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ADDRESS TELEPHONE FAX EMAIL Assistant Director: Body-Centered Psychotherapy Program Director and School Registrar: Eating Disorder Treatment Program Director: Dance and Movement Therapy Program Director: Counseling Center Director: Webmaster:
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What
is Play Therapy? | Use of Play Therapy Play therapy and its various forms and schools (like filial therapy, family play therapy and child-centered, ecosystemic, developmental, relationship, group and cognitive behavioral play therapy), is a special therapeutic approach for working with children, adolescents, their families and/or care providers. Play is the natural medium of children. Usually, children have not developed the cognitive or verbal skills that adults use to discuss feelings, emotions and experiences in therapy. A safe and structured playroom environment is established where children are encouraged to play in ways that reveal concerns, problems and issues they are struggling with. Play therapy allows:
A qualified play therapist is able to guide the play of children in ways that are therapeutic and healing. Parents, family members or care providers are often included in the play. This allows the play therapist to observe and interpret the full range of systemic/relational dynamics that are important to the child or adolescent. The play therapist is then able to enter into the intrapsychic and systemic reality of the child resulting in appropriate suggestions/interventions. The Certificate program also integrates music, play therapy, art therapy, dance, movement, and other creative approaches. At the School, students will learn to do play therapy with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Five (5) classes are required for the certificate. The total program cost is $2,625.00. Many clinicians and educators use play therapy in psychotherapy with children and adolescents. However, the Association for Play Therapy, Inc. (APT), 2050 North Winery, Suite 101, Fresno, California 93703, 559-252-2278, in existence since 1982, has developed a registration and training process for play therapists and play therapist supervisors. To become a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) or Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), a clinician must have earned a Master's degree in an appropriate medical or mental health profession from a regionally accredited educational institution, two years and 2,000 hours of supervised clinical experience, 35-50 hours of clinical supervision, 350-500 hours of clinical play therapy with clients, and 150 hours of instructions. Please contact the APT at 559-252-2278 for exact requirements pertaining to you. Training, Supervision and Certificates Parents, interns, students, supervisees, foster parents, child care providers, clinicians, and other interested parties are invited to study play therapy, family therapy, and child psychotherapy at the School. Clinical supervision is provided for supervisees to reach eligibility for Registered Play Therapist (RPT) or Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S). The School provides the 150 hours of instruction in the areas required by the Association for Play Therapy, Inc. (APT):
The School also offers 4 quarter hour / 30 didactic-contact-hour courses to complete the APT and certificate requirements. One 30 hour / 4 quarter hour course may be taken as distance learning or independent study. An online class through Naropa University is also possible. Current courses include:
The APT allows up to 50 hours of instruction for registration to be distance education. School classes are available in independent study formats. The Colorado School for Family Therapy offers conferences that include presentations, workshops and play therapy supervision groups (limited by the APT to ten supervisees) each day. Contact the School for current scheduling. Supervised play therapy intensives are held over a two-day period allowing students/clinicians to work with clients (both children and families), in a live group supervision setting. Supervision and clinical practice hours can be used for Certificate credit, APT registration and State licensure. What
is Play Therapy? | Use of Play Therapy
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