Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference 2025

• Target Audience: child therapists and social workers
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1. Overview

The Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference 2025 provides an in-depth exploration of diverse play therapy modalities, clinical interventions, and contemporary tools. The program equips child and adolescent mental health professionals with advanced strategies for addressing trauma, grief, ADHD, and high-conflict family dynamics through both traditional and digital mediums.

Course Date: 2025

2. Learning Objectives

Integrate contemporary tools, including digital interventions and video games, into varied play therapy modalities such as Adlerian and Jungian.

Apply specialized play therapy approaches to treat trauma, attachment wounds, and disenfranchised grief across diverse youth populations.

Implement effective therapeutic strategies to navigate high-conflict divorce situations and support caregivers of children with ADHD.

Enhance case conceptualization and treatment planning through the application of seminal play therapy theories and sensory processing principles.

Develop culturally adaptive techniques and improve clinical supervision to elevate the quality and reach of play therapy practice.

3. Target Audience

Best for child therapists and social workers who want updates on play therapy modalities, trauma interventions, and digital tools.

4. Topics

Advancing Virtual Play Therapy A Journey Through Digital Tools and Techniques

Back to the Future The Past Present and Future of Jungian Analytical Play Therapy

Beyond the Playroom Culturally Adaptive Play Therapy and Treatment Planning Strategies

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy CPRT for Caregivers of Children with ADHD

Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Trauma An Introduction with Clinical Examples

Enhancing Play Therapist Supervision Effective Strategies for Diverse Settings

Interacting Sensory Processing and NMT Principles in Play Therapy for Traumatized Children

Linking Therapeutic Powers of Play Seminal Theories and Interventions in Play Therapy

Mending Invisible Wounds Play Therapy for Black Youth Experiencing Disenfranchised Grief

Once Upon a Time in Adlerian Play Therapy AdPT Exploring Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy

Play Therapy for Children in High-Conflict Divorced Families Repairing Connection

Play Therapy Reflections as the Intervention Prescriptive Verbal Skills and Trauma

Play with Bereaved Children Play Therapy Interventions for Childhood Adolescent Grief

Playing The Wrong Games How to Protect the Therapeutic Space from High-Conflict Divorce

Tell the Truth to the Children Complexities of Coherent Storying in Play Therapy

Treating Attachment Wounds in Children and Teens An Integrative Play Therapy Approach

Understanding the Therapeutic Powers of Play Utilization and Case Conceptualization

Using the Language of Video Games in Adlerian Play Therapy

Wounded Warriors Integrative Play Therapy for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse