Experiential Play Therapy Training Series
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Introduction to Experiential Play Therapy
December 10th, 2026
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
In this training, you will learn how Experiential Play Therapy (EPT) works through attachment and the brain. You will then learn how to be a safe therapeutic figure to children and respond to children’s play through implementing Experiential Play and attachment. You will learn the tenets of play therapy and understand a broad overview of the model.
Training Objectives:
- Describe the tenets of Experiential Play Therapy
- Explain Experiential Play Therapy’s basic principles of repairing attachment and reprocessing trauma through non-directive play therapy
- Review how trauma is experienced and processed in the brain and the body
- Describe the functions of attachment and how attachment functions are different in EPT
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Diagnosis in Experiential Play Therapy
February 11th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
Learn how to collaboratively, with caregivers, assess children and their environment to create a meaningful diagnostic assessment that will inform your work with a child.
Training Objectives:
- Learn how to work collaboratively to assess children’s experiences and development to create a story of the child’s struggle
- Understand how and what information to gather
- Learn how to determine a diagnosis collaboratively in a way that meets state regulations and is thorough and meaningful
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Treatment Planning for Experiential Play Therapy
February 25th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
In this training, participants will learn how to co-create a treatment plan with caregivers that meets state regulations, ties to the symptoms/diagnosis, is meaningful and measurable.
Training Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of treatment plans
- How to work with caregivers to create a treatment plan that is meaningful to them
- Be able to describe your work/interventions
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Documentation for Experiential Play Therapy
March 11th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
Learn documentation that is informed by experiential play therapy. Create documentation that is meaningful and measurable while also meeting the needs of state regulations, and insurance expectations.
Training Objectives:
- Learn to document sessions in a manner that meets state requirements, is brief but descriptive
- Be able to determine your most likely audience and tailor your documentation to that audience
- Be able to describe the child’s play and work that was done in a session
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Stages in Experiential Play Therapy
March 25th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
Learn the stages of Experiential Play Therapy, how these stages appear in play and the role you play in those stages. See from the child’s point of view through the use of metaphorical expression of toys, child responses and actions. Understand and identify developmental expression of needs and body-based expression so you can provide attuned, therapeutic responses that support the healing process.
Training Objectives:
- Participants will understand the metaphorical meaning of toys in the playroom and the therapeutic importance of toys in the playroom
- Identify the 4 ‘S’ – as a tool to provide sensorimotor expression and exploration in the therapeutic process
- Describe therapeutic stage of therapy in coordination with client metaphorical actions
- Practice identifying the 4 ‘S’ and Stages with case examples
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Metaphors and Themes in Experiential Play Therapy
April 8th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
In this training, we will seek to see from the child’s point of view through the use of metaphorical expression of toys, child responses and actions. Participants will gain an understanding of the metaphor meaning of toys and overall themes in a child’s play.
Training Objectives:
- Understand the basic meaning of toys
- Determine the theme of the child’s play based on the need behind the play and the work the child is doing
- Practice understanding a child’s play meaning with case examples
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Therapeutic Responses in Experiential Play Therapy
April 22nd, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
In this training we will look more closely at therapist responses to a child’s play in Experiential Play Therapy. We will build on prior training in metaphor/themes, and stages in therapy to pace our responses into accordance with the child’s stage in therapy.
Training Objectives:
- Understand your role based on the child’s stage in therapy
- Understand the response that best matches the child’s play/metaphors, and stage in therapy
- Practice Therapeutic response with case examples
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Caregivers in the EPT Playroom
May 13th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
Participants will discuss the importance of caregivers in the therapeutic process of EPT. Identify when it is helpful to include parents in the playroom, how to help bridge work in the playroom to the parent (caregiver) child relationship to strengthen the caregiver’s protective shield.
Training Objectives:
- Understanding adult attachment and understanding your relationship with the adults – (step in – step back) which validates the importance of parent only sessions
- Participants will identify ways they can understand and learn about the culture of the family and how that can support the relationship so parents feel safe to participate in the therapeutic process
- Identify when (if) to include parents in the play therapy session, practice how to use metaphor as a way to support parents seeing from the child’s point of view so they can provide attuned responses
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs
Working with Caregivers – Child Parent Psychotherapy Style
May 27th, 2027
VIRTUAL 6:00pm- 8:00 pm
Fee: $50.00
In this training we will look intently at working with parents. An overview of Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) will be presented. Types of CPP interventions with caregivers will be described.
Training Objectives:
- Identify what Child Parent Psychotherapy is
- Understand types of interventions with caregivers
- How to pair this with Experiential Play Therapy
*Eligible for 2 APT Approved Non-Contact CEs