Ensemble Learning Center

09/23/2025

✨ New Resource in the Ensemble Learning Center ✨

🌿 Reflective Listening Guide

Listening is one of the most powerful gifts we can give children. When kids feel truly heard, they grow in confidence, empathy, and connection.

This guide was created for parents, caregivers, and professionals who want simple, practical ways to slow down and connect. Inside you’ll find:

✔️ Easy-to-use tips for reflective listening
✔️ Creative ways to acknowledge feelings through words, art, and play
✔️ Real-life scenarios with sample responses + space to practice your own
✔️ Encouragement to strengthen bonds through presence, not perfection

💡 Ways this helps connection: You’ll gain tools that help children feel understood while also modeling empathy and emotional language they can carry into relationships.

📥 Available now in our Resource Library — link in bio!

And every purchase supports our Whole Child. Whole City. initiative, funding free counseling sessions for underserved families in Austin. 💛

09/22/2025

Over the years, our therapists have created and curated some incredibly helpful tools for families and other clinicians, including scripts, checklists, visual supports, and more.⁠
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Until now, these handouts and guides have mostly changed hands inside of therapy sessions and been given individually to our clients on an as-needed basis. But we believe good tools should be easy to access and available to everyone.
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✨ That’s why we’re launching the Ensemble Learning Center Resource Library — a growing collection of downloadable tools designed for caregivers and professionals alike.⁠
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Whether you’re navigating a tricky parenting moment or looking for ideas to support your clients, we hope this resource becomes a go-to for you.⁠
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Take a peek and spread the word! Resources available now at www.ensemblelearningcenter.com⁠/resource-library
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09/15/2025

Ensemble Learning Center is excited to welcome you to our upcoming virtual workshop: "Troubleshooting Common Challenges in Child-Centered Play Therapy," presented by Amanda Robinson, LPC-S, RPT-S™.

This professional workshop is designed to support your growth as you:
- Identify common challenges play therapists experience in session, and conceptualize them from a Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) lens.
- Apply targeted CCPT strategies that help clients navigate obstacles and make meaningful progress in play therapy.
- Discuss the reasoning behind integrating techniques from other play therapy theories in order to effectively respond to diverse clinical situations.

You’ll leave with a deeper sense of confidence in your work. ✨

Details:
November 14, 2025
1-4pm CT
Online or at
Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. If you are attending in person, you will receive 3 contact hours. To receive contact hours, participants must attend in-person for the full presentation and complete the post-presentation evaluation. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706. Play Therapy credit is available to mental health professionals and graduate students in a mental health program.

Use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $15 off the full enrollment rate when you sign up at least three weeks in advance.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link to register and join us!
https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/nov-2025-ccpt-challenges

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.

09/13/2025

Ensemble Learning Center is excited to welcome you to our upcoming virtual workshop: "Ethical Decision Making Models: Compasses to Navigate Play Therapy Practice," presented by Joy Cannon LPC-S RPT-S.

This professional workshop is designed to support your growth as you:
- Utilize 2 structured decision-making models for ethical dilemmas commonly encountered in play therapy.
- Critique your own choices, policies and practices for alignment with the Association for Play Therapy’s Best Practices, ACA Code of Ethics and relevant state regulations.
- Identify cultural and developmental considerations of ethical decision-making processes involving children and families in play therapy.

You’ll leave with practical tools and guidance to navigate ethical challenges. Through small group work, lecture, and (yes) play, participants will reexamine relevant standards (the 2014 ACA Code of Ethics and the Association for Play Therapy’s Best Practice Guidelines) along with evidence-based decision making models to better respond to dilemmas in play therapy. We’ll finish with an Ethics Jeopardy Game and a deeper sense of confidence in your work. ✨

Details:
November 7th, 2025
9am-12pm CST
Online or at Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. If you are attending in person, you will receive 3 contact hours. To receive contact hours, participants must attend in-person for the full presentation and complete the post-presentation evaluation. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706. Play Therapy credit is available to mental health professionals and graduate students in a mental health program.

Use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $15 off the full enrollment rate when you sign up at least three weeks in advance.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link to register and join us!
https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/nov-2025-ethical-models

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.

09/12/2025

Ensemble Learning Center is excited to welcome you to our upcoming virtual workshop: "Building a Screen Time Plan," presented by Rachel Esparza, LPC.

This caregiver workshop is designed to support your growth as you:
- Identify and learn how to set appropriate screen time limits for children based on individual family considerations.
- Demonstrate the ability to create screen-free zones within your homes, fostering spaces that encourage offline activities and quality family time.
- Develop strategies for effective communication with children regarding screen time, ensuring open dialogue and mutual understanding about media use and its impact on well-being.
- Design a personalized screen time plan to implement after the workshop.

You’ll leave with a deeper sense of confidence in your parenting. ✨

Details:
October 18, 2025
11:30am - 1:00pm CT
Online or at Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

Use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $5 off the full enrollment rate when you sign up at least three weeks in advance.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link to register and join us!
https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/oct-2025-screen-time-plan

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.

09/12/2025

Join us on our virtual learning platform for our new workshop: "Troubleshooting Common Challenges in Child-Centered Play Therapy," presented by Amanda Robinson, LPC-S, RPT-S™.

