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Ensemble Learning Center, 4210 Spicewood Springs Road Suite 203, Austin, TX (2026)

03/03/2026

⏰ Early rate ends soon!

There’s still time to join us for “The Role of Parent Collaboration in Play Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders” with Amy Pezzotti, LPC-S, RPT-S, but our reduced early registration rate wraps up on March 6, 2026.

This presentation will explore the integration of play therapy interventions in the treatment of childhood anxiety, with a focus on collaborative work with parents to enhance treatment outcomes. Participants will examine practical strategies for addressing various anxiety presentations, including generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening the therapeutic alliance with both the child and caregiver, utilizing evidence-based play therapy approaches, and fostering parent involvement to promote long-term emotional regulation, resilience, and successful management of anxiety symptoms.

This workshop offers a space to reflect, grow, and connect — all while exploring play therapy through practical tools and meaningful discussion.

💫 You’ll gain insight and strategies to:
•Identify at least three play therapy interventions that can be used to address common anxiety presentations in children.
•Explain how parent collaboration enhances play therapy outcomes for children experiencing anxiety.
•Apply at least two play therapy strategies that integrate caregiver involvement to support emotion regulation in anxious children.

📆 Date: March 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 12pm
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

02/27/2026

⏰ Early rate ends soon!

There’s still time to join us for An Affirmative Framework for the Neurodivergent Child in Play Therapy with Amanda Yoder de la Llata, LPC, LCPC, RPT.

This training is designed for therapists in agency, private practice, and school settings, who are interested in learning more about Neurodivergent child clients (with main focus on Dyslexics, ADHDers and Autistics) in play therapy. This training will focus on identifying ways neurodivergent children present in play therapy as well as ways to best serve this population. Additionally, participants will enhance their knowledge of play therapy techniques and additional support systems that should be put in place to support this population

This workshop offers a space to reflect, grow, and connect — all while exploring play therapy through practical tools and meaningful discussion.

💫 You’ll gain insight and strategies to:
•Define 5 terms often used to describe Neurodivergent play therapy clients including: Neurodiverse vs. Neurodivergent, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, Pervasive Demand Avoidance(Pervasive Drive for Autonomy).
•Name the 3 extra sensory systems and identify 1 example of each in a play therapy situation.
•Identify at least 1 other member of a client's “team” in addition to play therapy.
•Identify how these outside services will enhance the effects of play therapy.

📆 Date: March 13, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 12:30pm
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us! https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/20-mar-affirming-framework

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

02/25/2026

Curious about play therapy but not sure where to begin?

Let’s Play: An Introduction to Play Therapy is a self-paced online training designed to help clinicians and therapists-in-training understand the how and why behind this powerful, evidence-based approach.

In this foundational course, you’ll explore the therapeutic powers of play, learn how children communicate and heal through play, and gain an overview of key theoretical models that guide effective, developmentally responsive care.

Whether you’re new to play therapy or looking to strengthen your clinical lens, this training offers practical insight and a playful path toward deeper connection and growth.

🎓 1.5 CE hours available
💻 Self-paced & online

Learn more & enroll:
https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/online-intro-to-play-therapy

02/24/2026

We asked Amy Pezzotti, LPC-S, RPT-S what inspired this upcoming workshop — “The Role of Parent Collaboration in Play Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders” — and loved their response:

”This training will integrate cultural considerations by highlighting how anxiety is expressed and understood across diverse cultural contexts and how these perspectives influence both children’s experiences and parents’ responses. Case examples and interventions will emphasize the importance of cultural humility, tailoring play therapy techniques to align with family values, traditions, and communication styles. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own cultural lenses, identify potential biases, and adapt strategies to ensure inclusivity, accessibility, and respect for the unique backgrounds of the children and families they serve.”

This session is designed to help you explore play therapy in a way that feels accessible, grounded, and immediately applicable to your clinical work.
💡 You’ll walk away feeling more confident and equipped to:
•Identify at least three play therapy interventions that can be used to address common anxiety presentations in children.
•Explain how parent collaboration enhances play therapy outcomes for children experiencing anxiety.
•Apply at least two play therapy strategies that integrate caregiver involvement to support emotion regulation in anxious children.

