"Getting to Know You”: Building Rapport & Establishing the Relationship in Play Therapy Through a Combination of Child Centered Play Therapy & Directive Play-based Techniques
The relationship and connection between therapist and child client is the essential and foundational piece to effective play therapy according to Dr. Garry Landreth and the 8 principles of Virginia Axline.
The Autism Friendly Play Therapist
This training focuses on helping play therapists and other mental health professionals understand what autism is and how to interact with those on the autism spectrum.
Autism Friendly Training
This 4 hour training allows attendees to understand what autism is and how to interact with, serve, and work with those on the autism spectrum. ** No APT credit available.**
Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy With OCD
This 4 hour webinar will provide training in theory and application of cognitive behavioral play therapy with children and adolescents diagnosed with OCD.
AutPlay Correspondence Training
Complete your AutPlay Training by attending this online format.
Creative & Expressive Play Therapy Interventions for Children Ages 4 – 11
This 4 hour webinar will provide theoretical basis for using creative and expressive play therapy interventions along with training on how to implement specific interventions based upon a prescriptive play therapy approach.
Treating Adolescents with Trichotillomania using Prescriptive Play Therapy
This 4 hour webinar will provide extensive training based in research and theory that supports a multi-faceted approach to using play-based techniques for the effective treatment of trichotillomania.
Using Play Therapy with Adult Clients
This training introduces participants to using play therapy with adult clients. Identified benefits of using play therapy with adults will be presented.
Using Board Games in Play Therapy
This training focuses on using board games (traditional, therapeutic, therapist created, and tablet games) in play therapy. Typical uses, special considerations, and skill gains related to using board games in play therapy will be covered.
Creative Play Therapy Interventions in the Supervision Process
Creative Play Therapy Interventions in the Supervision Process provides an overview of clinical supervision and play therapy supervision. The pragmatics of supervision are covered including forms and inventories to use in supervision.
A Look at a Book: Integrating Play Therapy and Bibliotherapy
This training covers the integration of play therapy and bibliotherapy. Considerations for incorporating bibliotherapy and play therapy are presented along with therapeutic play therapy goals with bibliotherapy.
Play Therapy Supervision: Addressing Parent and Caregiver Issues
This training focuses on addressing challenges and issues in working with parents and caregivers in play therapy. This training is designed to provide a training program that supervisors can share with their supervisees during supervision meetings.
Prescriptive Play Therapy Theory and Interventions for Siblings
In this 1.5 hour webinar we will look at how to use both non-directive, child centered play therapy and directive play therapy interventions in sibling sessions to foster improved cooperation and communication.
AutPlay Correspondence Training For Non-Mental Health Professionals
Complete your AutPlay Training by attending this online format.
Using Play Therapy to Address Sensory Processing Challenges
This training explores using play therapy approaches and interventions to address sensory processing challenges. An overview of sensory processing challenges will be covered along with descriptors of the eight sensory processing areas.
A Prescriptive Play Therapy Approach with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This 4 hour webinar will provide a theoretical overview of three approaches to play therapy, training on how to discern which theoretical approach is most appropriate and what interventions are best depending on the context and severity of symptoms.
Play Therapy Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
20 Creative Play Therapy Interventions with Anxiety for Older Children
This 1.5 hour webinar will provide inspiration and instruction on how to be creative, rooted in a cognitive behavioral play therapy approach.
Prescriptive Play Therapy with Families: Theory & Intervention
In this 4 hour webinar we will examine the therapeutic power of play when working with family systems. Based upon a family systems theoretical model, a prescriptive play therapy approach will be introduced.
Play Therapy Interventions with Night & Bedtime Anxiety
This 1.5 hour training will review the nature of this kind of anxiety and provide practical interventions for therapists to use in order to help children and parents overcome those challenges.
Creative & Affordable Play Therapy Interventions & Items
Come and learn how and why to recycle everyday items into useful, fun items and games to utilize in the play therapy room! You'll receive 20 innovative and affordable play therapy interventions in this 1.5 hour training!
Bridging and Blending Non-Directive & Directive Play Therapy
This 4 hour webinar presents a deeper look at the theory and research that supports both non-directive and directive play therapy approaches in helping children heal and grow providing framework and methodology for how to implement both approaches.
Play Therapy Across The Lifespan
This 3 hour fully online course leads you through the 8 stages of human development and how you can use play therapy with people of ALL AGES!
Foundations Of Play Therapy
This 3 hour play therapy video covers the history, the foundations of play therapy including a variety of theoretical orientations and approaches to play therapy.
What's in A Play Therapy Room?
This 1 hour recorded workshop provides a comprehensive list of all you need to be equipped for providing play therapy services.
