This play therapy training explores how children experience divorce, separation, and family restructuring through a developmentally informed and culturally responsive lens.
Grounded in Child-Centered Play Therapy and attachment theory, this training highlights how play therapy facilitates emotional expression, identity development, and relational healing for children navigating complex family transitions.
Using a pop culture framework drawn from Disney and Pixar storytelling, participants will examine how themes of loss, loyalty conflicts, emotional silencing, and resilience emerge in children’s play.
✨ Welcome
🎥 Training Video
📄 Handouts & Resources
🎯 Post-Test (80% Pass Rate to Unlock Your CE Certificate)
🕹️ File Your Mission Debrief
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Describe the emotional and developmental impact of divorce, separation, and remarriage on children using a play therapy framework.
Identify attachment disruptions and behavioral presentations in children navigating family transitions.
Explain how the Therapeutic Powers of Play support emotional processing and resilience in children impacted by family restructuring.
Apply play therapy concepts to conceptualize themes such as loss, loyalty conflicts, and identity development using pop culture metaphors.
Adapt one play therapy intervention (directive or nondirective) to align with a family’s cultural values and context and document the clinical rationale and ethical considerations addressed in supervision.
All sales of recorded training sessions are final. Once purchased, there are no refunds or returns available. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to providing you with valuable content and insights through our recorded sessions.
This recorded training offers 4 non-contact Continued Education credits. To earn your CE certificate you will need to complete the post test with at least an 80%. A New Hope Therapy Center, our sister organization and partner for trainings and workshops, is an Approved CE Provider for the Association for Play Therapy™ (APT™) - Approved Provider. Furthermore, A New Hope Academy has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7816. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. A New Hope Academy is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please check with your state or other licensing board regarding their acceptance of these CEs.
Upon purchase, you'll have 30 days of access to recordings, handouts, and post-tests. Access extension requests must be made before expiration.
“It was very helpful to understand the developmental stages and how behaviors can show up in each of them.”
“I loved learning supportive questions to ask and how to be more present.”
“I've been practising play therapy for many years, and I gained a lot from this training.”
“I've become much more mindful of staying curious and resisting the urge to quickly make meaning of what I'm seeing.”
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