(A) Understanding Autism: A Therapist's Guide
Understanding Autism: A Therapist's Guide is a workshop designed to help you understand more about what Autism is, what it isn't, and why we have so many misconceptions about it. We will break down the current cultural myths around Autism, build a new understanding based on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, and give you tools to educate, empower, and hold space for Autistic people. The purchase of this workshop includes access to the next 4 group consultation sessions, with Jennifer Glacel. Consultations take place on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of most months (with reduced sessions in the summer months). Email [email protected] for more information!
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(B) History of Play Therapy
July 15, 2025 |1:00 pm |Virtual Webinar We are holding a FREE 1 hour “History of Play Therapy” training on Tuesday, July 15 at 1 pm. Come get a free play therapy CE, get to know our style, and learn more about not only the history of play therapy, but also the training program. This webinar will be live but will also be available as a recording.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(C) Neuroqueering Play Therapy: Building an Inclusive Play Therapy Practice
This workshop will go back to the basics by reviewing the Eight Principles of Play Therapy by Virginia Axline and critically examine and update them using Nick Walker’s Neuroqueer Theory in order to create a play therapy practice that is inclusive to all. Play therapy practice can often hold as standard ways of playing that exclude and pathologize natural ways of existing in the world. Rewriting the Eight Principles will allow participants to examine their own internalized biases that get in the way of providing true neurodiversity affirming therapy to young people. ***Training Objectives: Describe the history and basic theory of non-directive play therapy. Show an understanding of neurodiversity affirming play therapy. Demonstrate the application of updated and inclusive play therapy principles in their own play therapy practice.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(D) Introduction to Child Centered Play Therapy Part 1
Recorded Training- Coming Soon! | Taught by Sarah Harig | This two-day training will provide an in-depth understanding of CCPT theory, key therapeutic skills, and the role of the counselor in facilitating a safe and accepting play environment. Participants will explore how the therapeutic relationship in CCPT serves as the primary agent of change. ***Training Objectives: Participants will be able to: Describe the history and foundations of CCPT, including Axline’s 8 principles. Explain the developmental needs of children and how they are addressed by CCPT.Discuss the role of the therapeutic relationship in CCPT. Summarize CCPT’s effectiveness and use across settings. Identify appropriate play materials and playroom setup. Describe and demonstrate core CCPT skills, responses, and therapist attitudes. ***
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(E) Introduction to Child Centered Play Therapy Part 2
Recorded Training- Coming Soon! | Taught by Sarah Harig | This two-day, advanced workshop is designed for clinicians who have completed prior training in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) and wish to deepen their knowledge and skills. The training will address common challenges in CCPT practice, with an emphasis on advanced limit setting, parent consultation, treatment planning, and the use of extended empathy. Content will explore child development, relational disruptions, thematic play, and applications for specific presenting problems and populations. Participants will continue to enhance and develop their therapeutic skills through a process that combines lecture, video demonstration and roleplay with participants.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(F) Play Therapy Documentation
August 20, 2025 | 12pm-1:30pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 Credit Hours | This training is designed to support Child-Centered Play Therapists in navigating the challenges of clinical documentation while staying grounded in the person-centered philosophy. Participants will learn to develop play therapy treatment plans that meet the demands of managed care—such as measurable goals and objectives—without compromising their therapeutic presence and theoretical orientation. ***Training Objectives: Describe the theory of change underlying Child-Centered Play Therapy and how it applies to documentation that honors the therapists way of being and respects the child’s process/right to confidentiality. Demonstrate the ability to write progress notes that synthesize changes in play therapy using objective language. Analyze play therapy progress notes to distinguish descriptive language from interpretive language.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(G) Setting Up A Play Therapy Space
August 28, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 CE Hours | Setting up a play therapy office can be both exciting and overwhelming! So many toys! This webinar will not only help clinicians understand recommended toys and ways to set up a playroom, but also will help clinicians figure out what set up works best for THEM. It is imperative that a playroom be regulating for the therapist before it can be regulating for a client and this workshop will help therapists figure out how to make that happen! ***Training Objectives: Participants will be able to identify important toys to have in the playroom. Participants will identify their own needs in setting up a playroom.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(H) Introduction to Sandplay Therapy
Date and Time TBD | Live Webinar | 3 Credit Hours | This workshop will introduce participants to the use of a sand tray in the play therapy space in the tradition of Dora Kalff. Participants will learn the history and theory of Sandplay therapy in the Jungian/Kalff tradition. Participants will learn about setting up a sand tray and miniatures, will learn how to hold the space when a client is working in the sand, and will examine examples of symbols and the way they are used in symbolic play and metaphor. Participants will explore the various meanings of different symbols, especially in the context of personal and cultural history in sand play therapy. ***Training Objectives: Describe the history and basic theory of sand play therapy. Discuss how to understand the meaning of symbols used in sand play therapy. Identify one's own projections onto symbols used in sand play therapy.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(I) Play Therapy Ethics
