Engaging Teens Creatively with Play Therapy

Live/Virtual Training

Dates


October 24, 2025

December 5, 2025

 

 

 

TIME


 

9:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. CST

Location


4500 Mercantile Plaza Dr., Ste 307

Fort Worth, TX 76137

or

ZOOM VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

 

CE


APT - IN PERSON - 6 CE CONTACT HOURS


APT - VIA ZOOM -

6 CE NON-CONTACT HOURS 


NBCC HOURS: 6

Cost


 

$210.00 ( Non-Refundable)

APT APPROVED PROVIDER #22-656

NBCC ACEP NO. 7206

Training Description

This play therapy training is offered Live In-Person for contact hours and Virtual via Zoom Platform for non-contact hours.


Therapy with teens involves adaptive techniques to address various presenting symptoms while considering an adolescent’s developmental level and establishing strong rapport. Engaging Teens Creatively with Play Therapy is an informational and experiential training that provides therapists the opportunity to gain skills for the therapy room when working with adolescent clients. The training provides therapists various considerations to assess a teen’s readiness for therapy and levels of parent involvement. Creative interventions, a focus on client’s strengths, and integrating the therapist’s modalities will be explored to generate new approaches for the therapy room when working with this population. Therapists will identify complications they have experienced in working with teens that may be impacting the therapeutic relationship. Participants will we be taught creative interventions for building rapport, addressing self-esteem, approaching social relationships, and exploring negative cognitions.

 

Learning Objectives

 

1. Assess a teen’s readiness for therapy and levels of parent involvement

2. Identify considerations for the therapeutic relationship

3. Explain how to approach resistance with teens in therapy

4. Apply 2 Sandtray Therapy interventions to a personal professional experience

5. Select 3 play therapy creative interventions to adapt for teens

6. Demonstrate 2 creative interventions and provide small group experiential practices

 

Schedule

 

9:00 am Assessing readiness and levels of parent involvement

9:45 am Considerations for the therapeutic relationship

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Approaching resistance with teens

12:15 pm Lunch break

12:45 pm Creative interventions

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm Creative interventions

 

VIRTUAL TRAINING INFORMATION 

 

  • If you register for the Virtual Classroom training, make sure you have a good WIFI connection. 
  • Your computer will need a camera for you to be visible throughout the entire training to receive the certificate. 
  • We will be using Zoom for the training, and we will send you a link at least 24 hours before the start of the training.
  • You will need to download the Zoom program to be able to use the link. 
  • Please note that during the training there will be two 15-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon and a 30-minute lunch break.

 

WHY COME IN PERSON?

 

  • Receive in-person contact CE hours 
  • Enjoy staying in Fort Worth, Texas with hotels within walking distance 
  • Tour our 7500 square foot counseling practice and continuing education facility 
  • Build relationships with other participants 
  • Informal conversations during breaks and lunch with our trainer 

 

Cristina Alvarez

LPC, EMDR Trained, 
Internationally Credentialed Sandtray Therapist

 

Cristina Alvarez joined the Center for Counseling and Family Relationships in 2018. She earned her Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Cristina became Licensed as a Professional Counselor in 2018. Cristina is EMDR Trained and is an Internationally Credentialed Sandtray Therapist. Her background includes counseling in a private university setting where she helped college students cope and adapt with life transitions and as a crisis counselor for children in schools.

 

Cancellation and refund policy

 

 

 

This training is non-refundable, unless cancelled by training provider. Event will be cancelled if fewer than 6 participants.

NBCC- APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER

 

Play Therapy Training Resources has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7206. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Play Therapy Training Resources is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

APT- APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER

 

Play Therapy Training Resources has been approved by APT as an Approved Continuing Education Provider #22-656. Programs that do not qualify for APT credit are clearly identified. Play Therapy Training Resources is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

 

 TRAINING CLASS SIZE

 

 

Per APT guidelines, all Live/Virtual trainings are limited to 50 total participants. The number of participants both in-person and virtual combined cannot exceed this amount.

 

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