Announcement
Winter Workshop – Filial Play Therapy
When: February 17, 2012 Where: Trinity United Methodist Church 1400 Oxmoor Road Birmingham, AL 35209 Our Presenter: Hilda R. Glazer, EdD, PCC-S, RPT-S Synopsis: This workshop presents the basics in filial therapy, a manualized intervention. Based on client-centered theory, the history and applications of this intervention will be discussed along with uses and goals of [...]
2011 Art & Play Therapy Workshop
Seminar Title Integrating Art and Play Therapy When & Where June 17, 2011 – Trinity United Methodist Church. 1400 Oxmoor Road Birmingham, AL 35209 Our Presenter Karen Abato, ATR-BC Synopsis This workshop will be VERY EXPERIENTIAL with hands on learning about the similarities between art and play therapies and how they interact. We will explore [...]
2011 Ethics Seminar
Seminar Title ETHICS ON THE EDGE Part I: Usual Suspects Part II: Current Issues and Trends When & Where April 1, 2011 Family Guidance Center of Alabama, 2358 Fairlane Drive, Building D Montgomery, Our Presenter Dr. Paul Hard Synopsis Being familiar with and consistently upholding ethical standards are key components to providing quality mental health [...]
2011 Winter Workshop – Engaging Adolescents
Seminar Title Engaging Adolescents: Inspired Techniques for Teens & Tweens When & Where January 28, 2011 – Trinity United Methodist Church. 1400 Oxmoor Road Birmingham, AL 35209 Our Presenter: Brijin Gardner, MSW, LSCSW, LSCW, RPT-S Synopsis This workshop will provide therapists with valuable tools and inspired strategies to engage adolescents and elicit information during the [...]
2010 September Workshop – Emotional & Social Skills
Seminar Title Play Therapy Techniques for Enhancing Emotional and Social Skills of Children and Adolescents When Friday, September 17, 2010 12:30 to 4:15 Where Joe Wheeler State Park Lodge 4401 McLean Drive Rogersville, AL 35652 Presenter Penny Baker is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience in treating children and adolescents. She is [...]
Message From Our President – Lisa Elliot
Welcome to the AAPT website. We hope you find it informative and useful as your link to play therapy in Alabama. Throughout the last couple of years we have seen many changes in our organization, from our new website to the development and implementation of new regional networking groups. We are proud of these changes [...]
2008 Spring Workshop – Bereaved Children
Synopsis Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children and Children of Divorce with Liana Lowenstein. Click here to download the brochure. This dynamic workshop will present an innovative model for working with school-aged children with loss issues from bereavement to divorce. Structured assessment and treatment techniques will be illustrated for use in individual, group, and family therapy. [...]
Books by Sharon McGee
Sharon A. McGee, therapist and AAPT Board Member has recently published her second book entitled Fifty Five Favorite Healing Activities For Children. The book is co-authored by Curt Holmes and Lawrence Shapiro. When children suffer trauma and loss they need help coping and healing from that trauma. This book is full of a wide variety [...]
Message From Our President – Kim Brindley
Hello and welcome! We are glad you found YOUR newly designed AAPT web site! We are so excited about being in contact with you and hope you have an opportunity to browse the site and give us feedback. We want your new AAPT site to be a source of support and information. Last year Sharon [...]
National Public Radio (NPR) Interview
At a 2005 AAPT board meeting we discussed ways to increase public awareness of Play Therapy. Kathryn Blackwell, Secretary of AAPT, decided to call National Public Radio (NPR) and ask that Play Therapy be a part of a mental health series they were airing. NPR agreed and asked to interview several play therapists for the [...]
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