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Play Therapy Training Series??
Popular in-depth play therapy training series for beginning and intermediate level clinicians
$225 each or save with multi-workshop discount 2 for $375 or all 3 for $525
(For full series please register for each session individually starting with Foundations --but choose the discount for sessions 2 and 3 at checkout)
Foundations of the Play Therapy Relationship HYBRID
September 2-3, 2025 REGISTRATION open
9:00am - 4:30pm EST each day
Hybrid: In person in Amherst (Buffalo) New York OR online (all times mandatory)
APT Approved Provider 15-406, 12 play therapy CEs; see brochure for other professional CE details. Live, in person (contact credit) or online (non-contact credit) all dates mandatory, please review brochure for format info.
Play Therapy Models and Applications HYBRID
October 29-30, 2025 SAVE the date, REGISTRATION open
9:00am - 4:30pm EST each day
Hybrid: In person in Amherst (Buffalo) New York OR online (all times mandatory)
APT Approved Provider 15-406, 12 play therapy CEs; see brochure for other professional CE details. Live, in person (contact credit) or online (non-contact credit) all dates mandatory, please review brochure for format info.
Prescriptive Play Therapy for Trauma HYBRID
November 19-20, 2025 SAVE the date, REGISTRATION open
9:00am - 4:30pm EST each day
Hybrid: In person in Amherst (Buffalo) New York OR online (all times mandatory)
APT Approved Provider 15-406, 12 play therapy CEs; see brochure for other professional CE details. Live, in person (contact credit) or online (non-contact credit) all dates mandatory, please review brochure for format info.
Regional offerings in the New York Association for Play Therapy are here.
Additional Distance Learning - Hosted by EMDR Advanced Trainings and Distance Learning:
EMDR within Adoptive Families: Addressing the Intersection of Attachment with Race and Cultural Differences: Combining EMDR with Play and Expressive Therapies
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S, Wendy Sue Horn, LCSW , and Renata Huewitt, LCSW, RPT-S – Live stream August 8, 2025 (also Recording available on demand )
Link for registration at EMDR Advanced Trainings Recognizing & Treating Youth with Dissociation: Weaving together play therapy, family therapy and trauma therapy protocols (Recording available on demand for 90 days)
Frances S. Waters, DCSW, LMSW, LMFT, Ann Beckley- Forest, LCSW, RPT-S and Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT
3 days, 3 presenters, 3 models to dive deeply into the latest on assessment and comprehensive treatment of children and youth with complex trauma and dissociation, Details, including full CE details on the EMDR Advanced Training and Distance Learning website.
Link for registration at EMDR Advanced Trainings