This professional workshop is designed to support your growth as you:
- Identify common challenges play therapists experience in session, and conceptualize them from a Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) lens.
- Apply targeted CCPT strategies that help clients navigate obstacles and make meaningful progress in play therapy.
- Discuss the reasoning behind integrating techniques from other play therapy theories in order to effectively respond to diverse clinical situations.

Details:
November 14, 2025
1-4pm CT
Online or at Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

Use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $15 off the full enrollment rate when you sign up at least three weeks in advance.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.⁠

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07/10/2025

There is only one more week to sign up for our upcoming learning event, so if you've been on the fence, now is the time!⁠
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"Utilizing Play Therapy in the School Setting"⁠
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Presented by Suzanne O'Brien, LPC, RPT™, CCST, EMDR-Trained⁠
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July 18th, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm CT⁠
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In-person at our Northwest Ensemble location, 4210 Spicewood Springs Rd #203, Austin TX 78759⁠
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This training provides 2 CE contact hours. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.⁠
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Reduced community rate available.⁠
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Learn more and sign up today here: https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/july-2025-play-therapy-school-setting

We hope to see you soon!
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❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.⁠
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07/08/2025

We’ve created a centralized resource page to support our fellow counselors, families, and helpers in the wake of the recent flooding and community tragedy. 💛

You'll find trauma-informed therapy referrals (thanks to Molly Young and her team!), talking guides for parents, and grief resources for children and teens—with more being added daily. A free webinar created by our team will also be listed soon.

Please feel free to share with anyone who may need it.
➡️ ensembletherapy.com/flood-community-resources

We’re in this together.

Therapeutic community resources for the children and their families impacted by the July 4th deadly floods in Central Texas.

06/25/2025

Ready to learn all about a family-centered approach to working with self-harming teens?⁠
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Allow us to introduce you to Laura Rushing, LCSW, the presenter for our upcoming workshop: "Working with Self-Harming Teens: A Family-Centered Approach"⁠
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Here's what Laura has to say about working with self-harming teens: “School staff, parents and therapists alike often lack training in effective interventions to address self-harm. By completing this training, you will feel confident in involving parents, caregivers and teens alike in building connections and breaking the disruptive cycle of self-injury.”⁠
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There’s so much more to say about this, and we’re so grateful and excited to have Laura teaching this workshop. Learn more and join us on July 23rd!⁠
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There's just one week left to use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $5 off the full enrollment rate. (Community rate will be available until enrollment closes)⁠
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This training will provide 1 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.⁠
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❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.⁠

https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/july-2025-supporting-self-harming-teens
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06/19/2025

Ready to learn all about play therapy in a school setting?⁠
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Allow us to introduce you to Suzanne O'Brien, LPC, RPT™, CCST, EMDR-Trained, the presenter for our upcoming workshop: "Utilizing Play Therapy in the School Setting"⁠
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Here's what Suzanne has to say about what you can learn about Play Therapy from her session: “Participants will be able to enhance their current school counseling practices with play therapy techniques in order to more effectively support students.”⁠
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There’s so much more to say about this, and we’re so grateful and excited to have Suzanne teaching this workshop. Learn more and join us on July 18th!⁠
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There's just one week left to use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $10 off the full enrollment rate. (Community rate will be available until enrollment closes)⁠
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https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/july-2025-play-therapy-school-setting

This training will provide 2 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.⁠
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❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.⁠
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06/18/2025

Join us on July 18th for our upcoming workshop: "Utilizing Play Therapy in the School Setting," presented by Suzanne O'Brien, LPC, RPT™, CCST, EMDR-Trained.⁠
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This professional workshop will help you gain a greater understanding of play therapy theories and techniques and how they can be embedded into your current practice to support the well-being of the students in your care and enhance their academic and behavioral success.⁠
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Go home with more confidence in utilizing play in a school setting and a greater understanding of play therapy theories and techniques⁠
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Details:⁠
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July 18th, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm CT⁠
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In-person at our Northwest Ensemble location, 4210 Spicewood Springs Rd #203, Austin TX 78759⁠
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This training will provide 2 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.⁠
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Use the code EARLYRATE at checkout for $10 off the full enrollment rate when you sign up at least three weeks in advance.⁠
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A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.⁠
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Register now to secure your spot: https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/july-2025-play-therapy-school-setting
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❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com. Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.⁠
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06/12/2025

Ready to incorporate new modalities into your practice and work with your clients in ways that allow them to recognize their inner parts, nurture self-compassion and foster emotional regulation?⁠
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There is one more week to sign up for our upcoming learning event, so if you've been on the fence, now is the time!⁠
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Leave with practical tools to help clients externalize, understand, and integrate different aspects of the self for deeper therapeutic healing in this workshop:⁠
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"Mosaic of the Mind: Merging Play Therapy and IFS using Sandtray and Collage"⁠
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Presented by Claudia Ocampo, LPC-S, RPT-S™, Approved EMDR Consultant⁠
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Friday, June 20th, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm CT⁠
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In-person at our Northwest Ensemble location, 4210 Spicewood Springs Rd #203, Austin TX 78759⁠
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This training provides 6 CE contact hours. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.⁠
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Reduced community rate available.⁠
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Learn more and sign up today with the link in our bio! We hope to see you there.⁠
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❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.⁠
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