UNCC Multicultural Play Therapy Center

06/16/2025

🚨 LAST DAY TO REGISTER! 🚨

Don’t miss your chance to join us for the UNC Charlotte Multicultural Play Therapy Conference—a powerful 8 days of learning, growth, and connection for play therapists, counselors,
and mental health professionals!

This year’s conference includes:
🎥 Live 3-Hour Webinar Sessions (June 20–22) — via Zoom (APT-Approved for Non-Contact CEs)

• Rebeca Chow, PhD, LPC-S, LCPC-S, RPT-S (Friday)
Bridging Generations: Play Therapy Interventions for Parenting and Family Conflict

• Julie Nash, PhD, RPT-S (Friday)
Utilizing the Integrative Developmental Model of Supervision to Supervise Play Therapy

• Jennifer Geddes Hall, PhD, LPCS/LCMHC, RPT (Friday)
Multicultural Orientation: Exploring and Developing Cultural Humility and Cultural Comfort in Play Therapy Practice

• Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S (Friday)
Unlocking Access: Integrating Digital Play Therapy™ and Virtual Play Therapy to Reach Marginalized Populations

• Elizabeth Kjellstrand Hartwig, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S™ (Saturday)
Pawsitive Play Therapy: An Introduction to Working with Animals in Play Therapy

• Marilyn S. Snow, PhD, NCC, LPC-S, RPT-S, ACS (Saturday)
Play Therapist & The Law: Privilege to Exposure—Ethical and Legal Issues

• Mary Anne Peabody, EdD, LCSW, RPT-S (Sunday)
Beyond the Brick: Facilitating Seriously Therapeutic Play (STP) with LEGO® in Play Therapy Practice

🏫 In-Person 6-Hour Sessions (June 23–27) — held at UNC Charlotte (APT-Approved Contact Hours)

• Dee C. Ray, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S
Monday- Playful Meanings: Understanding Patterns & Themes in Play Therapy
Tuesday- Are They Getting Better? Tracking, Evaluating, and Articulating Progress in Play Therapy

• Diana Gibson, LPC-AT/S, ATR-BC, AAC
Wednesday- Experiential Self-Care Practices for the Practicing Play Therapist

• Janet A. Courtney, PhD, RPT-S
Thursday AM- Introduction to Infant Mental Health / Play Therapy (FirstPlay)
Thursday PM- Family Play Therapy Interventions
Friday- Healing Interventions in Nature-based Play Therapy

✅ NBCC Approved Provider #4208
✅ APT Approved Provider #07-191

📧 After registration closes June 17, 2025, you'll receive an email with access details.

🔗 See full session descriptions & register now:
https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/play-therapy/home

Let’s deepen our play therapy practice together—see you there!

06/11/2025

🌍🎉 Happy International Day of Play! 🎉🌍
From all of us at the UNC Charlotte Multicultural Play Therapy Center, we honor and uplift the vital role of play in children's development, healing, and cultural expression.

Play transcends language. It helps children process emotions, explore identity, and build connection—across backgrounds, communities, and experiences. 🎨🧸💬

As a center rooted in culturally responsive care, we are proud to support play that reflects the unique strengths, stories, and resilience of every child.

Today, let’s recommit to protecting the right to play—at home, in schools, and in playrooms across the globe.

✨ "In play, a child always behaves beyond their average age, above their daily behavior. In play, it is as though they were a head taller than themselves."
— Lev Vygotsky. ✨

06/10/2025

Interested in getting trained in EMDR for kids? Yes, consider the following training by Jackie Flynn. She will host a training in South Carolina in September.

06/06/2025

🎉 The 2025 Play Therapy Conference is Almost Here! 🎉
🗓️ June 20–27, 2025 | Hosted by the Multicultural Play Therapy Center at UNC Charlotte

📣 Register now — registration closes June 17!
Don’t miss your chance to earn up to 48 CEs through a dynamic mix of live webinars and in-person sessions tailored for play therapists and mental health professionals.

✨ Conference Format:
🔹 June 20–22 – Live 3-hour Zoom Webinars (3 Non-Contact CEs per session)
🔹 June 23–27 – In-Person 6-hour Sessions at UNC Charlotte (6 Contact CEs per day)

📬 After registration closes on June 17, you’ll receive an email with detailed instructions for accessing your sessions.

🎓 Who Should Attend:
Professional counselors, school counselors, play therapists, social workers, psychologists, and students.
➡️ Earn CEs toward your RPT/S or LCMHC license renewal — all credits earned count for NC license renewal before June 30!

🏷️ Special rates available for students and May 2025 graduates!

📝 Full conference details and registration link:
🔗 https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/play-therapy/home

📩 Questions?
Email Dr. Kristie Opiola at kopiola@charlotte.edu
For registration info, contact Dr. Jordan Boyd at jboyd44@charlotte.edu

05/12/2025

Join us in Charlotte in June for the 2025 Multicultural Play Therapy Workshop Series. Come learn from world renowned experts (Dr. Dee Ray, Dr. Elizabeth Dr. Rebeca Chow, Dr. Julie Nash, Dr. Jennifer Geddes Hall, Dr. Jessica Stone, Dr. Elizabeth Kjellstrand Hartwig, Dr. Marilyn Stone, Dr. Mary Anne Peabody, Dian aGibson, and Dr. Janet Courtney) on topics in supervision, parenting, animal in play therapy, Seriously Lego Play, play therapy & the law, Digital Play Therapy, cultural humility, themes, tracking therapeutic progress, self-care, First Play, family-based interventions, and nature based play therapy. (https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/play-therapy/home)

04/30/2025

Two of our grads hosted a seminar on April 25 about Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Working with Children with Trauma Histories.... WAY TO GO Sarah and Amy!!!!! Thank you both for your continues work training clinicians to provide responsive and healing spaces for our youngest members of our communities.

04/29/2025

And Here are our in-person session speakers..... (meets requirements for APT's Contact CE hours). We hope you will join us for a in person session in June... Register here: https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/play-therapy/home

04/29/2025

Wondering who is coming to present at our 2025 Multicultural Play Therapy Conference this summer? Look at this great Webinar line up (meets requirements for APT's Non-Contact CE hours). We hope you will join us for a webinar or in person session... Register here: https://sites.google.com/uncc.edu/play-therapy/home

04/14/2025

Join us in June for our Play Therapy Conference. We have a great line up of both Live Webinars and In Person Trainings. Information and Registration information in comments below.

06/26/2024

06/13/2024

Just an FYI- Providing Clinical Supervision for Play Therapist session is for all Play Therapists. Speaker is covering both supervisors and supervises! Register Today!

Registration is OPEN!