally, Dr. Gaskill was presented the Phyllis Rae McGinely Champion for Children Award in 2018 by the Child Trauma Academy at the 3rd International NMT Symposium in Banff, CA for his work with traumatized children over the past 20 years. |
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Dr. Katherine Mick graduated w/ BSN from University of Kansas Medical Center in 1971. She has professional experience as a registered nurse in labor and delivery, infant and maternal care in community health, community outreach and corporate health, mental health, and emergency room. Graduate degrees achieved include MEd in General Counseling from University of Missouri – St. Louis in 1988; MSN in Mental Health Nursing and Community Health Nursing from Wichita State University in 1991; and PhD in Clinical and Community Psychology from Wichita State University in 2005. Mick holds state licensure as a Clinical Psychologist and national certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist – Mental Health. Dr. Mick is currently past president of the Kansas Association of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health; clinician for Wichita Child Guidance Center, Wichita, and in private practice at InDevelopment, Newton, Kan. |
Dr. Katherine Mick