Play Therapy and Divorce: How to Stay Out of Court
Play therapists are trained to keep the relationship with both parents and the children they work with, but when they get a subpoena to be involved in a custody case the relationship becomes quite challenged. Participants will learn how to handle divorce cases from intake session and beyond to keep themselves out of court. Participants will learn how to integrate play therapy to decrease triangulation, assess the co-parenting relationship, and treat children dealing with divorce.
Learning Objectives: After successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- create a divorce treatment plan from a play therapy perspective.
- use play therapy activities to help assess the co-parenting relationship, treat children with divorce, and decrease triangulation.
- apply ethics involved in handling a subpoena and writing play therapy notes.
- identify triangulation and how to use this as a goal to help heal the child with play therapy.
3 APT Non-Contact CE | Intermediate | Play Therapy Skills & Methods, Play Therapy Special Topics
About our presenter: Kelly Peyton, LPC-S, RPT-S™ is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor™, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP). Kelly has thousands of hours of training focused on working specifically with teenagers and children using some of the latest research and clinical data. Some of her specialized training includes certification in play therapy, certification as a trauma specialist, training in Theraplay, complete EMDR training, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Certification in DBT, and a brain-based approach called the Neurosequential Model of therapeutics. She is also a LENS Neurofeedback practitioner and trained in the Safe Sound Protocol for acoustic vagus nerve stimulation. Her years of experience working with children, teenagers, and adults allow her to provide services to the whole family. She is the clinical director at Katy Counseling serving the greater Katy area and helping to train and equip the next generation of child, adolescent, and adult counselors.
NEAPT Members $50; Guests $60
VIRTUAL: This will be a virtual meeting. Participants will be awarded non-contact CE upon successful completion of a post test. Participants are asked to be visible throughout the presentation.
NEAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider 02-123. NEAPT maintains responsibility for the program. Registrants understand and agree that any photograph (screen shot), video or audio recording of themselves may be used to further promote NEAPT.
Cancellation Policy: All cancellations must be requested in writing and received no later than November 1, 2025. Cancellations are subject to a $15 processing fee. Substitutions (someone else attending) or transfer of registration to another training date may be requested. No refunds or partial refunds after November 1, 2025.
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