Spring Conference
Each year, the Ohio Association for Play Therapy holds a 2-day Spring Conference.
This year, the Spring conference is on April 8th and 9th.
All are welcome to attend. Ohio Association for Play Therapy members receive a discounted rate for the conference.
At the Spring Conference, there is an open board meeting so members can hear about board positions, upcoming changes, and communicate questions and interests.
The Spring Conference is also the time when we honor an outstanding Play Therapist with an award. This individual can be nominated by any of our Ohio APT members!
Official details will be announced soon.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Please join us for our Annual Spring Conference featuring Ann Beckley-Forest and Annie Monaco!
Explore prescriptive play therapy approaches for complex trauma, chronic betrayal trauma, and dissociation. Through Gestalt play therapy, sand tray, movement, and creative expression, participants will learn ways to gently support highly dissociative children and integrate expressive approaches with trauma-focused interventions.
We’re excited to welcome you and can’t wait to see you there!
Past Spring Conferences
2026: Presenter: Jennifer Sims, LPCC, RPT™
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Day 2:
2025: Presenter: Lynn Louise Wonders, MA, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S™
Day 1: Navigating high conflict divorce cases in play therapy
Day 2: Play therapy skills and methods with children of divorce
2024: Presenter: Renee Turner, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-S™
Day 1: When Anger is the Cure: The vital Role of Anger and Aggression in Gestalt Play Therapy
Day 2: Outside the Tray: Integrating Multi-Modal Expressive Techniques Into the Sandtray Process
2023: Presenter: Sueann G. Kenney - Noziska, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S™
Day 1: Integrative Play Therapy for the Treatment of Childhood Abuse and Trauma
Day 2: Integrative Play Therapy for Sexually Traumatized Children and Adolescents
2022: Presenter: Jamie Lynn Langley, LCSW, RPT-S™
Day 1: Let’s Get Creative! Engaging the Restorative Powers of Imagination and Creativity in Play Therapy
Day 2: Let’s Go Outside! Embracing Nature Play Therapy for a Double-Dose of Healing