A Time For Play

Celebrate 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️PRIDE this month by attending our VIRTUAL Webinar: Ethical LGBTQ+ Affirmative Play Therapy through an Ecosystemic Lens on Friday, June 19, 2026!

This presentation will include a Policy Brief of current legislation impacting LGBTQ+ families, particularly in Texas, and counts for 3 hours of Ethics CE credit!

Use discount code: ATfP.Ally to get 10% off the cost of registration
https://a-time-for-play.ce-go.com/lgbtq-affirmative-play-therapy-virtual-12-06-2025-632

🌈 Happy Pride Month from A Time for Play! 🌈

This month, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and uniqueness of the LGBTQ+ community. At A Time for Play, we believe every child, family, and clinician deserves spaces where they are seen, valued, and supported for exactly who they are.

Play therapy creates opportunities for healing, self-expression, and connection—and we are committed to fostering learning environments that honor diversity, promote inclusion, and affirm all identities.

As we celebrate Pride Month, we recognize the importance of creating safe, welcoming spaces where everyone can thrive.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

🪄✨ It’s Magic! ✨🧠

What if the science behind healing through play felt a little like magic?

Join Jennifer Cain, LPC-S, RPT-S, SPT, RST for an engaging ACCESS Training Series workshop exploring how neuroscience and play therapy work together to help children heal, regulate, connect, and thrive.

In this 3-hour training, you’ll learn:
🌈 How play impacts brain development and regulation
🧠 The neuroscience behind therapeutic change
💜 How play therapy supports attachment and resilience
🎯 Practical interventions you can use right away with children and families

📅 Saturday Training
💻 Fully Hybrid — Attend In-Person or Virtually
🤝 Includes Networking Opportunity

💲 Students: $10
💲 Provisionally Licensed Clinicians: $25
💲 Licensed Clinicians: $50

ACCESS Trainings provide affordable, community-centered continuing education designed to make quality play therapy training accessible to everyone.

Congratulations to the Season 7 cohort of A Time for Play! It has been an honor to guide you all through the path to becoming a Play Therapist! I am delighted to welcome you into the field of Play Therapy as esteemed colleagues 💛

You are all Play Therapy Unicorns!🦄

📚 Integrative Play Therapy Theory & Practice is happening THIS THURSDAY!

Looking to strengthen your Play Therapy foundation and learn how to intentionally integrate different Play Therapy theories into your work with children and families? This 6-hour continuing education training will provide practical tools, theoretical frameworks, and clinical strategies you can immediately apply in practice.

✔ Review core Play Therapy theories
✔ Learn to conceptualize clients through an integrative lens
✔ Develop intentional treatment planning strategies
✔ Recognize when a shift in theoretical approach is needed
✔ Explore effective termination techniques

📅 Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
📍 United Way Houston
💲 $200
🎓 6 Play Therapy CE Hours Available for LPCs, LMFTs, and Licensed Social Workers

Presented by Steven L. Parks, LCSW-S, MBA, RPT-S

Space is limited, so don’t wait to secure your spot! Join us for a day of learning, reflection, and practical application that will help you grow as a Play Therapist.

⏰ LAST CHANCE! Scholarship applications close THIS WEEKEND! ⏰

Are you ready to grow your Play Therapy skills and advance your professional journey?

A Time for Play is offering scholarship opportunities for Season 8, giving clinicians access to our comprehensive Play Therapy training program and the opportunity to earn up to 150 hours of Play Therapy-specific education.

✨ Available Scholarships:
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Scholarship
• Provisional License Scholarship

Scholarship recipients receive access to all 20 core trainings in our Season 8 series, providing an incredible opportunity to learn, connect, and grow alongside a supportive community of Play Therapy professionals.

📅 Application Deadline: May 31, 2026

Don’t miss your chance to invest in your future and the children and families you serve.

Visit our website for full details and application information.

Looking to strengthen your Play Therapy supervision skills? Join Steven L. Parks, LCSW-S, MBA, RPT-S for “Introduction to Play Therapy Supervision” on Friday, May 22, 2026! This virtual continuing education training will explore supervision models, ethical responsibilities, documentation best practices, and practical supervision techniques to help clinicians grow with confidence. Participants can earn 6 Play Therapy CE Hours available to LPCs, LMFTs, and Licensed Social Workers. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your clinical knowledge and support the next generation of play therapists! Register today at www.ATimeForPlay.org