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    • 25 Oct 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Virtual
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    AZAPT Virtual Networking Event

    Does the use of puppets or dress up in sessions excite you or make you feel nervous? Are you not sure what to do or do you love using puppets and dress up with children in sessions? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, then come hang out with AZAPT.

    We are going to be talking about and sharing ways we use puppets and dress up in sessions. Bring your favorite puppet to share or ways that you use puppets and dress up in session.

    Not sure how to use one or either? Come and hear about how other therapists are using these resources in session and get inspired.

    Open to AZAPT members and friends!


    • 27 Oct 2023
    • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
    • Virtual Meeting
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    Filial Play Therapy

    Presented by MariaElena Jauregui, MA, LPCC RPT

    Filial Play Therapy is one of the historially significant/seminarl theories recognized by the Association for Play Therapy. This three-hour workshop will provide a brief overview of the history of Filial Play Therapy, a review of the founders, a well as the basic core tenets.We will review the therapeutic powers of play most commonly activated within this theory and will observe examples of therapeutic interventions for this historically significant approach.


    Learning Objectives: 

    Participants will:

    1. Identify the core tenets of Filial Play.
    2. Identify how the therapeutic powers of play are activated within Filial Play.
    3. List 3-5 techniques play therapists utilize in Filial Play.

    Level of training: Foundational

    3 APT Live Webinar CE - Seminal Theory

    This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."

    About our presenter: MariaElena Jauregui is a LPCC, RPT™, holds an endorsement of Infant Mental Health Specialist, and is currently working toward becoming a RPT-S™. MariaElena fell in love with Play Therapy during her internship and has continued to grow her skills since. She spreads the word about Play Therapy as a counselor with the families she works with, as an instructor for teachers and interns who do their work in the center where she is based, and as a continuing education provider for Play Therapy in the rural area where she lives. 

    AZAPT Members $50; Guests $60

    Limited to 50 participants.

    LIVE WEBINAR: Per APT guidelines, video cameras must be on throughout the presentation for contact CE. Participants will be awarded APT LIVE WEBINAR CE upon successful completion of a post test. This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."

    AZAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 97-035. AZAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph, video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote AZAPT.

    Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than October 1, 2023. Cancellations are subject to a $20 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds after October 1, 2023.

    By registering for this training, you are giving AZAPT permission to add your email to our email list and permission for AZAPT to use any photographs or screenshots taken during the training for promotional purposes.

    • 8 Nov 2023
    • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    • Late for the Train, 19A E Aspen Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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    AZAPT Networking Event: Flagstaff

    Fall is in the air and a good cup of coffee and spending time with other therapists who use play is definitely called for.

    Northern Arizona therapists, AZAPT hasn’t forgotten about you!!!  Come out to spend time with AZAPT board members and other therapists from Northern Arizona and the Valley to network and chat about what we love most….PLAY!

    Not from Northern Arizona…maybe it’s time for a road trip to meet some of your Northern Arizona colleagues.

    Open to AZAPT members and friends!



    • 17 Nov 2023
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Virtual Meeting
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    Ain’t Misbehavin’: Assessing the Goals of Misbehavior in Play Therapy

    Presented by Dana Holtz, EdS, NCC, LPC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor

    Children often engage in misbehavior in hopes of satisfying unmet needs. Unfortunately, such efforts tend to lead to frustration for parents and teachers. Join us as we explore the goals of misbehavior through the lens of Adlerian play therapy.  We will utilize the therapeutic powers of play to support children in learning to meet their needs in a productive way. In addition, using Adlerian play therapy parent/teacher consultation skills we identify methods to help adults respond positively to misbehavior.

    Learning Objectives: 

    Participants will:

    1. Explain the basic concepts of Adlerian play therapy
    2. Identify the four goals of misbehavior from an Adlerian play therapy perspective
    3. Describe the connection between the goals of misbehavior and the needs of children
    4. Utilize a minimum of eight (8) play therapy-based interventions to address the goals of misbehavior

    Level of training: Foundational

    3 APT Live Webinar CE - Seminal Theory, Play Therapy Skills & Methods

    This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."

