CELEBRATING 25 YEARS AS AN ORGANIZATION
OUR SUMMER CONFERENCE WAS GREAT!
Kevin O'Connor came for our annual summer conference and helped us celebrate 25 years as an organization. Fpr the first time we had a two day conference at it was great! We hope many of you were able to come and learn at this great training from one of our legends in play therapy.
OUR FALL CONFERENCE WAS GREAT!
Our FALL CONFERENCE on Friday, Nov 2 featured Lynn Louise Wonders! on "Play Therapy with High Conflict Divorce and Custody Cases: Ethical and Clinical Issues." and "Play Therapy Interventions with Children of Divorce". Lynn gave us all such great information!
BUT WE AREN'T DONE YET!
WE HAVE ONE FINAL EVENT FOR OUR BIG YEAR! WE ARE DOING A QUARTERLY NETWORKING/TRAINING EVENT WITH PARIS GOODYEAR-BROWN AT NURTURE HOUSE! SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7!
If you are new to play therapy, TNAPT now offers a 6.0 continuing education foundational training to get you started! "Getting Started in Play Therapy" is APT-approved and is offered on a recurring basis as often as needed and can also be brought to on-site as well. Please go to the "New to Play Therapy" page for more info. We soon hope to be expanding this training by offering across the state by several of our board members. Foundational training is a necessary component if you are working towards your RPT/RPT-S/SB- RPT, so if you missed that step along the way, this is one way to obtain that training. Next date: Saturday, Dec 1 in Smyrna. This is currently full- new dates for 2018 will be announced soon.
We have also begun our new "Getting Started in Sandtray in Play Therapy." This training has been much requested by members and we are glad to offer it as the second part of our Getting Started series of trainings. Contact Jamie Langley at jamielynnlangley@gmail.com for more information. Next Date: TBA However e do have a similar one we are co-hosting at Connect Counseling in Clarksville on Saturday, Nov 10! Go on-line to connectcounseling.com/sandtraytraining for more information.
Need play therapy supervision? Go to our RPT-S page and you will see over 25 current RPT-S providers of supervision in Tennessee. Act now before the rules change in 2020! There is a need for more RPT'S and RPT-S' in our great state.
Continuing Education...
TNAPT is an APT-approved provider for Play Therapy training! This means that every training sponsored by us counts towards those needed play therapy hours. We go through a renewal process with APT every three years- the most recent was June 2017!
Questions?
For more info about TNAPT, including our upcoming conference:
Contact: Jamie Langley, LCSW, RPT-S
President, TNAPT
e-contact info: tna4pt@gmail.com or
jamielynnlangley@gmail.com
The Tennessee Association for Play Therapy (TNAPT) was formed in 1993 as a branch of the Association for Play Therapy. Our goal then and now remains the same: to promote play therapy by providing information, networking and workshops. It is our hope that this website can provide updated information to assist this goal.
Play Therapy is the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development. (Association for Play Therapy)
Why play? Play is a child's natural form of communication as they express themselves more fully with their play.
Play Therapy is the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development. (Association for Play Therapy)
Why play? Play is a child's natural form of communication as they express themselves more fully with their play.
