Lipscomb University hosts Introduction to Play therapy workshops every summer. Workshop objectives are designed to meet a portion of the educational requirements for those pursuing credentialing as a Registered Play Therapist and/or a Certified Child-Centered Play Therapist.
Training will include videos, readings, and assignments to be completed independently prior to the workshop, followed by four days of training in-person on campus in Nashville. In person training will include lectures, experiential activities, practice play therapy sessions with peers, and supervision of a recorded session you will facilitate with a volunteer child.
This intensive, highly experiential workshop is intended for those who have earned at least a master's degree in counseling or related mental health field. Students who wish to enroll for graduate course credit must be admitted to the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Lipscomb University or other approved graduate program at an accredited university.
Intro to Play Therapy will be held June 3-4 and July 8-9, 9am-6pm each day. Participants must attend all four days.
Cost: $800, payable on June 1
Click here to Register*.
*Registration is full. You may complete the form to be put on a waitlist in case someone cancels.
Participants will earn a total of 40 CE hours*, approved by NBCC and APT.
*This event has been approved by APT for 32 contact CE hours + 8 non-contact CE hours (asynchronous remote instruction).
Learning Objectives:
Workshop participants will be able to:
- Recognize key figures in the history of play therapy
- Recognize the therapeutic powers or play
- Identify essential characteristics and attitudes of play therapists
- Demonstrate relationship and rapport building skills in play therapy with children (e.g. empathy, safety, unconditional positive regard)
- Articulate rationale for Child-Centered Play Therapy theory
- Articulate explanation of play therapy
- Identify theoretical models of play therapy
- Demonstrate play therapy skills with children (e.g. tracking, reflecting content, reflecting feeling, esteem-building, facilitating creativity, facilitating decision-making, returning responsibility, limit-setting, pacing with the client)
- Identify characteristics of therapeutic playrooms (e.g. structure, toys, material)
- Assemble a portable play therapy kit
- Identify ethical practices in play therapy
- Identify processes vital to play therapy (e.g. intake, caregiver consultation, progress monitoring, termination)
- Identify sources of research support for play therapy
- Identify opportunities for advocacy for the profession of play therapy
Instructor:
Kasie Lee, PhD, LPC-MHSP, NCC, RPT-S, is an assistant professor in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Lipscomb University. Dr. Lee completed a master's degree in human development counseling at Vanderbilt University and doctoral degree in counseling at the University of North Texas where she specialized in play therapy. Dr. Lee is a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and approved by the Center for Play Therapy at UNT as a trainer and supervisor for mental health professionals seeking certification as Child-Centered Play Therapists and Child-Parent Relationship Therapists.
Continuing Education:
Lipscomb University, Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Science, Graduate Studies in Counseling has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4585 and the Association for Play Therapy, APT#15-409. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Lipscomb University, Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Science, Graduate Studies in Counseling is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Participants will earn a total of 40 CE hours*, approved by NBCC and APT.
*This event has been approved by APT for 32 contact CE hours + 8 non-contact CE hours (asynchronous remote instruction).
This course meets the following requirements for Primary Areas of Play Therapy Instruction required for credentialing as a Registered Play Therapist through the Association for Play Therapy:
Play Therapy History: 2.5 hours
Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant Theories: 12.5 hours
Play Therapy Skills and Methods: 20 hours
Play Therapy Special Topics: 5 hours
Additionally, participants will receive credit for completing CCPT 101: Basics in Child-Centered Play Therapy which is a requirement to become credentialed as a Certified Child-Centered Play Therapist through the Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas. For more information, visit https://cpt.unt.edu/child-centered-play-therapy-certification.