    About our presenter: Dana Holtz, currently a School Psychologist in Las Vegas, Nevada, holds a certificate as an Advanced Certified Adlerian Play Therapist and a Nationally Certified Counselor. She is licensed in Arizona and Nevada and is a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™ with over 20 years of experience working with children and adolescents in a variety of settings. Dana has also completed her advanced certification in Adlerian play therapy. She describes her passions as play therapy, social interest, and empowering students/children.

    Dana Holtz has requested that her honorarium be donated to the victims in Maui.

    AZAPT Members $50; Guests $60

    Limited to 50 participants.

    LIVE WEBINAR: Per APT guidelines, video cameras must be on throughout the presentation for contact CE. Participants will be awarded APT LIVE WEBINAR CE upon successful completion of a post test. This workshop meets APT's definition of "Live Webinar."

    AZAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 97-035. AZAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph, video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote AZAPT.

    Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than November1, 2023. Cancellations are subject to a $20 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds after November 1, 2023.

    By registering for this training, you are giving AZAPT permission to add your email to our email list and permission for AZAPT to use any photographs or screenshots taken during the training for promotional purposes.

    • 29 Nov 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Virtual
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    AZAPT Virtual Networking Event

    It can be intimidating for some talking about and processing death and loss with children. How can you use play to help children process their feelings and experiences around the death of a loved one? 

    There are a lot of great activities and interventions that you can use to help children process their feelings around this topic. Do you have an activity or book you love to use to address this topic? Are you looking to get some ideas to help build your toolbox? Then this networking event is for you. 

    Bring your favorite activities or books if you have them or bring a notepad and your favorite pen to take down ideas and notes. 

    Open to AZAPT members and friends!



    • 3 Dec 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Virtual
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    AZAPT Virtual Networking Event

    Using games in session with kiddos can be a great way to practice, teach and process different topics. There are targeted games to address different issues, or you can take a traditional game and make it therapeutic. 

    Join AZAPT in this networking event to share your favorites and to learn about some new ones from your fellow therapists using play in sessions. With the holiday season in full swing, what a perfect way to add some ideas to your holiday wish list! 

    Open to AZAPT members and friends!

    As a BONUS, we will be having a raffle for those who attend to win a copy of the book we will be starting in 2024 in the AZAPT Book Club!!!


    • 20 Jan 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    • TBD
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    AZAPT Book Club

    The book and concepts in The Therapeutic Powers of Play is a foundation to the work we all do. No matter the theoretical foundation and orientation you identify with, this book is a keystone to the work you do. 

    Come join AZAPT in this networking event to start discussing these 20 core agents of change! We will be breaking the book down a few chapters at a time so that it feels more manageable in our busy day-to-day lives. 

    Can’t make this one…then look for future book club networking events to join the discussion. 

    Open to AZAPT members and friends!



    • 22 Mar 2024
    • 8:30 AM
    • 23 Mar 2024
    • 4:15 PM
    • Great Wolf Lodge, 7333 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
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    2024 AZAPT Annual Conference

    Body-Centered Play Therapy for Traumatized Client and Creative Play Therapy Interventions

    Presented by:
    Terry Kottman, PhD, LMHC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor

    2 Days, 12 Hours Total of Live Contact CE

    Friday: Body-Centered Play Therapy for Traumatized Client

    In this interactive workshop, we will explore ways to incorporate body-­centered techniques, such as yoga, movement, body scans, parasympathetic nervous system soothing, and sensorimotor drawing, with traumatized clients in play therapy. Much of the current research investigating therapeutic work with traumatized clients suggests that some of the most effective therapy tools are body-­centered techniques such as yoga, meditation, movement, body scans, and work with the para­sympathetic nervous system. Researchers have noted that the body stores trauma in a variety of different ways which makes it particularly important to help traumatized clients become more aware of and more able to work with their bodies, in addition to the familiar play therapy goals of working with emotions, cognitions, and behaviors. Using a combination of Adlerian conceptualization and strategies and body-­centered Gestalt therapy techniques, the presenter will explore how trauma affects clients across the lifespan and how play therapists can integrate body-centered intervention strategies, and expressive arts techniques into play therapy. The workshop is designed to equip play therapists with body-­centered play therapy techniques that, without physically touching clients, play therapists can use for assessment and intervention with clients who have experienced trauma.

