The Parent Partnership: Strengthening Play Therapy Through Connection
The Parent Partnership: Strengthening Play Therapy Through Connection is a three-hour interactive training for play therapists focused on building meaningful partnerships with parents. Participants will learn practical strategies for engaging parents from the first inquiry through intake, weekly reports, consultation, and attachment-focused activities. The training emphasizes parents as experts on their child, culturally responsive care, parent buy-in, developmental education, and helping families feel safe, heard, and understood throughout the play therapy process. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Describe how parent partnership strengthens play therapy outcomes and supports continuity of care.
- Identify stages of parent engagement in play therapy and tailor therapeutic responses to meet parents at each stage.
- Apply creative and culturally humble tools throughout the play therapy process, including inquiry, intake, consultation, weekly updates, and parent workshops.
- Design parent-child attachment activities that extend the benefits of play therapy and strengthen connection outside the playroom.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Live Interactive Webinar
09:00 AM CDT - 12:15 PM CDT
EARN 3 CE Credit Hours
About the speakers
Kenya Evans, LPC, LBSW
Kenya Evans is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Baccalaureate Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience in social work, case management, and leadership. She is passionate about supporting at-risk youth and has extensive experience working with adolescents in school and community-based settings, including facilitating teen groups and volunteering with programs serving homeless and vulnerable youth. Kenya’s clinical interests include trauma-informed care, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and helping youth develop the skills and support needed to navigate life’s challenges and thrive.
Kyria Parker-Hart, Ed.D., NCC, LPC, RPT
Dr. Kyria Parker-Hart holds a doctorate in counseling and brings 20 years of experience in education, including 13 years as a school counselor. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Play Therapist (RPT), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Brainspotting practitioner specializing in children, adolescents, and families.
Her work focuses on trauma-informed care, social-emotional development, mental
health advocacy, and the impact of generational and relational trauma on children and
families. Her integrative approach combines child-centered play therapy, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and trauma-responsive interventions to help youth process
difficult experiences, strengthen coping skills, and build emotional awareness. She also
emphasizes caregiver partnership as an important part of strengthening relationships
and interrupting unhealthy patterns across generations.
Her work focuses on trauma-informed care, social-emotional development, mental
health advocacy, and the impact of generational and relational trauma on children and
families. Her integrative approach combines child-centered play therapy, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and trauma-responsive interventions to help youth process
difficult experiences, strengthen coping skills, and build emotional awareness. She also
emphasizes caregiver partnership as an important part of strengthening relationships
and interrupting unhealthy patterns across generations.
Agenda
8:30 AM–9:00 AM – Registration/Check-In9:00 AM–10:30 AM – Workshop Presentation, Part I
10:30 AM–10:45 AM – Break
10:45 AM–12:15 PM – Workshop Presentation, Part II
12:15 PM–12:45 PM – Networking & Social
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
Association for Play Therapy
Training is provided by a Texas LPC-S and counts for the minimum 50% approved provider requirement of the Texas BHEC requirements for LPC.
CE Process Info
In-Person Attendance: 3 Contact CE HoursVirtual Attendance: 3 Non-Contact CE Hours
Eligibility: CE hours are awarded only to mental health professionals.