Play, Presence, and Power: Listening with Heart through Child-Centered Play

Early Bird $275

Regular Price 325.00

Student $225.00

Group rate of more than 4 people $275.00. Send an email to register for a group rate

Student Rate $225.00. Send an email to get details on registering for student rate.

Training Description:

Join us for this interactive two-day in-person only training designed for mental health professionals beginning their journey into Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT). Let the Child Lead offers a foundational and hands-on learning experience that centers the therapeutic power of relationship, play, and child-led connection. Through engaging discussion, experiential activities, and modeling, participants will explore the essential principles, techniques, and core beliefs of CCPT.

Participants will have the opportunity to practice skills, reflect on the therapist’s role as a safe and accepting presence, and understand how to create play spaces that allow children to express themselves freely and fully.

Whether you're a social worker, counselor, or therapist new to play therapy, this training will equip you with a solid foundation to begin incorporating CCPT into your work with children.

Participants will be able to:

1. Describe the foundational theory and philosophy behind child-centered play therapy.
2. Identify the therapeutic powers of play relevant to Child Center Play Therapy sessions.
3. Explain the role of the therapist in creating a safe, accepting, and child-led environment in child center play therapy sessions.
4. List key materials and toys used in a Child center play therapy sessions in the playroom and their symbolic importance.
5. Demonstrate core Child center play therapy skills such as tracking, reflecting feelings, and returning responsibility.
6. Discuss the importance of the relationship and the role of empathy in Child center play therapy.
7. Compare directive and non-directive play therapy approaches.
8. Discuss how cultural humility and intersectionality inform Child Center Play Therapy sessoins.
9. Discuss basic Child Center Plat Therapy interventions through experiential activities and role plays.
10. Identify ways to begin implementing Child Center Play Thearpy with children in clinical practice settings.

Training Location: 1400 Mercantile Lane, Suite 208, Largo, Maryland 20774.

• Snacks both days
• Lunch both days
• handouts
• Certificate of completion for APT Contact hours and CEUS- NBCC and ASWB

Next Place Therapy Services is an approved provider for

NBCC #7270 ASWB #2170 and APT #172-526.

Questions, please email me at [email protected]

I currently have openings for individual and group supervision. feel free to email at [email protected] further discuss if you are interested in supervision for your RPT hours.

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Host or Publisher Sabra Starnes, LICSW,LCSW-C, RPT-S, M.Ed