    After the workshop, participants will be able to...

    1. Describe current research on the effects of trauma on people’s brains, bodies, thoughts, emotions, and behavior.    
    2. Identify 5 techniques to enhance play therapy clients' sensorimotor awareness.
    3. Describe 2 Adlerian play therapy conceptualization tools for understanding how trauma has had an impact on clients’ lifestyles.
    4. Describe 5 strategies for activating clients' parasympathetic nervous system.
    5. Describe 3 principles of trauma-­informed therapy with children and adolescents.
    6. Describe the process of using sensorimotor art processes and/or sensory image drawings with traumatized clients in play therapy.

      Intermediate Level | Play Therapy Skills & Methods and Play Therapy Special Topics | 6 Live Contact APT CE

      Saturday: Creative Play Therapy Interventions

      In this fun and experiential online workshop, you will learn practical play therapy intervention techniques for building a relationship, exploring clients’ lifestyles, helping clients gain insight, and facilitating them making changes in their behavior, thinking, and feelings.  You will learn a model for metaphor design and therapeutic storytelling; art techniques; structured play activities, and dance, movement, and music processes you can use in your play therapy sessions for assessing clients and facilitating movement in their therapeutic process.  

      After the workshop, participants will be able to...

      1. Describe 2 play therapy techniques used to build a relationship with clients.
      2. Describe 2 play therapy techniques used to explore clients’ lifestyles.
      3. Describe 2 play therapy techniques used to help clients gain insight.
      4. Describe 2 play therapy techniques to facilitate clients making changes in patterns of thinking, feeling, and/or behaving.
      5. Describe 1 method for designing therapeutic stories in play therapy.
      6. Explain 1 art technique for using in play therapy.
      7. Describe 1 way they can use dance, movement, and/or music in play therapy.

      Intermediate Level | Play Therapy Skills & Methods | 6 Live Contact APT CE

      Terry Kottman, PhD, LMHC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor developed Adlerian play therapy, an approach to working with children, families, and adults that combines the ideas and techniques of Individual Psychology and play therapy.  She founded the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT), an organization that provides play therapy training and offers a certification program in Adlerian play therapy. Terry regularly presents workshops and writes about play therapy and parent/teacher consultation. She is the author or editor of 15 books, mostly about play therapy.

      NEW LOCATION: Great Wolf Lodge, 7333 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85258

      Bring the family for a fantastic weekend vacation!


      Check in at the door begins at 7:45 a.m.


      07:45 AM – 08:30 AM     Registration & Continental Breakfast

      08:30 AM – 10:15 AM     Session

      10:15 AM – 10:30 AM     Break

      10:30 AM – 12:00 PM     Session

      12:00 PM – 01:15 PM     Lunch (Lunch on Friday Provided, Lunch On Your Own Saturday)

      01:15 PM – 02:45 PM     Session

      02:45 PM 03:00 PM     Break

      03:00 PM – 04:15 PM     Session


      6 hours of Live Contact CE provided each day. AZAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 97-035. AZAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph, video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote AZAPT.

      Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than February 15, 2024. Cancellations are subject to a $30 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds after February 15, 2024.

      By registering for this training, you are giving AZAPT permission to add your email to our email list and permission for AZAPT to use any photographs or screenshots taken during the training for promotional purposes.

      Other hotels near Great Wolf Lodge:

      Comfort Suites Scottsdale at Talking Stick

      Staybridge Suites Scottsdale

      Thank you to our sponsors!

