Play Therapy Training

Our Play Therapy Training is your chance to learn from world-renowned neuropsychiatrist Dr. Dan Siegel, NY Times best-selling coauthor of The Whole-Brain Child and The Power of Showing Up, about how play therapy heals and promotes optimal brain development and opens the door to flexibility and creativity!

Along with Dan Siegel, leaders across the field of play therapy will share their work...

Ana Gomez shares her Multimodal approach to EMDR therapy where movement, dance, play, sandtray, expressive arts, parts work, polyvagal focused strategies, and parent child interventions are masterfully integrated into the eight phases of EMDR therapy. 

Liana Lowenstein gives us practical techniques to reach kids/teens who are reluctant to verbally articulate their thoughts and feelings and facilitate rapport building – maximizing potential for change. 

Jessica Stone, creator of the Virtual Sandtray App®©, shares how the app allows for portability, in-person and remote functions, saving trays, loading previous session trays, screenshots, video and more! 

Clair Mellenthin, creator of Attachment Centered Play Therapy, will share how harnessing the power of play will help children and their families process difficult experiences and bond in healthy ways. 

Paris Goodyear-Brown talks TraumaPlay™. Whether children are shutting down or shouting out, this workshop will help clinicians who see children and teens with big behaviours scaffold more than a dozen immediately useful play therapy interventions onto the neuroscience of dysregulation. 

Carmen Jimenez-Pride and Marshall Lyles will share the importance of practicing cultural humility in the playroom to assure a level of therapeutic safety for all children and families. 

Jackie Flynn shares foundational concepts of Polyvagal Theory and the unique ways the ANS impacts children’s capacity to manage stress, express themselves, regulate emotions and navigate relationships. 

Robert Jason Grant shares the difference between effective vs. problematic play therapy work with neurodivergent (autistic, ADHD, sensory disorders) children to ensure customizable goals are being met. And so much more!

• Repair and rebuild secure attachment between parent and child
• Increase emotional intelligence and resiliency
• Develop respect for self and others
• Decrease negative behaviours and increase healthy coping strategies
• Enhance flexible thinking, problem solving, creativity and healthy communication
• Increase self-esteem and confidence
• Engage in developmentally appropriate behaviours – to just be a kid!
• Optimize brain and body development

This training gives you an array of skills including SAND TRAY, DIGITAL PLAY, SUPERHERO PLAY, EMDR, TRAUMA-PLAY and SO MUCH MORE, to truly MEET and TREAT the unique needs of the kids you work with! Whether you're a seasoned therapist or new to the field, get dozens of kid-tested and proven tools.

With over 30 hours of online video training, insightful commentary, case studies and examples, you will have compelling new clinical strategies that you can immediately start applying in your practice! We encourage you to take the time to fully absorb everything. Watch the videos. Read the materials. Get your CPD hours!

But, if you review all of the course materials and are still not satisfied, email us at info@pesi.com.au . Your satisfaction is guaranteed.

Yes! Once you register for this self-directed course, the materials are yours to keep, access and review at your own pace, around your own busy schedule.

Best of all, you can earn CPD as you go! This self-study course was designed for busy educators and clinicians like you, so we keep each module short and to the point - and you can take your test as you finish each module.