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Introduction to Play Therapy

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6 CEs- FL 491 and APT

853 SR 436 Suite 2033 Casselberry FL 32707

$150 per person

$125 Student Rate with Code STUDENT25

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Level: Beginner

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Approved Provider #25-771

Training Dates

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  • June 27th, 2025 
    9:00pm-4:00pm EST
    In-person

6 Contact Hours

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  • September 11th, 2025
    9:00am-4:00pm EST
    In-Person
    6 Contact Hours

About the Workshop

Whether you currently work with children or hope to in the future, Play Therapy is a crucial treatment option for understanding and working with your clients from a developmentally appropriate approach. In this course, you will get the opportunity to learn about how play therapy started, the theories in play therapy, and basic play therapy skills. In this course, we will primarily focus on identifying the core elements of 3 main theories: Client Centered Play Therapy, Adlerian Play Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy. Would it really be a play therapy course without doing a little play? Of course not! There is play and experiential learning built into the course to make sure you leave confident in implementing basic components of play therapy into your practice.

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Objectives

  1. Learners will be able to identify the 10 seminal theories of play therapy.

  2. Learners will be able to identify 5 client centered play therapy skills.

  3. Learners will be able to describe the Crucial C's of Adlerian Play Therapy.

  4. Learners will be able to identify the goals of misbehavior in Adlerian Play Therapy.

  5. Learners will be able to identify at least 3 Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Skills.

  6. Learners will demonstrate at least 2 directive play therapy activities.

  7. Learners will demonstrate at least 3 client centered play therapy skills.

About the Presenter

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Brooklyn Hancock is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She is also AutPlay Certified and EMDR Certified. She has previously worked in the school system and has subsequently become certified as a school counselor. Being in the schools, she has a wide variety of experience with various issues and populations. Additionally, she has worked in private practice, expanding her practice in 2023 to offer more services to clients and professionals. In addition to working with children, adolescents, and adults she is also passionate about helping other professionals build beautiful and thriving businesses.

Thriving Vines Counseling and Consulting is approved to offer continuing education by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number 50-42448 Exp. 03/31/2027

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Thriving Vines Counseling and Consulting is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the American Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics. Thriving Vines Counseling and Consulting will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants. The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be responsibility of the practice owner. While Thriving Vines Counseling and Consulting goes to great lengths to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, it recognizes that complaints do and will arise. We will do our best to anticipate problems and, when they do present themselves, will attempt to alleviate complaints as quickly as possible.

 

Grievance Policy

When a complaint, either verbally or written, is filed with the owner, the following guidelines are followed with respect to achieving resolution:

1. Complaints relative to a speaker or workshop leader, contents of instructional materials being presented, or an individual educational style being utilized, the individual voicing disapproval is requested to first address concerns to the presenter. If the presenter is not available, place his/her comments in writing. Owner will convey these comments to the speaker while maintaining confidentiality of the complainant.

2. If the complaint concerns a continuing education activity, its content, level of presentation, or facilities in which the event is being held, owner will attempt to resolve the mater as expeditiously as possible. If the offered resolution (resolutions may include, but

not be limited to partial/full refund of fees paid; credit toward future event) not satisfactory to the individual filing the complaint, then further action may be taken. In the later instance, the individual is requested to place his/her complaint in writing to the attention of the owner. The complaint is then reviewed by the owner. A written response will be issued within 30 days of receipt of the written complaint. Within 30 days of the resolution rendered by the owner, the complainant may file a written appeal to the owner. The decision of the owner is final.

 

Refund Policy

All refund requests must be made in writing within five days of the scheduled CE event. Every effort will be made to achieve resolution, including, but not limited to: refund of fees, substitution of course purchased, or credit provided for future course.

Please contact Brooklyn Hancock, Owner, Thriving Vines Counseling and Consulting, for additional information at:

407-906-6167 or admin@thrivingvinescc.com

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