November 7, 2025 | 4pm-7pm | In-Person | 3 Credit Hours | This workshop will review ethical decision-making models from various mental health disciplines. Through real life case examples, participants will review play therapy case vignettes related to the therapeutic relationship, parents and family, confidentiality, professional responsibility regarding mandated reporting, coordinating care with other professional providers, evaluation/assessment, supervision and consultation, and use of technology. ***Training Objectives: Select and implement a decision-making model to use with ethical dilemmas in play therapy practice. Apply licensing rules and code of ethics, APT Play Therapy Best Practices, Paper on Touch, and technology guidelines to various play therapy cases. Describe current research for play therapy practice, recommendations, and guidelines of boards and associations regarding the use of social media and telehealth sessions.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(J) Play Therapy Skills Lab
October 4, 2025 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | In-Person Training | 5 CE Hours | Prepare for a day of PLAYING! Participants will practice non-directive and CCPT play therapy skills. Participants will work individually, in dyads, and small groups to practice skills and experience the skills in order to deepen their understanding of non-directive play therapy and its powerful impact on the child. Using the playrooms at Seven Corners Psychotherapy, this will be an immersive experience to level up ones understanding of self and play therapy. ***Training Objectives: Participants will be practice three to five play therapy skills. Participants will receive feedback from peers and instructors on their implementation of play therapy skills. Participants will practice limit setting in individual and group settings. Participants will practice play therapy skills in starting and ending sessions. Participants will apply play therapy skills in a variety of play therapy phases.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(K) Setting Limits in Play Therapy
September 11, 2025 | 12pm-1:30pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 Credit Hours | Setting limits in a non-directive play therapy space can be difficult. How does a play therapist figure out where the line is when the goal of play therapy is to trust the young person? This workshop will explore the when and how of setting limits in the child centered play therapy space. Participants will look inward to examine their own needs to stay regulated and keep the space, themself, the client and the therapeutic relationship safe. Practical tips and in the moment practice will be explored so that participants leave the webinar feeling confident and grounded in limit setting! ***Training Objectives: Participants will be able to identify their own needs around limits in a child-directed play therapy space. Participants will develop language for at least two limit setting situations in a play therapy session.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(L) Play Therapy Intake and Assessment
September 17, 2025 | 12pm-1:30pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 Credit Hours | Rather than viewing intake and assessment as purely procedural tasks, this training reframes them as meaningful opportunities to begin building trust, attunement, and alignment between the therapist, child, and caregivers. Grounded in the belief that relationship is the primary agent of change, participants will learn how to approach the intake process with curiosity, empathy, and a strengths-based lens. | Training Objectives: Describe how the intake and assessment process can be used by play therapists to begin establishing a safe, trusting therapeutic relationship with both the child and caregiver. Identify relational strategies for gathering assessment information that align with the principles of child-centered play therapy. Use intake and assessment as a foundation for attunement, therapeutic pacing, and collaborative goal setting within a child-centered framework.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(M) Diagnosis in Play Therapy
September 24, 2025 | 12pm-1:00pm | Live Webinar | 1 Credit Hours | This 1.5-hour training offers child-centered play therapists a reflective and relational approach to understanding diagnosis within the therapeutic process. Rather than viewing diagnosis as a label or deficit, participants will explore how it can be used as a tool for understanding a child’s experience and communicating needs across systems. Grounded in a strengths-based perspective and the belief that the therapeutic relationship is the primary agent of change, this training invites play therapists to hold diagnostic language lightly by balancing clinical responsibility with deep respect for the whole child. | Describe how play therapists can reframe diagnosis as a tool for understanding and advocacy within a CCPT framework. Identify at least two ways play therapists can integrate diagnostic information into play therapy while preserving the therapeutic relationship as the central agent of change.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(N) Sandplay Therapy Skills Lab
November 8, 2025 | 10am - 4pm | In-Person Training | 5 CE Hours | This workshop will allow participants to learn sandplay skills by doing. Using the extensive sandplay collection at Seven Corners Psychotherapy, participants will create sandplays as mock clients as well as act as therapists for their colleagues and practice holding space during the sand tray process. Participants will spend time individually and in groups to understand symbols through personal and collective lenses. ***Training Objectives: To practice holding space during a sand tray process. To experience the power of the sand tray process by creating their own worlds in the sand. To identify personal, cultural, historical and collective meaning of symbols used in sand play therapy. To identify ways to incorporate sandplay into their play therapy practice. To identify one's own projections onto symbols used in sand play therapy.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(O) Art in Play Therapy
