Train with the Minnesota Play Therapy Community!
In Person Contact Training:
Watershed Psychological Services
Somatic Experiential Play Therapy Training
This training focuses on developing skills in Somatic Experiential Play Therapy, including the ability to understand metaphor and the power of play for children as they process their pain and trauma. Skills in being able to identify fight/flight/freeze responses in a child’s body during play will also be addressed. This is a week long intensive training for professionals which includes being able to conduct 7 live play therapy sessions with a child while being supervised with a “bug in the ear” and live coaching from Missy and Sara. See our website for more details HERE!
Bethel University
Play Therapy Certificate
With Bethel University’s unique play therapy certificate, you’ll gain the specialized education you need to become a registered play therapist. Featuring flexible schedules, hybrid courses, and experiential training, this 16-month certificate program will prepare you to advance your career and make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people. Ready to get started? Start your free application.
Growing Together : Strengthening Caregiver-Child Bonds Through Experiential Play Therapy. Training and Practicum Series.
In this training series the focus is on Experiential Play Therapy while simultaneously supporting caregivers’ reflective capacity, helping caregivers make sense and hold space for child’s experiences, and repair and strengthen attachment. Experiential Play Therapy offers healing through play in a safe, child led, emotionally attuned space. The body emotion connection taps into how children store and express experiences in the body through play and metaphor, helping them release and re-integrate stuck emotional patterns. The series covers the history and theories of play therapy and EPT (6 CUEs), assessment and documentation as a EPT therapist (6 CEUs), understanding the child's play (6 CEUs), what to do in the play as a EPT therapist (6 CEUs) , working with caregivers in EPT (6 CEUs) and a practicum (24 CEUs). All together, participants can earn up to 54 contact CEUs while becoming well versed and experienced in Experiential Play Therapy and working with caregivers.
Location: Changes Counseling and Wellness Center
2626 East 82nd Street
Bloomington, MN 55425
Trainers : Christine Hensgens LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D
APT Provider # 25-789
Anne Hoff LICSW, RPT-S
Individual Trainings in Series:
November 1st 2025 8:30-3:30 In Person 6CUEs
Foundational Understanding and Practice of Experiential Play Therapy
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
In this training, you will learn about the seminal theories in Play Therapy as a foundational understanding of the theory of Experiential Play Therapy. You will also learn how Experiential Play Therapy works through attachment and the brain. You will then learn how to be a safe therapeutic figure to children and respond to children’s play through implementing Experiential Play and attachment. You will learn the tenants of Experiential Play Therapy and understand a broad overview of the model. *Meets the History of Play Therapy requirement for APT credential. *Special Guest appearance by Byron Norton.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
End Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
January 10th, 2026 8:30-3:30 In Person 6 CEUs
Assessment, Treatment Plans and Case notes in Experiential Play Therapy
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Learn and practice how to assess the child and their environment to create a treatment plan, case notes and diagnostic assessment. Learn documentation that is informed by experiential play therapy. Create documentation that is meaningful and measurable while also meeting the needs of state regulations, and insurance expectations.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
End Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
February 21st, 2026 8:30-3:30 In Person 6 CEUs
What is the Child Doing?
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Participants will experience hands-on learning and practice the therapeutic process of experiential play therapy. Using play therapy techniques to see from the child’s point of view through the use of metaphorical expression of toys, child responses and actions. Understand and identify developmental expression of needs and body-based expression so you can provide attuned, therapeutic responses that support the healing process.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
End Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
March 21st, 2026 8:30-3:30 In Person 6 CEUs
What am I doing?
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Participants will experience hands-on learning and practice of the therapeutic process of experiential play therapy. Understand how to provide therapeutic responses that support healing within play therapy sessions. Identify the importance of honoring the child’s story, while creating a safe therapeutic environment.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
End Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
Working with caregivers
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Participants will discuss the importance of caregivers in the therapeutic process of Experiential Play Therapy. Identify when it is helpful to include parents in the playroom, how to help bridge work in the playroom to the parent (caregiver) child relationship to strengthen the caregiver’s protective shield. Additionally, review some of the modalities for child-parent play therapy, including Child Parent Psychotherapy, Theraplay, Filial, and PCIT.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
End Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
Practicium: Putting EPT into Action In Person
June 13-14 2026
June 20-21 2026
24 CEU credits
Putting EPT Into Action
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
This training offers participants a hands-on opportunity to experience and practice the principles of Experiential Play Therapy. Participants will begin by building foundational skills through observation of therapeutic techniques, engaging in role plays, and reviewing video recordings of their own practice. These experiential learning activities are designed to deepen understanding and reinforce key concepts.
CE Hours: 24
Start Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026
End Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
Non Contact Virtual Training:
Ann Meehan | Meehan Mental Health Services
APT Approved CE Courses:
Are you an APT Approved Provider and MNAPT member and want to list your training?
Contact the Minnesota Association for Play Therapy HERE with the following information:
Please allow 2 weeks for training to be posted.
Are you a Non APT Member or University that wants to advertise your program?
Contact the Minnesota Association for Play Therapy HERE for pricing.
In Person Contact Training:
Watershed Psychological Services
Somatic Experiential Play Therapy Training
This training focuses on developing skills in Somatic Experiential Play Therapy, including the ability to understand metaphor and the power of play for children as they process their pain and trauma. Skills in being able to identify fight/flight/freeze responses in a child’s body during play will also be addressed. This is a week long intensive training for professionals which includes being able to conduct 7 live play therapy sessions with a child while being supervised with a “bug in the ear” and live coaching from Missy and Sara. See our website for more details HERE!
