Learn About the Creative Use of Play Therapy — Without Sitting Through Another Long Webinar
Real conversations. Real tools. Real change.
🎧 Listen. Reflect. Integrate. Earn CE credits — all at your own pace.
💡 Why This Course?
Play therapy is powerful — but it’s also nuanced, relational, and deeply intuitive.
This course brings play therapy to life through real conversations, case examples, and creative ideas delivered in a flexible, audio-first format.
If you’ve ever wondered about bringing parents into the session, or how to generalize emotional skill development, or what kinds of things to say to a child who is having an angry outburst, you’re in the right place.
Whether you’re brand new to play therapy or looking to deepen your skills, you’ll walk away with real tools you can use tomorrow.
🎓 Course Title:
“Play Therapy in Action: Theory Meets Practice in a Podcast-Based CE Course”
📚 Course Format:
- 🧠 Self-paced learning
- 🎧 Curated podcast episodes featuring expert interviews, stories, and techniques
- ✏️ Downloadable worksheets + activity guides to reflect and apply what you learn
- 🎓 Live office hour to get your questions answered by the instructor – September 4th at 7:00 PM EST via Zoom!
- 📄 Short quiz to earn continuing education credit (pre-approved for 5 CBMT credits)
- 🗃️ Lifetime access
🧠 What You’ll Learn
This course is designed to help therapists see and feel play therapy—not just read about it.
🧸 Module Highlights:
🔹 The Foundations of Play Therapy
- What makes play therapy effective
- The neuroscience of play and regulation
- Core principles: safety, symbolism, and relationship
🎭 Play in Action: Real-World Techniques
- Directive vs. non-directive approaches
- Boundary conversations and examples
- When to lead, when to follow
🧍🏽♂️ Working with Real Challenges
- Aggression in the playroom
- Play therapy for trauma and attachment
- Navigating resistance
🧠 Integration & Reflection
- Applying insights from podcast episodes
- Case-based reflection worksheets
- Tools for documentation and supervision
🎧 Listen + Learn = CE Credits
Learn through your headphones—while you commute, walk, or relax.
Every podcast episode is paired with a reflection guide and integration prompt so you can earn CE credit without zoning out at your desk.
🎓 CE Credit Details:
- ✅ 5 hours of CE credits available
- 📝 Short quiz and course evaluation required
- 📃 Instant certificate upon completion
- 🎯 Pre-approved for 5 CBMT credits for Board-Certified Music Therapists
👩🏫 Who This Course is For:
- Licensed therapists who are curious about play therapy
- Graduate students or interns in child mental health
- Creative arts therapists expanding their skill set
- School-based clinicians, social workers, LMFTs, LPCs, and more
🎨 No special toys or materials required—just curiosity and a passion for helping kids through play.
🗣️ What Therapists Are Saying:
“It was incredibly insightful and offered up some important questions to ask for my own past and current work.”
Course Participant
“I love the portion about non-verbal communication being more fundamental to our clients and human beings in general. We can interpret so much through what is not said with mediums like play, movement, creation, and other creative arts to help our clients.”
Course Participant
📦 What’s Included:
- 🎧 Access to 3 podcast-based lessons (curated from top episodes)
- ✏️ Reflection guides, printable worksheets, and session ideas
- 🧠 Flexible, self-paced access (forever)
- 🎓Live office hour scheduled for September 4th at 7:00 PM EST via Zoom!
- 📃 Certificate upon completion
🚀 Enroll Now & Start Listening Today
🎓 Learn how to bring play therapy to life—on your own terms.
This course helps you feel inspired, not overwhelmed.
💭 Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Can I learn at my own pace?
A: Absolutely. This course is 100% self-study—designed for busy therapists with full caseloads.
Q: How do the CE credits work?
A: After completing the course and passing a short quiz, you’ll receive a downloadable certificate with CE hours listed.
This course is pending approval for CBMT and pending LCAT (NY) approval.
Q: Do I need to be an artist or art therapist?
A: Nope! This course is open to all mental health professionals using (or curious about using) creative techniques.
Q: A pod-course? How does this work?!
A: I know right! Basically instead of watching pre-recorded videos, you are instead listening to podcast episodes that are available through our podcast, Creative Therapy Umbrella Podcast.
We are really passionate about making information and materials accessible, which is why these podcast episodes are freely available. But if you’ve already listened to them, why not do a little extra learning and get the CE credits anyway right?!
Q: What podcast episodes are used?
We’re hand-picked some of our best episodes for these pod-courses. Here are the ones required for listening:
Episode #22 – Playfulness, EMDR, and Innovation with Jackie Flynn, Ed.S, LMHC-S, RPT
Episode #7 – Trauma, Relationship, and Exploration in Play Therapy with Kirsten Goffena, LPC, RPT-S, NCC
Episode #58 – Anger Management Skills For Kids and Play Therapy with Amanda Robinson, LPC, RPT
More Questions? Reach Out!
I’ll get your questions answered ASAP and look forward to hearing from you!!
