Play Therapy & Expressive Arts TherapiesProfessional Qualifications & Professional Organizations*This is not intended as a comprehensive list, but rather as a useful starting point in exploring career pathways in play and expressive arts therapies. |
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Play Therapy Canada Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute (RMPTI)
Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) BC Arts Therapy Association
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USAThe Association for Play Therapy USA www.a4pt.org/
The American Art Therapy Association www.arttherapy.org/ The Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB) http://www.atcb.org/ American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) http://www.adta.org/ North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA) http://www.nadta.org/ The American Music Therapy Association www.musictherapy.org/ Sandplay Therapists of America sandplay.org/ UKPlay Therapy United Kingdom www.playtherapy.org.uk/ British Association of Play Therapists www.bapt.info/ British Association of Clinical Play Therapy www.bacpt.org.uk/ AustraliaPlay Therapy Australia www.playtherapyaustralia.com/ Australian Play Therapists Association www.apta.asn.au/ Australasia Pacific Play Therapy Association www.appta.org.au/ New ZealandThe Australian & New Zealand Arts Therapy Association www.anzata.org Creative Therapies Association of Aotearoa www.ctaa.org.nz/ Music Therapy, NZ www.musictherapy.org.nz/ Israeli Play Therapy Association www.israplaytherapy.org/ Japan Association for Play Therapy www.ja4pt.org/ |
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Other Training & Professional Development Resources
Play Therapy Canada
www.playtherapy.ca/
Concordia University Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Montreal QC
- MA in Creative Arts Therapies, (Art Therapy or Drama or Music)
- Graduate Certificate in Music Therapy
Prairie Institute of Expressive Arts Therapy (PIET). Carmen Richardson – Director. Calgary AB
- Expressive Arts Therapy Certificate Program, Advanced Diploma in Arts Therapy
pieat.ca
Play Therapy International www.playtherapy.org/
The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) www.ieata.org/
The Art Therapy Blog www.arttherapyblog.com/c/career/
- A wonderful, crosscutting resource about Art Therapy schools & programs in Canada, of professional networks, job prospects, engaging activities for diverse groups, etc.
The Centre for Play Therapy, University of North Texas cpt.unt.edu/
- The Center for Play Therapy (CPT) was established by Dr. Garry Landreth and has grown to become the largest play therapy training program in the world.
The British Association of Art Therapists baat.org/
The Academy of Art and Play Therapy www.artandplay.com.au/
- Sydney-based training organisation established to deliver the Graduate Diploma of Art & Play Applications in Therapy course
Child Play Works www.childplayworks.co.nz/index.html
- New Zealand-based Child-centered Play Therapy Training (supported by Play Therapy Australia, a leading training organisation)
Links to past APTA Workshop and Conference presenters
Dr. Terry Kottman, Adlerian Play Therapy - The Encouragement Zone, Cedar Falls IA
Liana Lowenstein, Original Therapeutic Resources for Mental Health Professionals and Families, Toronto ON
Short Articles
A Child-centered View of Children (PDF) by Garry L. Landreth, online through the Georgia Association for Play Therapy
A [Brief] History of Play Therapy (HTML) by British Association of Play Therapists
Play Therapy Best Practices (PDF) by The Association for Play Therapy (USA)
Careers in Expressive Arts Therapies (2014) (PDF) by Janet L Hartranft provides a useful guide to exploring career pathways with concise overviews of multiple modalities of experessive arts therapy and an introduction to their respective professions. The booklet is a resource intended for prospective students of the Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture Integrative Arts Program.
Creative Play Therapy Interventions for Children and Families (PDF) by Liana Lowenstein, MSW, CPT-S, available online through the Maryland/DC Association for Play Therapy Website.
Play Therapy for Abused and Traumatized Children - A Bibliography (PDF) by the Research Library of the National Children’s Advocacy Center (USA). This is a selected bibliography (not comprehensive) and covers the use and efficacy of play therapy with children who have experienced abuse and trauma.
Play Therapy: Considerations and Applications for the Practitioner (PDF) by Ritesh Kool, MD, and Timothy Lawver, DO. This article can be retrieved from the jounal Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(10):19–24, and is available for download through National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health.
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