Branch Trainings

This presentation discusses the importance of introducing play therapy to a family as a method of treatment for their child and family. It covers several ways to engage parents in the play therapy process and teach them helpful strategies to use at home.

This training will explore how natural environments can support children’s sensory processing, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. Grounded in play therapy principles, this training integrates somatic awareness, sensory-rich activities, and nature’s rhythms to foster nervous system flexibility and resilience. Participants will learn practical, creative, and culturally responsive approaches for using nature as a co-therapist in outdoor, indoor, and telehealth settings.

Participants will learn different play therapy activities to help clients recognize, understand, label, appropriately express, and regulate anxiety. A majority of the workshop will be spent learning about different hands-on and virtual play therapy activities through demonstration and active participation. We will also discuss what populations and diagnoses the activities work best.