Virtual Play Therapy Training | Friday, April 11th, 2025 from 9am-12:15pm
Participants will learn how to integrate play therapy interventions into family therapy to enhance attachment, strengthen relationships, and promote emotional safety. Grounded in family systems theory, attachment theory, and trauma-informed care, this training explores playful interventions that facilitate communication, co-regulation, and secure connections within family units. Play therapists will gain knowledge of strategies for implementing developmentally appropriate play therapy techniques that foster emotional expression, repair relational ruptures, and build attuned interactions between caregivers and children.
Objectives:
1. Explain how play therapy aligns with attachment theory and family systems theory.
2. Apply playful techniques to support emotional expression and relational repair.
3. Identify strategies for creating a trauma-informed, play-based therapeutic environment.
4. Apply experiential and expressive interventions to enhance family communication and problem-solving.
Presenter: Christa Butler, MS, LPC, RPT-S
Virtual Play Therapy Training | Friday, May 9th, 2025 from 9am-12:15pm
Once Upon a Playtime: Using Bibliotherapy to Enrich Child-Centered Play Therapy
Stories have the power to heal, inspire, and transform the way children understand themselves and the world around them. Child centered play therapy provides children with a developmentally appropriate way to express emotions, process experiences, and build resilience. This workshop explores how play therapists can incorporate bibliotherapy into play therapy while maintaining a child-centered, non directive approach. Participants will learn how to identify therapeutic books, apply bibliotherapy techniques that align with child centered play therapy principles, and utilize storytelling interventions to support emotional expression and self-concept. Additionally, the workshop will cover strategies for guiding parents in selecting and using books at home to reinforce the play therapy treatment plan, fostering continued emotional growth beyond the therapy room. Through interactive discussions and experiential activities, participants will leave with practical
strategies to integrate bibliotherapy effectively into their play therapy process and support parental involvement.
Objectives:
1. Describe the role of bibliotherapy in play therapy and how it aligns with child-centered play therapy principles.
2. Identify key criteria for selecting developmentally appropriate books that support therapeutic goals in play therapy.
3. Demonstrate techniques for utilizing bibliotherapy in a way that maintains the child-led nature of child centered play therapy to enhance emotional expression and self-concept in children.
4. Implement strategies for guiding parents in selecting and utilizing books at home to reinforce the play therapy treatment plan.
Presenter: Sarah Harig, MS, LPC, RPT-S
DETAILED CE INFORMATION
Each 3 Hour training has been approved by both NBCC and APT for 3.00 CE Hours. This workshop meets APT’s definition of “Contact Hours.”
CFCC is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. CFCC maintains responsibility for the program. APT Approved Provider 13-360.
CFCC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7493. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CFCC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Class Size Limited to 50 Participants.
Attendance Monitoring and Post Test Requirement: In order to monitor attendance, ensure participation, and receive CE credit, attendees are required to attend the full training.
Registration forms and instructions available at www.crossroadsfamilycounselingcenter.com.
For questions, please email paige@crossroadsfamilycc.com. Space is limited for each training. No refunds.
Crossroads Family Counseling Center is a proud supporter of The Heart Leaf Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to improve access to high quality play therapy mental health services for children and families through low-cost services and professional education.
All proceeds from Training are donated to The Heart Leaf Center
Crossroads Family Counseling Center is proud to be an approved provider by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy. CFCC maintains responsibility for the program. APT Approved Provider 13-360.