Bethel University
Play Therapy Certificate
With Bethel University’s unique play therapy certificate, you’ll gain the specialized education you need to become a registered play therapist. Featuring flexible schedules, hybrid courses, and experiential training, this 16-month certificate program will prepare you to advance your career and make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people. Ready to get started? Start your free application.
Growing Together : Strengthening Caregiver-Child Bonds Through Experiential Play Therapy. Training and Practicum Series.
In this training series the focus is on Experiential Play Therapy while simultaneously supporting caregivers’ reflective capacity, helping caregivers make sense and hold space for child’s experiences, and repair and strengthen attachment. Experiential Play Therapy offers healing through play in a safe, child led, emotionally attuned space. The body emotion connection taps into how children store and express experiences in the body through play and metaphor, helping them release and re-integrate stuck emotional patterns. The series covers the history and theories of play therapy and EPT (6 CUEs), assessment and documentation as a EPT therapist (6 CEUs), understanding the child's play (6 CEUs), what to do in the play as a EPT therapist (6 CEUs) , working with caregivers in EPT (6 CEUs) and a practicum (24 CEUs). All together, participants can earn up to 54 contact CEUs while becoming well versed and experienced in Experiential Play Therapy and working with caregivers.
Location: Changes Counseling and Wellness Center
2626 East 82nd Street
Bloomington, MN 55425
Trainers : Christine Hensgens LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D
APT Provider # 25-789
Anne Hoff LICSW, RPT-S
Individual Trainings in Series:
November 1st 2025 8:30-3:30 In Person 6CUEs
Foundational Understanding and Practice of Experiential Play Therapy
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
In this training, you will learn about the seminal theories in Play Therapy as a foundational understanding of the theory of Experiential Play Therapy. You will also learn how Experiential Play Therapy works through attachment and the brain. You will then learn how to be a safe therapeutic figure to children and respond to children’s play through implementing Experiential Play and attachment. You will learn the tenants of Experiential Play Therapy and understand a broad overview of the model. *Meets the History of Play Therapy requirement for APT credential. *Special Guest appearance by Byron Norton.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
End Date: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
January 10th, 2026 8:30-3:30 In Person 6 CEUs
Assessment, Treatment Plans and Case notes in Experiential Play Therapy
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Learn and practice how to assess the child and their environment to create a treatment plan, case notes and diagnostic assessment. Learn documentation that is informed by experiential play therapy. Create documentation that is meaningful and measurable while also meeting the needs of state regulations, and insurance expectations.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
End Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
February 21st, 2026 8:30-3:30 In Person 6 CEUs
What is the Child Doing?
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Participants will experience hands-on learning and practice the therapeutic process of experiential play therapy. Using play therapy techniques to see from the child’s point of view through the use of metaphorical expression of toys, child responses and actions. Understand and identify developmental expression of needs and body-based expression so you can provide attuned, therapeutic responses that support the healing process.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
End Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
March 21st, 2026 8:30-3:30 In Person 6 CEUs
What am I doing?
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Participants will experience hands-on learning and practice of the therapeutic process of experiential play therapy. Understand how to provide therapeutic responses that support healing within play therapy sessions. Identify the importance of honoring the child’s story, while creating a safe therapeutic environment.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
End Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
Working with caregivers
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
Participants will discuss the importance of caregivers in the therapeutic process of Experiential Play Therapy. Identify when it is helpful to include parents in the playroom, how to help bridge work in the playroom to the parent (caregiver) child relationship to strengthen the caregiver’s protective shield. Additionally, review some of the modalities for child-parent play therapy, including Child Parent Psychotherapy, Theraplay, Filial, and PCIT.
CE Hours: 6
Start Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
End Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
Practicium: Putting EPT into Action In Person
June 13-14 2026
June 20-21 2026
24 CEU credits
Putting EPT Into Action
Presenter(s): Christine Hensgens, LICSW, RPT-S, EPT-D and Annie Hoff, LICSW, RPT-S
This training offers participants a hands-on opportunity to experience and practice the principles of Experiential Play Therapy. Participants will begin by building foundational skills through observation of therapeutic techniques, engaging in role plays, and reviewing video recordings of their own practice. These experiential learning activities are designed to deepen understanding and reinforce key concepts.
CE Hours: 24
Start Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026
End Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026
Training Location
2626 E 82nd St, Suite 325
Bloomington, MN 55425 US
651-370-8343
[email protected]
View Learning Objectives & Details
https://changescounselingmn.com/training
Approved Provider Information
Name: Christine Hensgens
APT Approved Provider: 25-789
Non Contact Virtual Training:
Ann Meehan | Meehan Mental Health Services
APT Approved CE Courses:
- Let's Start from The Very Beginning: Rapport Building, Assessment, and Treatment Planning in Play Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy: Low Cost + Preparation techniques for Telemedicine and Tele-Play
- Playing Through Phase 2: Combining Bibliotherapy and Play Therapy for Phase 2 of EMDR
- Bibliotherapy: Healing Children Through Stories and Play Therapy
- Designing Your Play Therapy Space: From The Playroom to On The Go
Are you an APT Approved Provider and MNAPT member and want to list your training?
Contact the Minnesota Association for Play Therapy HERE with the following information:
- Contact or Non-Contact Training
- Dates and times of the training
- Location
- Trainer and/or sponsoring organization
- Link to APT Approved Course Advertising webpage
- Identify if you want the training advertised in the next MNAPT Email Blast
Please allow 2 weeks for training to be posted.
Are you a Non APT Member or University that wants to advertise your program?
Contact the Minnesota Association for Play Therapy HERE for pricing.
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