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. We hope many of you were able to come and learn at this great training from one of the legends in play therapy.
But celebrating 25 years isnt over! We have more things coming! What is our next BIG event?
Our FALL CONFERENCE on Friday, Nov 2- featuring Lynn Louise Wonders! Lynn's morning topic is: "Play Therapy with High Conflict Divorce and Custody Cases: Ethical and Clinical Issues." In the afternoon she will present on "Play Therapy Interventions with Children of Divorce".
Registration is now open! Go to our Conference page for more info! Paypal buttons have been activated for secure, on-line payment!
We are also including lunch on-site in-between sessions at the Fall Conference as a way to encourage more networking!
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.
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
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.
