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Ensemble Learning Center, 4210 Spicewood Springs Road Suite 203, Austin, TX (2026)

01/06/2026

Supporting teens in navigating friendships, communication, boundaries, and connection isn’t just important — it’s essential. This workshop offers caregivers and professionals practical, developmentally grounded tools to strengthen how we guide teens through the ups and downs of relationships with empathy and confidence. 💛

💫 Expect to:
•Discuss effective communication strategies to initiate and maintain open conversations with teens about relationships.
•Identify respectful and controlling dating behaviors in teen relationships and recognize warning signs of unhealthy relationships.
•Define Teen Dating Violence, discuss statistics, and respond supportively to disclosures.
•Identify prevention resources that promote healthy relationships and prevent dating abuse.

📆 Date: February 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 12-1pm CT
Live Webinar via Google Meet

Early Rate Ends January 16, 2026
Enrollment Closes February 5, 2026

💛 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 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.

01/05/2026

🌟 Spotlight on Claudia Ocampo LPC-S, RPT-S™, RST-C/T! 🌟

We’re thrilled to welcome Claudia Ocampo LPC-S, RPT-S™, RST-C/T to Ensemble Learning Center as the facilitator for "Themes that Talk: A Trauma-Informed Tapestry of Play Therapy Themes" — a workshop designed to explore play therapy practices through both clinical insight and authentic human connection.

💫 In this upcoming workshop, you’ll learn how to:
•Use play therapy themes to strengthen the therapist–child relationship by enhancing therapeutic attunement, empathy, responsiveness, and safety.
•Analyze how symbolic play therapy elements, metaphor and character roles contribute to the emergence and evolution of play themes.
•Evaluate the clinical significance of recurring play therapy themes to inform therapeutic interventions needed that foster healing.
•Formulate culturally responsive and trauma-informed interpretations of play therapy themes that honor client identity and lived experiences.
•Recognize how trauma activation, dissociation, and nervous-system cues show up within thematic play sequences.
•Explore advanced interventions that therapeutically address dominant and recurring play therapy themes in the playroom.
•Explain the clinical meaning of play therapy themes through a developmental, attachment, and neurobiological lens.

📆 Date: February 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 4:30pm CT
Online or at Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 6 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 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 hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

01/02/2026

✨ Something exciting is on the calendar! ✨
What if support didn’t start with fixing?
What if differences weren’t something to correct — but something to understand?
Affirmation. Difference. Belonging.
Any guesses what we’re exploring next? 💭🧠

We can’t wait to share our next workshop—An Affirmative Framework for the Neurodivergent Child in Play Therapy—led by the incredible Amanda Yoder de la Llata, LPC, LCPC, RPT.

This training will help you reconnect with what drew you to this work in the first place: curiosity, play, and compassion in the therapy room. Whether you’re looking to deepen your skills or simply refill your professional cup, this one’s for you.

💫 You’ll walk away able to:
•Define 5 terms often used to describe Neurodivergent play therapy clients including: Neurodiverse vs. Neurodivergent, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, Pervasive Demand Avoidance(Pervasive Drive for Autonomy).
•Name the 3 extra sensory systems and identify 1 example of each in a play therapy situation.
•Identify at least 1 other member of a client's “team” in addition to play therapy.
•Identify how these outside services will enhance the effects of play therapy.

📆Mark your calendar for March 13, 2026 at 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. 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.

💛 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 hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

01/02/2026

⏰ Early rate ends today!

There’s still time to join us for Introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy with Sarah Agarwal, Ph.D, LPC, RPT™, NCC. Discover the power of play as a pathway to healing and growth! This interactive training introduces the core principles and techniques of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) — a developmentally responsive approach that honors the child’s natural ability to express, explore, and resolve challenges through play. Whether you’re a counseling intern, educator, or community professional, this workshop offers a supportive and experiential introduction to building strong, empathetic relationships with children through play and CCPT.

