Therapist Level (EPT/C)
The therapist level represents a professional who can provide “Experiential Play Therapy” ™. This person has completed a minimum of thirty hours (15 individual and 15 group) of video reviewed supervision by an EPT Supervisor or Diplomate within the thirty-five hours of supervision required for the RPT (The Association for Play Therapy designation) status. These thirty hours may be received during individual supervision, case consultation groups, an intensive training experience presented by an EPT Supervisor or Diplomate, or any combination of the above. At this level, the professional has completed the requirements for the RPT (APT designation) and is recognized by the endorsement of EPT/C and maintains this status with a focus in EPT. In order to maintain their EPT/C designation, the person is required to maintain six hours of appropriate continuing education every three years. These six hours of continuing education must be provided by an EPT Supervisor or Diplomate.
Benefits for the EPT/C are:
- Certificate of Endorsement by the Center for Experiential Play Therapy
- Listed on the website sponsored by the Center for Experiential Play Therapy.
- Access to lists of all EPT conference presentations and workshop trainings presented by an EPT/C,EPT/S,EPT/D,.
- Access to lists of all EPT journal articles and newsletter articles on a reference list on the EPT website.
- Buy copyrighted materials from Center for Experiential Play Therapy for trainings.
Therapist Level Requirements
All requirements for the Associate Level in addition to:
Webinar: Metaphorical Expressions of Children in Experiential Play Therapy (EPT)®
Webinar: 100 Things to Say to a Bop Bag in Experiential Play Therapy (EPT)®
Webinar: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Young Children: Working with Children in Experiential Play Therapy (EPT)®
Webinar: High Conflict Divorce and Children in Experiential Play Therapy (EPT)®
Option: Join a case consultation group for increasing the number of outside play therapy sessions.
Observe an Intensive
Webinar: Parent Consultation for Children in Experiential Play Therapy (EPT)®
Webinar: Tracking Trauma Expressions in Experiential Play Therapy (EPT)®
Full participation in an Intensive Training
This portion of the program covers 41 academic hours of more advanced concepts in EPT, 10 hours of individual supervision, 10 hours of play therapy and 46 hours of group supervision.
The cost for this portion of the training is $2000.00 ($1000 for all the webinars and Intensive observation, and $1000 for full participation in an intensive)
PART 1 (required)
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PART 2 (required)
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This portion of the program covers 41 academic hours of more advanced concepts in EPT, 10 hours of individual supervision, 10 hours of play therapy and 46 hours of group supervision.
** Prerequisite: Associate-level certification
Additional requirement: RPT status from the Association for Play Therapy
Center for Experiential Play Therapy
Dr. Byron Norton & Dr. Carol Norton
1750 25th Avenue, Suite 200
Greeley, CO 80634-4945
Phone: (970) 351-6697
Voice Mail: (970) 351-6688
Fax: (970) 351-6687