Upcoming Events
Strengthening Relationships: Integrating Child-Parent Relationship Therapy Principles into Parent Consultation and Play Therapy Practice
Friday, May 15, 2026 | 1PM – 4PM Eastern Time | 10-1 PM Pacific Time | Virtual
Working with parents and caregivers through the play therapy process can be dynamic, challenging, and ultimately transformative for children and their families. Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) can anchor play therapists’ work and provide a framework for collaborating effectively with parents and caregivers from intake to termination. CPRT offers play therapists a roadmap for fostering stronger parent-child relationships and strengthening parenting skills and efficacy to promote systemic change and healing. Learn how to integrate CPRT into your play therapy practice intentionally through assessment, CPRT adaptations, and the application of CPRT principles and interventions in parent and caregiver consultations.
This webinar will not provide a comprehensive overview of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy. Prior training and familiarity with CPRT/filial therapy may be helpful for participants.
Learning Objectives:
Identify key social, historical, and cultural factors impacting parents and caregivers in the U.S.
Identify principles and interventions from Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) to support parent/caregiver consultations in play therapy.
Apply a decision-making model to assess when and how to integrate CPRT into the play therapy process to support children and families.
Level of training: Intermediate|Play Therapy Skills & Methods, Play Therapy Seminal or Historically Significant Theories
This virtual event is sponsored by the Virginia Association for Play Therapy (VAPT). The program offers 3.0 APT NON-CONTACT CE upon successful completion of post-test; full and visible attendance is requested. VAPT is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education credits specific to play therapy. VAPT maintains responsibility for the program. APT Approved Provider 01-109
Note: The views expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect those of the Virginia Association for Play Therapy.
About our presenter: Dr. Kimberly Jayne, LPC, LMHC, RPT-S™, PMH-C
Kimberly has worked as a play therapist with children and families in schools, community settings, and private practice for over 17 years. Kimberly is a Full Professor at Saybrook University and owner of a private practice providing play therapy, family therapy, and supervision and consultation for play therapists. She is the Editor for the International Journal of Play Therapy and has written numerous articles and book chapters on child-centered play therapy, child-parent relationship therapy, and child-development. Kimberly trains and supervises play therapists nationally and internationally, is a certified CCPT and CPRT supervisor and trainer, and on the board for Child-Centered Play Therapy International. She is the director of a community-based, free preschool play therapy program to increase culturally-sustaining, mental health access for children and families in Oregon.