INA International Academy for Play Therapy

INA International Academy for Play Therapy Approved Provider of Play Therapy Continuing Education APT US and APTI. LEEF-listed institution (courses eligible for individual ECM evaluation).

Swiss registered non-profit association specialized in psychosocial crisis intervention and trauma.

🎓 Learn how to build practical, play-based crisis intervention—in person—for your community and for crises happening aro...
14/02/2026

🎓 Learn how to build practical, play-based crisis intervention—in person—for your community and for crises happening around the world.

Folks are living in crisis. Hard times aren't abstract anymore—they're showing up in our therapy rooms, schools, families, and communities. And they're also unfolding globally—through political unrest, war, natural disasters, displacement, poverty, and collective trauma.

This training is about learning crisis intervention in community and developing the skills to respond wherever crisis calls you—locally or globally—with clarity, confidence, and embodied presence.

📣 Registration is officially open!
Join us in beautiful Italy, July 6–12, 2026, for the brand-new, exclusive Crisis Play Therapy Certification.

This is not a conference.
It's a week-long, immersive certification program—deep, relational, and hands-on—designed to fundamentally change how you show up in crisis work. This one-of-a-kind program is led by an internationally renowned faculty:

✨ Isabella Cassina
✨ Lisa Terni Dion
✨ Clair Mellenthin
✨ Claudio Mochi

What you'll gain:

✔ Up to 33 APT & APTI CE hours (29 contact + 4 non-contact)
✔ A comprehensive, structured certification—not surface learning
✔ Evidence-based, play-based crisis and trauma interventions
✔ Deeply experiential, hands-on practice you can actually use
✔ An international cohort of peers and meaningful professional connection
✔ Learning in a stunning Italian setting that nourishes both nervous system and soul

⏰ Early Bird ends on February 15th
⚠️ Limited spots available
🎉 Reserve your place with just €290 (balance due by July 1, 2026)

Program Overview:

🔹 Foundations: The Connection Between Crisis, Play, and Play Therapy
🔹 Groundwork: Preparing Play Therapists for Times of Crisis
🔹 Play-Based Interventions and Play Therapy
🔹 Beyond the Playroom: Crisis work in the real world

If you feel the call to meet this moment, to deepen your capacity, widen your impact, and bring healing back to your community and beyond, this is your invitation.

🌐 https://www.crisisplaytherapy.com/event-details/certification-crisis-play-therapy

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14/02/2026

🎶 When we invest in secure beginnings, we are not only nurturing a child: we are shaping the future of our society.

🎓 Learn how to build practical, play-based crisis intervention—in person—for your community and for crises happening aro...
13/02/2026

🎓 Learn how to build practical, play-based crisis intervention—in person—for your community and for crises happening around the world.

Folks are living in crisis. Hard times aren't abstract anymore—they're showing up in our therapy rooms, schools, families, and communities. And they're also unfolding globally—through political unrest, war, natural disasters, displacement, poverty, and collective trauma.

This training is about learning crisis intervention in community and developing the skills to respond wherever crisis calls you—locally or globally—with clarity, confidence, and embodied presence.

📣 Registration is officially open!
Join us in beautiful Italy, July 6–12, 2026, for the brand-new, exclusive Crisis Play Therapy Certification.

This is not a conference.
It's a week-long, immersive certification program—deep, relational, and hands-on—designed to fundamentally change how you show up in crisis work. This one-of-a-kind program is led by an internationally renowned faculty:

✨ Isabella Cassina
✨ Lisa Terni Dion
✨ Clair Mellenthin
✨ Claudio Mochi

What you'll gain:

✔ Up to 33 APT & APTI CE hours (29 contact + 4 non-contact)
✔ A comprehensive, structured certification—not surface learning
✔ Evidence-based, play-based crisis and trauma interventions
✔ Deeply experiential, hands-on practice you can actually use
✔ An international cohort of peers and meaningful professional connection
✔ Learning in a stunning Italian setting that nourishes both nervous system and soul

⏰ Early Bird ends on February 15th
⚠️ Limited spots available
🎉 Reserve your place with just €290 (balance due by July 1, 2026)

Program Overview:

🔹 Foundations: The Connection Between Crisis, Play, and Play Therapy
🔹 Groundwork: Preparing Play Therapists for Times of Crisis
🔹 Play-Based Interventions and Play Therapy
🔹 Beyond the Playroom: Crisis work in the real world

If you feel the call to meet this moment, to deepen your capacity, widen your impact, and bring healing back to your community and beyond, this is your invitation.

