Play therapy can include working with children with perplexing symptoms that do not fit into diagnostic boxes including psychotic features.
This play therapy training uses Adlerian theory to conceptualize children’s behavior as purposeful and connected to each child’s need for belonging and significance.
Autism does not refer to one single experience; it covers a broad range of neurodevelopmental differences, affecting relationships, behaviors, emotional experience, and the client’s experience in the world.
This training is geared towards play therapists, who did not have formal play therapy training as a part of their education.
This training explores the intersection of expressive arts therapy within play therapy using the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) as a framework for clinical conceptualization and intervention.
Therapy with adolescents requires flexible, developmentally appropriate play therapy approaches that address presenting concerns while building strong therapeutic rapport.
Dissociation is a disconnect from emotions, body sensations, thoughts, memories, and/or identity.
Electronically Dependent Generation: The Impact on Play Therapy is an intriguing, informational training that gives the history of development of electronic devices and screens, the average use of these devices, and the impact on individuals and relationships.
In this training, participants will learn how to target material relating to the child’s early attachment wounds, including targets without an explicit memory.
Do you ever struggle with weaving EMDR phases into your play therapy practice?
In this training, participants will learn how to target material relating to the child’s early attachment wounds, including targets without an explicit memory.
Does EMDR and Play Therapy work for children and young people experiencing ADHD and Autism?
This dynamic workshop equips play therapists and mental health professionals with research-supported discipline frameworks designed to enhance caregiver consultations within the play therapy process.
Play therapists face complex ethical dilemmas involving both children, their guardians, and other caregivers.
This six-hour seminar series offers a comprehensive look at the roots of play therapy and the seminal theories that continue to shape the field today.
Through the lens of play therapy, this training will cover TBRI, a research-informed model for working with children who have experienced trauma and their caregivers.
Play therapists need help navigating from the first contact with a parent looking for child therapy to the witness chair in a family court situation.
This workshop is designed for mental health professionals interested in expanding their therapeutic toolkit by incorporating experiential, adventure-based activities into traditional clinical settings with youth and young adults.
There are times as play therapists when the needs of our clients are beyond the scope of our practice.
Through case examples and applied learning, participants will strengthen their ability to integrate parents into the play therapy process in developmentally appropriate and clinically effective ways.
Grief in children often looks different than it does in adults, and play therapy offers a unique and powerful way to support them through that process.
This training explores developmentally appropriate and engaging approaches for working with children experiencing OCD, anxiety, and phobias through the lens of play therapy.
This training equips play therapists with practical, developmentally appropriate strategies for working with children navigating divorce and high-conflict caregiving relationships.
Family play therapy techniques can facilitate exploration and opportunities for change in every member of the family system.
Experiential activities have the power to deepen the supervisory relationship, but their greatest impact occurs when they are intentionally applied to meaningful play therapy supervision and clinical application.
One of the most powerful and dynamic factors in play therapy is the relationship between therapist and child. Transference and countertransference can contribute to growth or a resistance to change in play therapy.
This introductory training offers play therapists a hands-on exploration of Sandtray Therapy, a developmentally appropriate, expressive modality that supports children and adolescents in safely accessing and processing their inner worlds.
This introductory training provides play therapists with an experiential overview of sandtray therapy within a Child-Centered Play Therapy framework.
For children who have experienced complex trauma, play therapy provides children with an opportunity for a safe space and a meaningful attuned relationship.