💫 You’ll gain insight and strategies to:
•Participants will be able to describe the core principles, theoretical foundations, and goals of CCPT.
•Participants will be able to explain how CCPT principles guide therapeutic interactions with children.
•Participants will be able to demonstrate reflective responding in CCPT.
•Participants will be able to demonstrate limit setting (using the A-C-T model) in CCPT.
•Participants will be able to demonstrate tracking behavior in CCPT to facilitate children’s self-expression and self-direction.
•Participants will be able to apply CCPT principles to real-world scenarios by identifying appropriate play therapy responses, discussing common challenges, and reflecting on how it can support children’s emotional growth in various settings.

📆 Date: January 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am-4pm CST
Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 6 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 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!

01/01/2026

🌼 It’s here! Registration is officially open for Increasing Inclusivity in Play Therapy Spaces: Exploring Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation. Join A.B. Parris, LCSW, RPT™ and Kamini Verma, LCSW-S, RPT-S™ for an engaging workshop that invites play therapists to examine how identity, culture, and personal bias influence the therapeutic relationship with children, teens and families. Through reflective discussion and case-based learning, participants will explore inclusive approaches that promote emotional safety, authenticity, and resilience within the playroom. Emphasis will be placed on integrating best practices related to diverse identities and culturally responsive interventions. Attendees will leave with practical tools for continued self-reflection and professional growth in cultivating inclusive, developmentally appropriate play therapy spaces for all children and adolescents.

💫 In this interactive training, you’ll learn to:
•Identify personal privilege, bias, and intersecting identities and analyze their influence on the therapeutic relationship and play therapy process with LGBTQIA2S+ kids, teens and their families.
•Explain the importance of inclusive and identity-affirming approaches and describe how play therapy interventions can foster emotional safety, self-expression, and resilience among LGBTQIA2S+ clients.
•Demonstrate an understanding of best practices related to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) in play therapy with kids and teens.
•Discuss an individual plan for continued self-reflection and professional development to expand cultural humility and competence in SOGIE-inclusive play therapy practice.

📆 Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30am-2:30pm CT
Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

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

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

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

12/31/2025

🌼 Join Claudia for a playful, high-energy, and deeply meaningful 6-hour training designed to help therapists finally understand what’s really happening beneath the surface of children’s play. Whether you’re watching a dinosaur destroy a city, a child line up toys with laser precision, or a teddy bear rescue mission unfold, this training will teach you how to confidently decode the emotional, developmental, and relational themes driving the play.

Through real vignettes, vivid imagery, and humor-filled examples from the playroom, you’ll learn how to track themes across sessions, communicate your insights to parents, and use thematic patterns to enrich treatment planning with accuracy and heart. Get ready to expand your clinical intuition, sharpen your observation skills, and discover the treasure trove of meaning hidden in everyday play. You’ll never see the playroom the same way again.

💫 In this interactive training, you’ll learn to:
•Use play therapy themes to strengthen the therapist–child relationship by enhancing therapeutic attunement, empathy, responsiveness, and safety.
•Analyze how symbolic play therapy elements, metaphor and character roles contribute to the emergence and evolution of play themes.
•Evaluate the clinical significance of recurring play therapy themes to inform therapeutic interventions needed that foster healing.
•Formulate culturally responsive and trauma-informed interpretations of play therapy themes that honor client identity and lived experiences.
•Recognize how trauma activation, dissociation, and nervous-system cues show up within thematic play sequences.
•Explore advanced interventions that therapeutically address dominant and recurring play therapy themes in the playroom.
•Explain the clinical meaning of play therapy themes through a developmental, attachment, and neurobiological lens.

📆 Date: February 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 4:30pm CT
Online or at Ensemble Therapy

This training will provide 6 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

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

12/29/2025

🌞 We’re one month away from Introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy!

It’s the perfect time to save your seat and start looking forward to a day of learning, reflection, and play. Join Sarah Agarwal, Ph.D, LPC, RPT™, NCC for an engaging exploration of Introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy — designed to inspire new ideas and grounded confidence in your clinical work.