         

       

                    

    26 Sep 2023 AZAPT Networking Event: Phoenix
    15 Sep 2023 Bibliotherapy: A Play-Based Approach
    29 Aug 2023 Train-the-Trainer: Members Only
    22 Aug 2023 Puppetry and Storytelling Play Therapy Activities
    24 Jul 2023 The Marriage of CBT and Play Therapy-Merging CBT and Play Therapy in the Therapy Space
    30 Jun 2023 I Brought My Crayons: Utilizing Art Techniques in Adlerian Play Therapy
    19 May 2023 Discipline Does not Equal Punishment: Working with Parents in the Play Therapy Process
    18 Apr 2023 The Ethics of Play Therapy in a Changing World
    10 Mar 2023 Beyond Diversity-Incorporating A Multicultural Orientation in Play Therapy
    17 Feb 2023 2023 AZAPT Annual Conference
    19 Jan 2023 Using Music to Engage Children and Teens in Play Therapy
    9 Dec 2022 Holiday PLAYfest
    4 Nov 2022 A Review of Play Therapy Clinical Supervision Utilizing Popular Children's Movie Characters
    11 Oct 2022 LEGO-Based Play Therapy: It's All in the Directive
    23 Sep 2022 History and Theory of Play Therapy
    14 Sep 2022 Virtual Networking/Resource Event
    19 Aug 2022 Superheroes and Pop Culture in Play Therapy
    15 Jul 2022 Clinical Applications of Play Therapy with Sexually Victimized Children and Adolescents
    17 Jun 2022 StoryCrafts: Creative Activities for Replenishing our Wellspring of Play Therapy Approaches
    17 May 2022 Let’s Play Your Way! Cultural Considerations in Play Therapy
    26 Apr 2022 When the White Flag is Flying: Increasing Awareness of Healing the Burnout and Compassion Fatigue of Play Therapists
    26 Mar 2022 History and Theory of Gestalt Play Therapy
    12 Feb 2022 The Use of Play Therapy and Other Expressive Therapies in the Assessment and Treatment of Children
    11 Feb 2022 The Use of Play Therapy and Other Expressive Therapies in the Assessment and Treatment of Children
    10 Feb 2022 Game On! Using and Creating Games in Play Therapy
    9 Feb 2022 Expressive Play Therapy Tools to Help Children Figure Out What’s Behind Their Anger
    8 Feb 2022 The Multicultural Playroom: Intentionality and Steps to Ensure Your Playroom is Culturally Inclusive
    7 Feb 2022 Stepping into the Multiverse: Understanding Neurodiversity in Play Therapy
    14 Jan 2022 Poetry and Play Therapy
    16 Nov 2021 Play Therapy: Adlerian Style - An Introduction to Adlerian Play Therapy
    21 Oct 2021 Child Centered Play Therapy
    17 Sep 2021 LEGO® Based Play Therapy: Building Resilience and Unlocking Creativity
    20 Aug 2021 Play Therapy with Children Experiencing Parent/Caretaker Relationship Transition (PCRT©)
    9 Jul 2021 Online Play Therapy: Through the Lens of the Therapeutic Powers of Play
    11 Jun 2021 Nature Play Therapy: When Nature Comes into Play
    28 May 2021 Play Therapy with Adoptive Families
    23 Apr 2021 Paws in the Playroom: Animal Assisted Play Therapy
    13 Mar 2021 Utilizing Reality Play Therapy to Explore a Child’s Quality World
    13 Feb 2021 Applying Sandtray Healing Tools Across the Lifespan in the Play Therapy Space Part B
    13 Feb 2021 Play Therapy Supervision
    12 Feb 2021 Introduction to the Use of Sandtray in Play Therapy  Part A
    12 Feb 2021 Ethical Decision-Making in Play Therapy – Applications for In-Person Services and Telehealth
    11 Feb 2021 Culture, Metaphors, and Play Therapy: Finding the Rainbows of Resilience through Life’s Storms
    10 Feb 2021 Introduction to Puppet Play Therapy
    9 Feb 2021 Play Therapy Week 2021: Sensory Processing and Self Regulation in Play Therapy
