Live Play Therapy Training

Direct contact (face-to-face) play therapy training for those interested in becoming Registered Play Therapists.
(APT Approved Provider: #11-302)​

Healing the Inner Child: Sandtray for Adults with Complex Childhood Trauma (Part one)

Date: July 31st & Aug 1st, 2021

8:30 am to 4:15 pm each day

In-person training at The Workshop in Austin, Texas!

$320 for 12 APT Direct Contact CE’s

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Serving together: Using play therapy to address grief and attachment issues in military children

Date: October 29th, 2021
9 am to 4:30 pm CST, San Antonio, Texas

$120 for 6 APT Direct Contact CE’s

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Moving the energy: Integrating expressive arts into Gestalt Play Therapy

Date: Sept 17th & 18th, 2021

8:30 am to 4:00 pm each day

In-person training at The Workshop in Austin, Texas!

$320 for 12 APT Direct Contact CE’s (early bird ends 7/30)

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Affirming play therapy for neurodivergent children: An embodied Theraplay approach

Date: September 3rd, 2021

10 am to 1 pm Central Standard Time

$65 for 3 APT Direct Contact CE’s

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Dr. Renee Turner offers a variety of APT-Approved (#11-302) continued education for Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Registered Play Therapists. Join her as she offers exciting, experiential training on play therapy methods, techniques, and interventions using play, art, drama, sandtray, and other expressive techniques.

Since becoming an APT-approved provider in 2011, Dr. Turner has provided more than 500 hours of direct contact play therapy training across Texas. Two types of training are available: direct contact & non-contact. Direct contact training sessions occur in a live, face-to-face, setting at a specified time & place. Non-contact training occurs at your own pace at a significantly reduced price.

If you would like training for your organization or small group (minimum six people), please contact hctcenter@gmail.com to explore options.

What professionals are saying about training with Dr. Turner

Dr. Turner’s training are highly interactive, engaging, and fun! Her experiential approach gives me hands on experience, increases my confidence as a practitioner, and support my personal work as well. I recommend giving yourself…and your clients…the gift of attending her training.
Joanna T., LPC-S, RPT-S
“Dr. Turner’s sandtray training made me feel like I renewed by vows with my marriage to counseling!”
Swathi M., LPC, Austin, Texas
Dr. Turner’s trainings are not only packed with valuable information—insightful and hand-on—but when you walk out her door, you will have taken time to slow down, look at yourself, and gain insight. Her passion for play therapy is obvious and I whole-heartedly recommend any training she provides!
Alyssa C. LPC-S, RPT-S
“Dr. Turner does a fabulous job of engaging everyone in training. It is not lecturing, it is very hands on. She is very knowledgeable about the information and her excitement about sandtray is contagious!”
F.C., LPC, Temple, Texas
“Dr. Turner has an abundance of knowledge. Her energy and enthusiasm creates a warm, comfortable learning environment. All of my interactions with her have been positive. I always leave trainings feeling confident and in competent in what I have learned.”
Z.J, LPC, Belton, Texas

Work with Dr. Turner

Ready to become a Registered Play Therapists? Dr. Turner provides web-based and in-person play therapy supervision for those interested in becoming Registered Play Therapists.
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