Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training

Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training Providing training for mental health professionals working with children, youth, and families using play therapy and expressive arts.

🚨 Play Therapists – Two Game-Changing Play Therapy Trainings Are Coming Your Way! 🚨👨‍👩‍👧 Attachment-Focused Family Play ...
10/15/2025

🚨 Play Therapists – Two Game-Changing Play Therapy Trainings Are Coming Your Way! 🚨

👨‍👩‍👧 Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy
📅 November 8, 2025 | 🌍 Virtual & In-Person

Learn how to move beyond “child-only” play therapy sessions and transform family dynamics in real time to create deeper healing for your clients.

🪨 Using a Neuroscience & Attachment Lens with Sand Tray in Play Therapy
📅 December 6–7, 2025 | 📍 St. George, UT (In-Person Only, Limited Spots!)

Discover the brain-body based power of sand tray work to heal and deepen an internal sense of inner connection to self and to others.

For more information and to register– pop over to my website. I’ll also post a link in the Comments for feel free to message me.

⚡ These aren’t just play therapy trainings—they’re breakthroughs waiting to happen for your clients.

✨ Which one is calling you?

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

Second-guessing your approach?A supportive community can guide you to trust your instincts and make a lasting difference...
10/14/2025

Second-guessing your approach?

A supportive community can guide you to trust your instincts and make a lasting difference for children and their families.

🤔 Ever found yourself second-guessing your choices in the playroom?

You’re not alone!

The beauty of a play therapy community is the wisdom, feedback, and encouragement it provides to help you trust your instincts and feel empowered.

Let’s build confidence together in Play Therapy Academy! ✨

Play Therapy Academy is a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive online program designed to guide child and adolescent mental health professionals, like you, to become skilled experts in the world of play therapy.

Through online group consultations and a library of self-paced courses, you’ll learn how to navigate every stage of change with clarity and understand what’s unfolding in your sessions—allowing you to approach each case with knowledge and purpose.

If you're ready to deepen your skills and create meaningful change in the lives of your young clients, hop over to the Supervision page on my website to learn more!
I’m offering a free 30-minute video call to discuss how Play Therapy Academy can help you achieve your goals.

Let’s chat about how to equip you with everything you need to help children heal. 💖
🌟 I’ll post a link in the Comments below to learn more about Play Therapy Academy and a link to schedule a free 30-minute video call with me to see how Play Therapy Academy can help you take your play therapy skills to the next level. 🌟

Feel free to message me for the link to learn more!

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

Messy family play therapy sessions can feel like a nightmare. Kids tantrum, siblings squabble, parents say unhelpful thi...
10/14/2025

Messy family play therapy sessions can feel like a nightmare.

Kids tantrum, siblings squabble, parents say unhelpful things — and you want to pull everything back to “calm.”

But here’s the reframe: chaos isn’t proof you’re doing something wrong.

It’s the exact moment families need you most.

Think about this way –

When you stay present instead of rescuing the family play therapy session, you create a safe space for families to practice regulation and new ways of connecting.

✨ Lean into the mess. That’s where transformation happens.

Be the presence for healing for your client and their family.

Want to learn more about using play therapy with your clients?

Check out my website for information about play therapy training, membership programs, and free resources!

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

Family members are always in the playroom—whether they’re sitting in the chairs or not.Every child carries their family ...
10/14/2025

Family members are always in the playroom—whether they’re sitting in the chairs or not.

Every child carries their family system with them: beliefs, patterns, fears, strengths.

The mistake? Treating the playroom like it’s only about the child.

When parents get reduced to bystanders, you miss the chance to change the system that’s shaping your client every day.

Real transformation happens when you bring those invisible family members into the session—

by engaging parents, noticing interaction patterns, and using the “messy moments” as teaching opportunities.

💡 Remember: you’re not just supporting a child—you’re rewiring a family.

Want to learn more about using play therapy with your clients to facilitate healing?

Check out my website for information about play therapy training, membership programs, and free resources!

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

One of the biggest mistakes play therapists make? Keeping the spotlight on the child while parents sit back and watch. T...
10/13/2025

One of the biggest mistakes play therapists make?

Keeping the spotlight on the child while parents sit back and watch.

That’s not family play therapy—that’s individual therapy with extra eyes in the room.

Real change happens when you shift parents from passive observers to active participants.

When you engage everyone, you don’t just support the child—you strengthen the whole family system.

Here’s the truth: kids don’t heal in isolation.

They heal in the context of their attachment relationships.

But most play therapy trainings only focus on working with the child individually.

That’s why I created Attachment-Focused Family Play Therapy—a play therapy training that gives you a neuroscience + attachment lens AND a framework for including parents without the chaos.

