All Continuing Education Certificate courses may be taken as either certificate courses or as stand-alone Continuing Education courses.
Play therapy is the central clinical approach used when working with children in psychotherapy. It is also a modality employed increasingly in school-based programs where financial resources for individual psychotherapy are dwindling. In the form of "filial," play therapy is employed in curriculum-based diversion and mandatory treatment programs where there has been a child protective service intervention and reunification of children and parents is the goal.
Play therapy is more than merely playing. This treatment approach has a rich history and provides tangible and efficacious results. Child treatment in general is often neglected in curriculum, and the specifics of techniques, especially play, are left out of most curriculums entirely.
This certificate is designed to allow the advanced child therapy clinician to focus on specific play therapy techniques by offering a distillation of the most pertinent and current findings in play therapy research and literature. This certificate does not meet play therapy registry practicum requirements.
Certificate Requirements: A total of 60 hours is required. This includes two core courses (20 hours) and 40 hours of electives.
Core Courses
1. Introduction to Play Therapy with Individuals and Families*
2. Clinical Issues in Play Therapy
*Please Note: It is recommended that this course be taken first within the Play Therapy Certificate.
Courses Currently Offered:
Introduction to Play Therapy with Individuals & Families (Core)
Play Therapy with Children in the Shadows: Giving Voice to the Silent & Unseen (Elective)
Clinical Issues in Play Therapy (Core)
Parents as Partners in Play Therapy (Elective)
Please complete and submit a Certificate Application before starting coursework.