    8 Feb 2021 Play Therapy Week 2021: Play Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents
    8 Feb 2021 Play Therapy Week 2021 Sponsorship
    12 Jan 2021 Lunch & Learn - Why You Playin’- Using Play to Empower and Build Self Esteem with Girls
    6 Nov 2020 History and Theory of Play Therapy
    5 Oct 2020 Modern Play Therapy: Incorporating Digital Play in Practice
    25 Sep 2020 Lunch & Learn- Bibliotherapy: A Play-Based Approach
    14 Aug 2020 Nuts and Bolts of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy
    8 Jul 2020 Creating Powerful Play Therapy: The Therapeutic Powers of Play in Action
    16 Jun 2020 Lunch & Learn: Play Therapy Techniques for Your Everyday Practice
    13 May 2020 Stages and Strategies: Play Therapy in Forensic Settings
    21 Feb 2020 2020 AZAPT Annual Conference
    24 Jan 2020 New RPT/S Standards – Virtual Discussion with AZAPT President Juliet Fortino, MC, LPC, RPT-S
    18 Jan 2020 Play Therapy with Children Whose Parents/Caretakers are in Relationship Transition
    16 Nov 2019 What Now? An Advanced Play Therapy Discussion Group
    9 Oct 2019 Grief and Loss in the Play Room: Play Therapy Techniques
    14 Sep 2019 Play Therapy Ethics: Making it Make Sense
    21 Aug 2019 Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy: Models, Clinical Applications and Playroom Choices
    13 Jul 2019 Play Therapy: Adlerian Style – An Introduction to Adlerian Play Therapy
    12 Jun 2019 Child-Centered Play Therapy
    8 May 2019 Culture, Metaphor & Play Therapy: Finding Resilience through the Storms with StoryPlay®
    26 Apr 2019 How to Build Your Private Play Therapy Practice
    10 Apr 2019 Bringing Mindfulness and Movement into Play Therapy
    1 Mar 2019 2019 AZAPT Annual Conference
    9 Feb 2019 Playful Supervision: Play Based Experiential Techniques for Clinical Supervision
    10 Nov 2018 The Dynamic Duo: Blending the Techniques of Occupational Therapy and Play Therapy Together in the Playroom
    26 Oct 2018 How to Become a RPT - Virtual Discussion
    15 Sep 2018 History of Play Therapy
    18 Aug 2018 The Use of Play Therapy with Adults
    2 Jun 2018 Play Therapy with the Sexually Abused Child
    7 Apr 2018 Speaking the Client's Language: An Exploration of Everything from Pokemon to Tech
    17 Mar 2018 Advanced Instruction for the Play Therapist Supervisor
    2 Mar 2018 New Member Orientation Virtual Meeting
    16 Feb 2018 2018 AZAPT Annual Conference
    9 Feb 2018 Coffee Outreach in Tucson
    7 Feb 2018 Happy Hour in Tempe
    13 Jan 2018 Bibliotherapy: A Play Based Approach
    4 Nov 2017 Play Therapy with the Sexually Acting Out Child AND Creative Play Therapy Interventions for Teens and Tweens
    18 Oct 2017 Helping Children When a Family Member is Diagnosed with a Life-Threatening Illness
    9 Sep 2017 Culture, Metaphor & Play: Finding Resilience through the Storms
    19 Aug 2017 Sensory Processing and Trauma: A Handful of Play Activities
    16 Aug 2017 Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Exposure with Children in Play Therapy
    19 Jul 2017 Using StoryPlay for Children and Families with Grief and Loss
    10 Jun 2017 Forensically Informed Therapy
    17 May 2017 Trauma-Focused Therapy - Stages and Strategies
    19 Apr 2017 Working with Attachment
    11 Mar 2017 The Power of Metaphor: Transforming Trauma with Resilience
    17 Feb 2017 Annual Conference 2017
    16 Nov 2016 Sensory Processing and Trauma: A Handful of Play Activities


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