📆 Date: March 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 12pm
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

02/23/2026

Big feelings are part of growing up — and children learn how to navigate them through connection. 🤍

Our Caregiver’s Guide to Regulation offers practical, compassionate tools to help caregivers stay grounded, co-regulate in hard moments, and support children in building lifelong self-regulation skills.

Inside you’ll find:
✨ simple co-regulation strategies
✨ ways to support regulation across development
✨ tools to understand dysregulation & big emotions
✨ ideas to nurture resilience and emotional safety

Because when caregivers feel supported, children feel safe.

🔗 Link in bio to explore our Resource Library: https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/resource/p/caregiver-regulation

02/21/2026

🚪 Enrollment is closing soon!

This is your friendly reminder that registration for Increasing Inclusivity in Play Therapy Spaces: Exploring Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation with A.B. Parris, LCSW, RPT™ and Kamini Verma, LCSW-S, RPT-S™ ends on February 27, 2026 — and we’d love to have you with us.

This training brings together thoughtful clinicians, educators, and helpers who are passionate about play therapy. Together, we’ll slow down, learn, and connect through reflection and play.

💫 You’ll leave with:
•Identify personal privilege, bias, and intersecting identities and analyze their influence on the therapeutic relationship and play therapy process with LGBTQIA2S+ kids, teens and their families.
•Explain the importance of inclusive and identity-affirming approaches and describe how play therapy interventions can foster emotional safety, self-expression, and resilience among LGBTQIA2S+ clients.
•Demonstrate an understanding of best practices related to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) in play therapy with kids and teens.
•Discuss an individual plan for continued self-reflection and professional development to expand cultural humility and competence in SOGIE-inclusive play therapy practice.

📆 Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30am-2:30pm CT
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

Seats are almost full — save your spot before registration closes! 🌿

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. If you are attending in person, you will receive 3 contact hours. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us! https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/28-feb-inclusivity-playtherapy

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

02/20/2026

Schools are where children spend so much of their day — learning, connecting, struggling, and growing. When educators and school-based professionals understand the language of play, they gain powerful tools to support emotional regulation, resilience, and connection in the classroom.

This training explores how play-based strategies can support student wellbeing, strengthen relationships, and create environments where children feel safe to learn and thrive. Whether you’re a counselor, teacher, administrator, or mental health professional, you’ll leave with practical, developmentally attuned tools you can begin using right away.

Because when adults feel equipped and supported, children feel it too. 💛

👉 Learn more & register: https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/online-play-therapy-schools

02/19/2026

🌞 We’re one month away from An Affirmative Framework for the Neurodivergent Child in Play Therapy!

It’s the perfect time to save your seat and start looking forward to a day of learning, reflection, and play. Join Amanda Yoder de la Llata, LPC, LCPC, RPT for an engaging exploration of An Affirmative Framework for the Neurodivergent Child in Play Therapy — designed to inspire new ideas and grounded confidence in your clinical work.

💫 You’ll walk away able to:
•Define 5 terms often used to describe Neurodivergent play therapy clients including: Neurodiverse vs. Neurodivergent, Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, Pervasive Demand Avoidance(Pervasive Drive for Autonomy).
•Name the 3 extra sensory systems and identify 1 example of each in a play therapy situation.
•Identify at least 1 other member of a client's “team” in addition to play therapy.
•Identify how these outside services will enhance the effects of play therapy.

📆 Date: March 13, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 12:30pm
Ensemble Therapy
Northwest Office Location
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. If you are attending in person, you will receive 3 contact hours. To receive contact hours, participants must attend in person for the full presentation and complete the post-presentation evaluation. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706. Play Therapy credit is available to mental health professionals and graduate students in a mental health program.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com Cancellations made 14+ days before the session receive a 50% refund; cancellations within 14 days of the session or no-shows are non-refundable. If we are the ones to cancel, full refunds will be issued.

02/16/2026

Ethical decision-making in the playroom isn’t always black and white — it lives in the gray spaces where relationships, culture, values, and clinical judgment intersect.

Our Ethics in Play Therapy workshop supports clinicians in navigating complex dilemmas with clarity, confidence, and compassion. Through case studies, reflection, and best-practice guidelines, you’ll strengthen your ethical compass while deepening self-awareness and cultural responsiveness.

✨ 3 CE hours
✨ Self-paced learning
✨ Practical tools you can apply right away

Because ethical practice isn’t just about compliance — it’s about integrity, presence, and protecting the therapeutic relationship.

