Training mental health professionals to work

effectively with children and adolescents by

helping them resolve difficulties using the

language they know best.

Play Therapy Certification Program

stetson.edu/play-therapy

What is Play Therapy?

Play therapy is a set of skills learned and practiced by professionals from multiple realms of mental health.

The Play Therapy Certificate program accepts applicants currently training or practicing within the fields of:

•ClinicalMentalHealth •MarriageandFamilyTherapy •SocialWork •SchoolCounseling •Psychology •Psychiatry

The Play Therapy Certificate program is offered underStetsonUniversity’sDepartmentofCounselor Education.

– Friedrich Froebel, founder of the first kindergarten

stetson.edu/play-therapy

The Play Therapy Certificate program offers both a 150-hour continuing education track and a 9-hour graduate credit track that prepares mental health professionals to work with children, adolescentsandtheirfamiliesusingthemosteffectiveanddevelopmentallyappropriatetheoriesandtechniques.

Three certificate courses are designed to address the history, theories,techniquesandapplicationsofplaytherapy:

•PlayTherapyTheories&Practices •PlayTherapywithFamilies&SpecialPopulations •PlayTherapy&ExpressiveArtsTechniques

Afinalcaseconceptualizationprojectisalsorequiredforcompletion of the certificate program.

Courses can be applied toward the education requirementsnecessaryforindividualsseekingnational Registered Play Therapist credentials.

StetsonUniversityisapprovedbytheFloridaDepartmentofHealthunderFloridaStatute491tooffer continuing education for social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors.

Additionally,StetsonUniversityisanapprovedproviderofcontinuingeducationbytheAssociationforPlayTherapy.ForadditionalinformationaboutthepracticeofplaytherapyandtherequirementsforbecominganationallyrecognizedRegisteredPlayTherapist,pleasevisittheAssociationforPlayTherapy website at www.a4pt.org.

APTApprovedProvider#13-358

About the Program

-Dr. Garry Landreth,Internationally recognized play

therapist and educator

Play Therapy Certificate students are either currently enrolled inorhavegraduatedfromamentalhealth-relatedmaster’sordoctoral degree program.

Minimally,studentsareexpectedtohavesuccessfullycompletedgraduatelevelcourseworkintheareasofchilddevelopment,counseling theories, and basic counseling skills appropriate to their profession.

Interested applicants are asked to submit:

•ThePlayTherapyCertificateProgramApplication •One-TimeApplicationFee •ProfessionalRésumé •OfficialTranscripts

Toapply,visit:

stetson.edu/play-therapyFor application information, contact:Jamie Vanderlipgradadmissions@stetson.edu(386)822-7100

For program information, contact:PageThanasiu,Ph.D.,LMHC,NCCpthanasi@stetson.edu(321)939-7611

Application Requirements

421

Nor

th W

oodl

and

Blvd

.D

eLan

d, F

L 32

723

stet

son.

edu/

play

-the

rapy

Pla

y i

s th

e

nat

ura

l la

ngu

age

of

chil

dre

n.