🌐 https://www.crisisplaytherapy.com/event-details/certification-crisis-play-therapy

Embark on the new and exclusive Crisis Play Therapy Certification, July 6-12, 2026, in Italy! A specialized program led by internationally renowned experts Isabella Cassina, Lisa Dion, Clair Mellenthin, and Claudio Mochi.

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13/02/2026

In a world quick to judge, choose understanding.
In moments of success, choose humility.
In every interaction, choose kindness.
It costs nothing, yet it changes everything.

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12/02/2026

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❤️‍🔥 Learn how to build practical, play-based crisis intervention—in person—for your community and for crises happening ...
12/02/2026

❤️‍🔥 Learn how to build practical, play-based crisis intervention—in person—for your community and for crises happening around the world.

Folks are living in crisis. Hard times aren’t abstract anymore—they’re showing up in our therapy rooms, schools, families, and communities. And they’re also unfolding globally—through political unrest, war, natural disasters, displacement, poverty, and collective trauma.

This training is about learning crisis intervention in community and developing the skills to respond wherever crisis calls you—locally or globally—with clarity, confidence, and embodied presence.

📣 Registration is officially open!
Join us in beautiful Italy, July 6–12, 2026, for the brand-new, exclusive Crisis Play Therapy Certification.

This is not a conference.
It’s a week-long, immersive certification program—deep, relational, and hands-on—designed to fundamentally change how you show up in crisis work. This one-of-a-kind program is led by an internationally renowned faculty:

✨ Isabella Cassina
✨ Lisa Terni Dion
✨ Clair Mellenthin, LCSW
✨ Claudio Mochi

🎓 Become a specialist in using play and Play Therapy in crisis situations—an essential and increasingly vital skill in today’s complex, fast-changing world.

What you’ll gain:
✔ Up to 33 APT & APTI CE hours (29 contact + 4 non-contact)
✔ A comprehensive, structured certification—not surface learning
✔ Evidence-based, play-based crisis and trauma interventions
✔ Deeply experiential, hands-on practice you can actually use
✔ An international cohort of peers and meaningful professional connection
✔ Learning in a stunning Italian setting that nourishes both nervous system and soul

⏰ Early Bird ends in a few days on February 15th
⚠️ Limited spots available
🎉 Reserve your place with just €290 (balance due by July 1, 2026)

Program Overview:
🔹 Foundations: The Connection Between Crisis, Play, and Play Therapy
🔹 Groundwork: Preparing Play Therapists for Times of Crisis
🔹 Play-Based Interventions and Play Therapy
🔹 Beyond the Playroom: Crisis work in the real world

If you feel the call to meet this moment—
to deepen your capacity, widen your impact, and bring healing back to your community and beyond—this is your invitation.

👇👇👇
https://www.crisisplaytherapy.com/event-details/certification-crisis-play-therapy

📣 Crisis Play Therapy is an effective multilayered approach for addressing high vulnerability and trauma, including in p...
10/02/2026

📣 Crisis Play Therapy is an effective multilayered approach for addressing high vulnerability and trauma, including in post-disaster settings.

https://www.crisisplaytherapy.com/event-details/certification-crisis-play-therapy

🎓 Join a much needed and one-of-a-kind certification program starting in July 2026 led by internationally renowned experts Isabella Cassina, Lisa Terni Dion, Clair Mellenthin, and Claudio Mochi.