đź“Ť St. George, UT | Virtual & In-person
📅 November 8, 2025 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
🎟️ Registration closes November 06, 2025

👉 Join us and finally feel confident about bringing parents into the healing process.

Hop over to my website on the Courses page and register today to reserve your spot!

Write in the Comments and I’ll message you the link. You can also find the link in my bio or message me for the link.

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

Hey there play therapists – ready to get real play therapy tools to create real progress?Sometimes, theory-heavy play th...
10/13/2025

Hey there play therapists – ready to get real play therapy tools to create real progress?

Sometimes, theory-heavy play therapy trainings leave you thinking, “Okay, but what do I do in the session?”

This free 3-day video series – Family Play Therapy Activities for Connection and Growth – skips the fluff and gives you actionable, real-world play therapy tools that create meaningful change in families.

You’ll learn simple but powerful family play therapy activities for building trust, strengthening relationships, and helping families talk through tough emotions — all in ways that feel engaging and fun for everyone involved.

No more guessing what to try next or relying on endless parent check-ins; you’ll feel equipped to create breakthroughs right there in the playroom.

To get access to these family play therapy activities that are only available for a limited time, hop over to my website on the Resources page and get started today!

You can write in the Comments and I’ll message you the link. Feel free to message me for the link.

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

10/12/2025

Wrapping up my time at the 2025 APT conference in Houston, TX. Reconnected with old friends and made some new friends.

Every tantrum, every awkward parenting response, every sibling squabble—It's all valuable data wrapped in real-life prac...
10/11/2025

Every tantrum, every awkward parenting response, every sibling squabble—

It's all valuable data wrapped in real-life practice that you have access to in your play therapy sessions.

Instead of bracing against it, what if you welcomed it?

I know – sounds ridiculous right?! But hear me out.

Those moments in family play therapy sessions can become opportunities for you to model regulation, teach connection, and give parents the support they desperately need while the storm is happening.

That’s how real change takes root.

Want to learn more about using play therapy with your clients to facilitate healing?

Check out my website for information about play therapy training, membership programs, and free resources!

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

10/11/2025

Feeling Stuck Here’s Why You Need a Family PLAY therapy model to suceed

Check out my upcoming play therapy trainings and take advantage of the early bird pricing while you still can!For more i...
10/10/2025

Check out my upcoming play therapy trainings and take advantage of the early bird pricing while you still can!

For more information and to register, pop over to my website.

I’ll also post links in the Comments. Feel free to message me for the links.

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

I get it—tantrums, awkward parenting moments, and sibling squabbles in the playroom can feel like a wrecking ball crashi...
10/10/2025

I get it—tantrums, awkward parenting moments, and sibling squabbles in the playroom can feel like a wrecking ball crashing through your safe therapeutic space.

And how on earth would you manage all of that to make sure the play therapy session is actually therapeutic?

But here’s the thing: the meltdown you fear is the one you need.

One of my mentors used to say, “Why waste a good crisis?”

His intent was to think about crises in a different way of thinking about them to move from feeling deflated to feeling empowered.

Here’s another way to think about it – sometimes these “crises” can be key moments to help clients make huge shifts to get unstuck in their healing.

And in family play therapy sessions that’s where the magic happens —

When parents get real-time coaching to know how to best help their child, kids learn regulation in the presence of their family, and unhealthy patterns finally come into the light where they can shift.

Want to learn more about using play therapy with your clients to facilitate healing?

Check out my website for information about play therapy training, membership programs, and free resources!

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

Play therapists – ready to move your clients from chaos to connection using family play therapy?Check out my free video ...
10/10/2025

Play therapists – ready to move your clients from chaos to connection using family play therapy?
Check out my free video series for family play therapy activities you can use right away – Family Play Therapy Activities for Connection and Growth
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Family play therapy can feel overwhelming when parents and kids show up with years of built-up frustration and communication breakdowns.

That’s where this free 3-day video series comes in – Family Play Therapy Activities for Connection and Growth

Day by day, you’ll get play therapy activities that help families feel safe enough to share, address tough challenges in constructive ways, and begin working together instead of against each other.

By the end of this video series, 👇

You’ll have a toolbox 🧰full of ready-to-go family play therapy activities designed to help you guide families from chaos and disconnection to cooperation and deeper understanding.

To get access to these family play therapy activities that are only available for a limited time, hop over to my website on the Resources page and get started today!

You can write in the Comments and I’ll message you the link. Feel free to message me for the link.

Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S
Renewing Hearts Play Therapy Training
Rhplaytherapytraining.com

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