Child-Centered Play Therapy 101: A Deep Dive of Garry Landreth - Part Two - Understanding Themes, Language, and the Therapeutic Relationship in CCPT

$165.00 $180.00

Deep dive into the work of Garry Landreth with Julie Thigpen, MA, LPC-S, RPT-S, EMDR Trained, and Elizabeth Barrientes, MS, LPC-S, RPT, Sandtray Certified, EMDR Trained.

This workshop provides mental health professionals and students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT). As the second session in a dedicated series, this training will focus on interpreting the meaning behind children's play, identifying themes in play behavior, and practicing therapeutic statements that use empowering language to support emotional growth and healing.

Julie Thigpen is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy and maintains responsibility for the program.

Deep dive into the work of Garry Landreth with Julie Thigpen, MA, LPC-S, RPT-S, EMDR Trained, and Elizabeth Barrientes, MS, LPC-S, RPT, Sandtray Certified, EMDR Trained.

This workshop provides mental health professionals and students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT). As the second session in a dedicated series, this training will focus on interpreting the meaning behind children's play, identifying themes in play behavior, and practicing therapeutic statements that use empowering language to support emotional growth and healing.

Julie Thigpen is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy and maintains responsibility for the program.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • List four characteristics of therapeutic responses in play therapy.

  • Identify and discuss four essential questions to ask in evaluating therapist responses.

  • Recognize and identify themes and key happenings in children’s play

  • Describe four important messages children reveal through play

  • Discuss the importance of allowing children to guide the therapeutic relationship and the therapeutic process in Child-Centered Play Therapy. 

  • Apply Landreth’s model of stages in the play therapy relationship.

Format & CE Credit: This workshop offers a total of 6 Continuing Education (CE) hours, including:

2 non-contact hours via video recordings by Dr. Garry Landreth

Language of Change in Play Therapy

Understanding Play Behavior & Themes in Play Therapy

  Digital access is available 48 hours prior to the in-person session

4 in-person contact hours covering: Seminal Theory, Skills & Methods 

Julie Thigpen APT Approved Provider #24-744

Texas LPC Continued Education Credit