What you’ll gain:

✔ Up to 33 APT & APTI CE hours (29 contact and 4 non-contact)
✔ A comprehensive, structured program with expert insights and evidence-based techniques
✔ Hands-on, immersive training including trauma work and practical applications
✔ Experience an international group of peers, sharing perspectives and building professional connections
✔ Training in a stunning Italian setting, combining professional growth with cultural inspiration

⏰ Early Bird ends February 15, 2026. Secure your spot with only € 290 and pay the balance by July 1, 2026.

https://www.crisisplaytherapy.com/event-details/certification-crisis-play-therapy

🎙 Intervista di Mimma Della Cagnoletta, ex presidente di Art Therapy Italiana e direttore della Formazione Avanzata ATI,...
10/02/2026

🎙 Intervista di Mimma Della Cagnoletta, ex presidente di Art Therapy Italiana e direttore della Formazione Avanzata ATI, a Claudio Mochi e Isabella Cassina, fondatori della International Academy for Play Therapy!

Si parla di Play Therapy, arti espressive e della conferenza internazionale Play Is the Future 2026, che si terrà a Chiavenna, Italia, dal 2 al 4 luglio 2026.

💡 Scopri di più su questa esperienza unica e lasciati ispirare!

https://www.arttherapyit.org/intervista-di-mimma-della-cagnoletta-con-claudio-mochi-e-isabella-cassina-fonda-tori-della-international-academy-for-play-therapy-ina/

🌍 WHO WE AREThe International Academy for Play Therapy (INA) is a global reference for training professionals in effecti...
09/02/2026

🌍 WHO WE ARE
The International Academy for Play Therapy (INA) is a global reference for training professionals in effective Play Therapy approaches, with a strong focus on trauma, crisis, and high-vulnerability contexts.

🎨 WHAT WE DO
We combine Play Therapy with expressive arts, neuroscience, and clinical practice, creating innovative and culturally sensitive psychosocial projects.

🗺️ WHERE WE WORK
Our programs and trainings have reached six continents and dozens of countries, in collaboration with leading clinicians, professors, and researchers in child psychotherapy.

🎓 WHY IT MATTERS
INA is an approved provider of continuing education in Play Therapy by the Association for Play Therapy (USA) and Association for Play Therapy Italy.

📖 OUR STORY
Founded in 2015 in Lugano, Switzerland, by Isabella Cassina and Claudio Mochi, INA is a nonprofit organization recognized as being of public utility by the Republic and Canton of Ticino.

🤝 OUR MISSION
We work for social solidarity worldwide, supporting individuals, families, and communities—always keeping children’s well-being at the center.

🌐 JOIN THE NETWORK
If you work in play therapy, expressive arts, or psychosocial support, INA offers high-quality training and an international professional community.

🗓️ EVENTS 2026-2027
https://www.crisisplaytherapy.com/training-and-conferences

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Lugano
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Telefon

+41766794655

Webseite

https://www.play-therapy.ch/

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[ITA] L’International Academy for Play Therapy studies and PsychoSocial Projects (INA) è un’Associazione non profit riconosciuta di pubblica utilità con sede a Lugano, Svizzera. INA è Approved Provider of Play Therapy Continuing Education dell’Association for Play Therapy APT degli Stati Uniti (#20-602) e dell’Associazione Play Therapy Italia APTI (#15-001). Opera a livello internazionale a favore di individui, famiglie e comunità con particolare attenzione ai bisogni e al benessere dei bambini e delle famiglie. Con oltre 20 anni di esperienza in ambito di interventi d’emergenza e progetti psicosociali, il team di INA è specializzato in Play Therapy, Gioco Terapeutico (Therapeutic Play) e trauma. Visita www.play-therapy.ch.

[EN] The International Academy for Play Therapy studies and PsychoSocial Projects (INA) is a non-profit association recognized of public utility based in Lugano, Switzerland. APT Approved Provider of Play Therapy Continuing Education #20-602, and APTI #15-001. INA operates internationally in favor of individuals, families and communities with particular attention to the needs and well-being of children and families. With over 20 years of experience in the field of emergency interventions and psychosocial projects, INA team is specialized in Play Therapy, Therapeutic Play and trauma. Learn more on www.play-therapy.ch.