Play Therapy Credentials
A licensed therapist credentialed by the play therapy association is allowed to call themselves this
What is a Registered Play Therapist (RPT)?
The founder of Child Centered Play Therapy
Who is Virginia Axline?
Is a branch off of CCPT that includes parents in the room, developed by Bernard and Louise Guerney, and later Rise VanFleet
What is Filial Therapy?
The decade that the Association for Play Therapy became an official organization
What is the 80s? (1982 to be exact)
Play is the _________ of children
What is language?
A state approved supervisor credentialed by the play therapy association to help guide other therapists in the study of play therapy is allowed to call themselves this
What is a Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S™)
This person's client centered approach in therapy with adults inspired the creation of CCPT
Who is Carl Rogers?
The model of play therapy developed by Lisa Dion.
What is Synergetic Play Therapy?
What is the International Journal of Play Therapy?
The title of the first major published book about play therapy was written by Virginia Axline in 1947
What is "Play Therapy"?
The minimum number of years it takes a master degree level therapist to become a play therapist.
What is 2 years?
Is the developer of the Squiggle game, also said play is universal and crucial for health
Who is Donald Winnicott?
A play therapy model where the child leads and the therapist reflects play and emotion
What is Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)?
The decade that Registered Play Therapy (RPT) credential launched
What is the 90s? (1992 to be exact)
Often called the father of Play Therapy
Who is Charles Schaefer?
Any child or adolescent therapist who is not credentialed as a Registered Play Therapist may not do this
What is call themselves a play therapist?
In 1988, this man founded the Center for Play Therapy, which has grown to become one of the largest play therapy research and training programs in the world, and authored The Art of the Relationship
Who is Dr. Garry Landreth?
Dottie Higgins Klein wrote a book titled after this model. We use Chapter 3 from her book when learning the process of doing initial sessions for child clients.
What is Mindfulness-Based Play Family Therapy?
The name of the week in February where play therapists across the country celebrate play therapy sharing posts about play therapy on social media
What is "National Play Therapy Week"?
The location of APT headquarters
What is Fresno, California?
The number of phases in the play therapy credentialing process
What is 3?
in 1909 documented "Little Hans" noting that a child's play revealed unconscious conflicts
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The founders of the Association for Play Therapy
Who are Charlie Schaefer and Kevin O'Connor?
This country remains the largest and most influential association for play therapy, often guiding training standards and ethics globally
What is the United States (USA)?
A time consuming, expensive yet VERY FULFILLING mental health driven career with children
What is play therapy?