Hello Adventurers! Ready to Join the PCSI Roundtable?
Your training cauldron awaits—stirred with research, grounded in ethics, and sprinkled with fandom references.
Whether you're just starting your play therapy journey or leveling up your sandtray spells, this is your home base for on-demand sandtray and play therapy trainings that are as practical as they are playful.
Each of our course is rooted in real-world experience, APT & NBCC-approved, and built by therapists who get it—because we are therapists (and let’s be honest, we’re all one overcaffeinated client week away from building our own sandtray in the break room).
Dive in, learn at your own pace, and collect those CEs like the wizardly warrior you are. 🧙♀️
Whether you're just starting your play therapy journey or leveling up your sandtray spells, this is your home base for on-demand sandtray and play therapy trainings that are as practical as they are playful.
Each of our course is rooted in real-world experience, APT & NBCC-approved, and built by therapists who get it—because we are therapists (and let’s be honest, we’re all one overcaffeinated client week away from building our own sandtray in the break room).
Dive in, learn at your own pace, and collect those CEs like the wizardly warrior you are. 🧙♀️
📜 All Courses Include:
📜 All Courses Include:
APT & NBCC-approved CE hours
- Downloadable resources
- Lifetime access
- Real-life case examples (not just theory!)
- Optional fandom references, because obviously.
✨ Upcoming & In-Development:
New courses drop regularly from our Roundtable contributors and presenters! Keep checking back for trainings on:
- Neurodivergent kids in sandtray
- Regulation through tabletop games
- Self-compassion for the empathic professional
- And more nerdy, clinically grounded gems!
Roundtable Available Trainings
STICKY SITUATIONS: PLAY THERAPY AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Working with kids in therapy means navigating some pretty complex ethical terrain. Confidentiality, informed consent, mandated reporting... it’s already a lot.
In this course, we’ll untangle the trickiest ethics-related knots play therapists face when working with minors.
🪄 Best for: Therapists navigating an ethical minefield—and you’d rather not guess your way through it.
In this course, we’ll untangle the trickiest ethics-related knots play therapists face when working with minors.
🪄 Best for: Therapists navigating an ethical minefield—and you’d rather not guess your way through it.
STUCK IN THE SAND: Navigating Cognitive Processing Therapy in Sandtray Play Therapy
Combine the cognitive insight of Cognitive Processing Therapy with the expressive power of sandtray.
You’ll learn how to use A-B-C worksheets, somatic cues, and play-based techniques to help clients unpack and shift trauma narratives.
🧰 Best for: Therapists wanting to integrate evidence-based protocols with experiential play work.
You’ll learn how to use A-B-C worksheets, somatic cues, and play-based techniques to help clients unpack and shift trauma narratives.
🧰 Best for: Therapists wanting to integrate evidence-based protocols with experiential play work.
PLAY THEMES VS PLAY BEHAVIORS:
Exploring Them Inside Out
Exploring Them Inside Out
If you’ve ever stared at a session thinking “what even IS this?”, this course is your decoder ring.
Learn to spot the difference between what a child does and what they’re really saying through play.
🧩 Best for: Therapists seeking stronger documentation language + a deeper understanding of thematic play.
Learn to spot the difference between what a child does and what they’re really saying through play.
🧩 Best for: Therapists seeking stronger documentation language + a deeper understanding of thematic play.
SANDTRAY PLAY THERAPY WITH ANXIOUS CHILDREN AND TEENS:
Regulation and Exploration
Regulation and Exploration
Learn how to support anxious kiddos and teens using regulation-focused sandtray tools and trauma-informed directives.
We’ll break down diagnoses, categories of miniatures, and walk you through creating your own directives tailored to real-world client needs.
🪨 Best for: Clinicians who want to go beyond “calm down” strategies and give anxiety a sandbox to process in.
We’ll break down diagnoses, categories of miniatures, and walk you through creating your own directives tailored to real-world client needs.
🪨 Best for: Clinicians who want to go beyond “calm down” strategies and give anxiety a sandbox to process in.
PLAY-DOH, LEGOS, AND GAMES: Oh My! Directive Play Therapy Techniques
Tap into your inner child—and your client’s—with this joyful and strategic training on directive play therapy techniques. Using everyday favorites like LEGOs, board games, and Play-Doh, you’ll discover how to create structured, goal-oriented sessions that still feel like play.
📢 Perfect for therapists who want to blend creativity with clinical precision (and have a little fun along the way).
📢 Perfect for therapists who want to blend creativity with clinical precision (and have a little fun along the way).