Learn more & register: https://www.ensemblelearningcenter.com/online-ethics-play-therapy

02/13/2026

⏰ Early rate ends soon!

This training invites play therapists to examine how identity, culture, and personal bias influence the therapeutic relationship with children, teens and families. Through reflective discussion and case-based learning, participants will explore inclusive approaches that promote emotional safety, authenticity, and resilience within the playroom. Emphasis will be placed on integrating best practices related to diverse identities and culturally responsive interventions. Attendees will leave with practical tools for continued self-reflection and professional growth in cultivating inclusive, developmentally appropriate play therapy spaces for all.

💫 You’ll gain insight and strategies to:
•Identify personal privilege, bias, and intersecting identities and analyze their influence on the therapeutic relationship and play therapy process with LGBTQIA2S+ kids, teens and their families.
•Explain the importance of inclusive and identity-affirming approaches and describe how play therapy interventions can foster emotional safety, self-expression, and resilience among LGBTQIA2S+ clients.
•Demonstrate an understanding of best practices related to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) in play therapy with kids and teens.
•Discuss an individual plan for continued self-reflection and professional development to expand cultural humility and competence in SOGIE-inclusive play therapy practice.

📆 Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30am-2:30pm CT
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

02/12/2026

🌼 It’s here! Registration is officially open for “The Role of Parent Collaboration in Play Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders”!

Join Amy Pezzotti, LPC-S, RPT-S for an engaging workshop on “The Role of Parent Collaboration in Play Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders” — designed for play therapists, counselors, and helping professionals who want to deepen their work with children and families.

This presentation will explore the integration of play therapy interventions in the treatment of childhood anxiety, with a focus on collaborative work with parents to enhance treatment outcomes. Participants will examine practical strategies for addressing various anxiety presentations, including generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Emphasis will be placed on strengthening the therapeutic alliance with both the child and caregiver, utilizing evidence-based play therapy approaches, and fostering parent involvement to promote long-term emotional regulation, resilience, and successful management of anxiety symptoms.

💫 In this interactive training, you’ll learn to:
•Identify at least three play therapy interventions that can be used to address common anxiety presentations in children.
•Explain how parent collaboration enhances play therapy outcomes for children experiencing anxiety.
•Apply at least two play therapy strategies that integrate caregiver involvement to support emotion regulation in anxious children.

📆 Date: March 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 12pm
Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

This training will provide 3 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

02/11/2026

🌿 Final call — we begin next week!

We’re putting the finishing touches on Themes that Talk: A Trauma-Informed Tapestry of Play Therapy Themes, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone for a day of reflection, learning, and connection.

If you’ve been thinking about joining Claudia Ocampo LPC-S, RPT-S™, RST-C/T and our community for this training on play therapy, now’s the time! ✨

💫 In this workshop, you’ll:
•Use play therapy themes to strengthen the therapist–child relationship by enhancing therapeutic attunement, empathy, responsiveness, and safety.
•Analyze how symbolic play therapy elements, metaphor and character roles contribute to the emergence and evolution of play themes.
•Evaluate the clinical significance of recurring play therapy themes to inform therapeutic interventions needed that foster healing.
•Formulate culturally responsive and trauma-informed interpretations of play therapy themes that honor client identity and lived experiences.
•Recognize how trauma activation, dissociation, and nervous-system cues show up within thematic play sequences.
•Explore advanced interventions that therapeutically address dominant and recurring play therapy themes in the playroom.
•Explain the clinical meaning of play therapy themes through a developmental, attachment, and neurobiological lens.

📆 Date: February 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 9am - 4:30pm CT

Online or at Ensemble Therapy
4210 Spicewood Springs Rd, Suite 203
Austin, Texas 78759

🎟 There’s still time to join us before registration closes!

This training will provide 6 CE Credits. Ensemble Therapy is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT), Approved Provider 23-706.

💛 We’re committed to accessibility: A reduced rate is available for the duration of enrollment for our community members who are students, Black, Indigenous, or people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, those living with disabilities, experiencing financial hardship, or who have been impacted by systemic inequity.

👉 Click the link in our bio to register and join us!

❌ Need to cancel? ❌ Email hello@ensemblelearningcenter.com

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