💫 You’ll walk away able to:
•Describe the core principles, theoretical foundations, and goals of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT).
•Explain how Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) principles guide therapeutic interactions with children.
•Demonstrate reflective responding in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT).
•Demonstrate limit setting (using the A-C-T model) in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT).
•Demonstrate tracking behavior in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) to facilitate children’s self-expression and self-direction.
•Apply CCPT principles to real-world scenarios by identifying appropriate play therapy responses, discussing common challenges, and reflecting on how CCPT can support children’s emotional growth in various settings.

📆 Date: January 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am-4pm CST
Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 6 CE Credits. If you are attending in person, you will receive 6 contact hours. 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.

💛 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 hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

12/01/2025

Winter is a beautiful season for learning. ❄️✨

We’re excited to offer a new round of play therapy and caregiver workshops designed to deepen your skills, expand your toolkit, and support the children and families you serve. 💛

From compassionate care for children who internalize to supporting anxious kiddos through the holidays — and even conversations that help teens build healthy relationships — we’re here to learn and grow together.

Explore upcoming trainings and save your spot:
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11/26/2025

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!

Play Therapy with Children Who Internalize presented by Rakima Parson, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S

Online Workshop
December 5, 2025
9:30am-12:30pm

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. 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.

Last day to register is December 4, 2025.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: a reduced rate is available for 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.

👉 Learn more and register through the link in our bio — we’d love to see you there!

11/14/2025

Children who internalize their struggles often go unnoticed, presenting as quiet, compliant, or withdrawn while experiencing emotional distress. This workshop equips participants with tools to recognize, conceptualize, and work with internalizing behaviors through a culturally responsive play therapy lens.

Ready to build your skills? 🌱 Join us for Play Therapy with Children Who Internalize, presented by Rakima Parson, Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S, on our Ensemble Learning Center virtual platform.

In this workshop, you’ll:
✨ Identify common presentations and cultural and environmental influences related to internalizing behaviors in children to be effective in the play therapy process
✨ Apply Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) techniques to help children with internalizing behaviors express emotions, build self-awareness, and develop coping skills.
✨Implement effective play therapy strategies for engaging parents in the therapeutic process to support emotional regulation, resilience, and continued growth at home.

Details:
Online Workshop
December 5, 2025
9:30am-12:30pm

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. 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.

📅 Early rate pricing ends on November 14, 2025 — don’t miss your chance to save and secure your spot. Use the code EARLYRATE-DEC5 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 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.

👉 Learn more and register through the link in our bio — we’d love to see you there!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com.

11/10/2025

There is only 4 more days to sign up for our upcoming learning event, so if you've been on the fence, now is the time!

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.

Last day to register is November 13, 2025 at 1pm CT.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: a reduced rate is available for 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.

👉 Learn more and register through the link in our bio — we’d love to see you there!

11/07/2025

Children who internalize their struggles often go unnoticed, presenting as quiet, compliant, or withdrawn while experiencing emotional distress. This workshop equips participants with tools to recognize, conceptualize, and work with internalizing behaviors through a culturally responsive play therapy lens. Participants will learn how to use Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) techniques to create safety, build self-expression, and strengthen the therapeutic relationship. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how cultural context influences children’s expression of distress and their comfort with vulnerability.

In this workshop, you’ll:
✨ Identify common presentations and cultural and environmental influences related to internalizing behaviors in children to be effective in the play therapy process
✨ Apply Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) techniques to help children with internalizing behaviors express emotions, build self-awareness, and develop coping skills.
✨Implement effective play therapy strategies for engaging parents in the therapeutic process to support emotional regulation, resilience, and continued growth at home.

Details:
Online Workshop
December 5, 2025
9:30am-12:30pm

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. 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.

📅 Early rate pricing ends on November 14, 2025 — don’t miss your chance to save and secure your spot. Use the code EARLYRATE-DEC5 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 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.

👉 Learn more and register through the link in our bio — we’d love to see you there!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email us at hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

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