An Accessible, Self-Paced Course for Therapists Who Work Creatively with Children, Teens, and Families
Learn trauma-informed, attachment-focused theory and interventions through a flexible, creative format.
Earn CE credits. Study on your schedule. Reignite your clinical confidence.
💡 Why This Course?
If you work with children, teens, or families through creative arts therapy, you already know:
- Trauma and attachment challenges often show up in nonverbal ways
- Traditional trainings don’t always translate to creative clinical work
- You want more tools that integrate both theory and creativity
This course was made for you.
We bring together clinical insight, creative practices, and real-world experience—so you can support your clients with confidence and care.
📚 Format:
- 100% self-paced!
- Content delivered via readings, worksheets, and curated podcast episodes
- Includes integration guides, reflection prompts, and optional creative activities
✅ CE Credits:
- 5 hours of continuing education credits (pre-approved for CBMT credits and NY LCAT credits)
- Certificate of completion provided
🕰️ Time Commitment:
- Designed for flexible learning—complete in one weekend or over several weeks
- Pause, replay, reflect—on your schedule!
🧠 What You’ll Learn
This course integrates attachment theory, trauma-informed practice, and creative arts therapy. Key topics include:
🔹 Foundations of Attachment & Trauma
- How trauma affects brain development, relationships, and expression
- Insecure vs. secure attachment in child clients
- Cultural and intergenerational trauma considerations
🎨 Creative Approaches for Healing
- Using metaphor, storytelling, art, and movement to process trauma
- Building safe therapeutic space through expressive modalities
- How to gently engage attachment wounds through creative exploration
💬 Clinical Applications
- Case examples from podcast episodes + written integration guides
- Tools for regulation, safety-building, and relational repair
🎧 Learn Through Listening
Unique Feature: Part of this course is built around curated podcast episodes from our expert library.
Each episode is paired with a reflection worksheet and practical takeaway, making learning feel natural, conversational, and grounded.
Perfect for auditory learners, multitasking clinicians, or therapists learning on the go.
👩⚕️ Who Is This For?
This course is ideal for:
- Music Therapists
- Art Therapists
- Licensed Creative Arts Therapists
- Play therapists
- School counselors
- LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCs
- Anyone using expressive or creative approaches with children, teens, or families
No artistic skill required—just a passion for helping clients feel seen, safe, and supported!
✨ What Therapists Are Saying:
This was a wonderful course! I really enjoyed the podcasts and the large amount of resources to explore!
– Course Participant
I so sincerely appreciated this course. Thank you for creating such an engaging CE opportunity and taking what could easily be heavy, dark subject matter into a more beautiful and hopeful direction.
– Course Participant
📦 What You Get:
- 📚 Lifetime access to the full course
- 🎧 Curated podcast-based learning + CE quizzes
- 🖼️ Worksheets, prompts & creative integration guides
- 📃 Pre-approved CE certificate upon completion
🚀 Enroll Now & Learn at Your Own Pace
🎓 Support your clients through a trauma and attachment lens—without burnout or boring lectures.
💭 FAQ
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 pre-approved for CBMT and pending New York State LCAT credits.
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 #64 – Attachment, Relational Trauma, and Creative Arts Therapies With Kate Shannon
Episode #13 – Attachment, Relational Trauma, and Creative Arts Therapies With Kate Shannon
Episode #52 – Infant Mental Health, Play Therapy, and Expressive Therapies with Dr. Janet Courtney, PhD., LCSW
More Questions? Reach Out!
I’ll get your questions answered ASAP and look forward to hearing from you!!