October 17, 2025 | 12pm- 3pm | Live Webinar | 3 Credit Hours | This training explores how art can be used in play therapy as an invitation to connect, express, and process. Grounded in the belief that the therapeutic relationship is the agent of change, we’ll examine how art supports emotional safety, regulation, and authentic self-expression within a relational framework. We’ll explore how the symbolic nature of art can deepen connection, reveal inner experiences, and support co-regulation. ***Training Objectives: Identify at least three ways that art can be used as a relational tool to support emotional expression, regulation, and connection in play therapy. Demonstrate how to offer art materials as an invitation that respects client autonomy, pacing, and readiness. Describe the role of the therapeutic relationship in facilitating meaning-making through art within a child-centered and trauma-informed framework.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(P) Understanding Themes in Play Therapy
October 23, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 CE Hours | Play therapists need to be fluent in the language of symbol. This webinar will look at frequent themes seen in play therapy, discuss how to identify them and use them in understanding the play therapy process. ***Training Objectives: Participants will be able to name at least three themes seen in play therapy. Participants will identify two ways to use their understanding of themes to help clients and their families.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(Q) Play Therapy Process and Stages
October 30, 2025 | 12pm - 1pm | Live Webinar | 1 CE Hours | This training explores the process and stages of change in CCPT, highlighting how relational progress and play behaviors reflect therapeutic growth. Participants will learn to recognize patterns of emotional expression, regression, and mastery that occur throughout the course of therapy. ***Training Objectives: Identify key stages of therapeutic change in Child-Centered Play Therapy based on the models of Rogers, Moustakas, and Guerney. Describe how play behaviors and relational dynamics reflect a child's emotional development and progress in CCPT.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(R) Art in Play Therapy Skills Lab Part 1
DATE AND TIME TBD | In-Person Training | 3 CE Hours | This two-part experiential skills lab offers play therapists the opportunity to deepen their integration of art into clinical practice through hands-on exploration, reflective practice, and intentional focus on the person of the play therapist. Part one will revisit key principles and introduce guided art experiences to explore play therapist identity, relational stance, and use of self. ***Training Objectives: Reflect on personal experiences with art and creativity to increase awareness of the play therapist’s internal responses and relational stance. Identify qualities of an invitational, client-centered approach to using art in play therapy. Explore how the person of the play therapist—presence, pacing, and emotional availability—impacts the child’s experience of safety and expression through art.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(S) Art in Play Therapy Skills Lab Part 2
DATE AND TIME TBD | In-Person Training | 5 CE Hours | This two-part experiential skills lab offers play therapists the opportunity to deepen their integration of art into clinical practice through hands-on exploration, reflective practice, and intentional focus on the person of the play therapist. Day Two will focus on applying the Day One concepts through dyadic role-plays, group process, and case-based exploration of how art can support attunement, meaning-making, and emotional safety.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(T) Interpreting Play Therapy For Others
November 13, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 CE Hours | A large part of a play therapist’s job is describing what they do and why they do it to others. This webinar will discuss this aspect of a play therapist’s responsibility - that of being a translate to parents, teachers, and others in a child’s life. Participants will learn language to use and practice translating the work done in the playroom to others while maintaining confidentiality. ***Training Objectives: Participants will learn three ways to describe play therapy to non therapists. Participants will identify 2 ways to translate symbolic play content to parents without breaking client confidentiality.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
(U) Endings in Play Therapy Relationships
November 20, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Live Webinar | 1.5 CE Hours | It is bittersweet when play therapy relationships come to an end. On the one hand, it is wonderful when a child is ready to move on. On the other hand, it is a loss of a deep and important relationship for both the child and the therapist. This workshop will look at when it is appropriate to end, how to create a positive end to a therapeutic relationship, and how to handle it when we can’t have the ending we want. ***Training Objectives: Participants will identify three signs that it is time for a play therapy relationship to end. Participants will practice discussing terminations and endings with clients and parents. Participants will identify two ways to handle abrupt terminations.
CourseBy Sarah Harig
(V) Play Therapy Book Club: Dibs in Search of Self
December 4, 2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Live Webinar | 5.5 CE Credits | This webinar will discuss the book Dibs in Search of Self by Virginia Axline. Participants can earn 4 CEs from reading the book and an additional 1.5 for attending this workshop. Participants will discuss the underlying theory and bring their own case examples to further delve into the materials shared. ***Training Objectives: Participants will increase their understanding of child centered play therapy through the case outlined in the book. Participants will identify 2 ways that they deepen their understanding of their own practice through Axline’s case example.
CourseBy Jennifer Glacel
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