40 Play Therapy Techniques with Anxious Child
This three hour recorded workshop will provide a tool-box of 40 effective directive play therapy interventions to use when working with child clients with anxiety with an essential foundation of client-centered tenets and practice.
Fun & Effective Play Therapy Interventions for Family Sessions
This 1.5 hour webinar will review the benefits of providing play therapy from a family systems model and will provide instruction on the use of play therapy interventions in family sessions with consideration for a variety of presenting issues.
Treatment of Selective Mutism in Young Children Using Play Therapy
This course teaches a prescriptive play therapy approach to treating selective mutism based on the most effective treatment in young children according to the research.
Play Therapy with High Conflict Divorce and Custody Cases
This 4 hour recorded workshop provides a very thorough and solid foundation on how to use play therapy effectively while also knowing how to manage parents, guardians ad litem, lawyers and court if necessary.
Play Therapy With ADHD
This 2 hour workshop provides training on the medical/traditional AND the alternative perspectives on the diagnosis of ADHD for children as well as specific play therapy interventions.
Play Therapy in Preschools
This 2 hour recorded workshop looks at how to use play therapy in the preschool setting.
Play Therapy and Court - Be Prepared!
This one hour workshop provides a brief but impactful overview of what you need to know to be prepared for appearing in court and testifying as a play therapist.
Play Therapy With Children Experiencing Grief And Loss
This 2 hour webinar is an overview of what a child typically experiences when facing loss or grief. We will discuss how play therapy can assist a child through the process of grief/loss and review play based interventions to use at home and school.
Play Therapy With Children Experiencing Anger And Frustration
This 2 hour webinar explores the emotions that manifest as anger and frustration while learning facilitative play therapy interventions to utilize for psycho-education, empowerment of the child through adaptive expression and regulation of emotions.
Play Therapy with Tween Girls (10-12)
This 2 hour webinar looks at the use of play therapy interventions with girls ages 10-12. It will also provide the tools needed to build rapport and develop a play therapy treatment plan that will address and work through issues causing difficulties
Mindfulness Techniques & Play Therapy With Children
During this training, participants will have an opportunity to learn about the practice and philosophy of mindfulness and how it relates to play therapy with child clients.
Ethical Play Therapy in Home and School Settings
Sometimes play therapy services need to be provided in-home or at school. This 2 hour webinar addresses ways to apply play therapy principles ethically and create a therapeutic experience for the child client seen outside the office setting.
Understanding A Child's Brain Through Play Therapy
This 2 hour webinar is an introduction to a child’s brain development and how a child’s behavior and expressions can be better understood and addressed with this understanding in regards to play therapy.
Play Therapy with Children with Sibling Rivalry & Jealousy
Sometimes play therapy services need to be provided in-home or at school. This 2 hour webinar addresses ways to apply play therapy principles ethically and create a therapeutic experience for the child client seen outside the office setting.
Including Parents in the Play Room
There are many ways parents can be involved with the process of play therapy but this 2 hour webinar is going to review a variety of models for having parents in the play room with child clients.
Play Therapy With The Perfectionistic Child
In this 2 hour webinar we will explore the nature of this specific kind of anxiety and when it may cross over into OCD. We will look at how to use play therapy to assist children with perfectionism so that they can have a more joyful life.
Parents And Play Therapy
When working with child clients, it is essential we have a good relationship with the child’s parents. This training will provide play therapists the ins and outs of how to interact with and involve parents in the play therapy process.
Play Therapy With Items From Nature
There are myriad ways and benefits of bring a little of Nature into the play therapy room. This one hour webinar will explore numerous creative play therapy interventions borrowing from the items we can find in the great outdoors.
Ethics In Play Therapy: It's A 3 Ring Circus!
There are so many ethical considerations when providing play therapy services. This 2 hour training will examine the ethical tenets we all must be aware of when working with child clients and their families.
The Play Therapy Process with Difficult Parents
This 2-hour webinar will explore the complexities of the play therapy process with difficult parents and strategies to use to preserve the therapeutic relationship with the child and ensure the integrity of the play therapy process.
Play Therapy Interventions for Children of Divorce
This 2-hour workshop will focus on play therapy interventions to support children through the complexities of living with divorced or divorcing parents while remaining firmly in the role as therapist for the children.
Play Therapy with Separation Anxiety
This 2 hour webinar will provide an overview of the nature of separation anxiety and how to address it in play therapy.
Group Play Therapy
This2 hour webinar will provide training on how to create groups with particular play based interventions focused on various topics such as social skills, kindergarten readiness, anxiety, grief and changing families.