Parsons Counseling Training Institute

This advanced clinical training transforms the therapeutic landscape by equipping mental health professionals with specialized skills to empower parents as primary agents of healing in their children's lives.

Prerequisites: Participants must have completed Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) training with any qualified trainer before enrollment.

Through this program, clinicians will learn the strategic adaptation of Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) from its traditional 10-session group format into a streamlined 4-session individual model without sacrificing therapeutic depth or effectiveness.

Clinicians will develop expertise in:

• Guiding parents beyond supportive roles into active therapeutic partnership

• Training parents in authentic CCPT communication techniques that foster emotional connection

• Teaching the delivery of the four healing messages (I see you, I hear you, I understand you, I care about you) during pivotal parent-child interactions

• Building parental confidence in therapeutic limit-setting through effective choice-giving strategies

• Coaching parents to independently conduct structured play sessions that extend healing into the home environment

This training represents a paradigm shift in child-focused interventions, creating sustainable therapeutic outcomes by positioning parents as the primary catalysts for change rather than maintaining dependency on clinical services.

Learning Objectives:

• Adapt Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) from its traditional 10-group format into 4 focused individual sessions while maintaining therapeutic integrity and effectiveness for diverse family needs.

• Train clinicians to guide parents in becoming active therapeutic agents in their children's emotional development through structured play sessions and empathic communication.

• Equip clinicians with strategies to teach parents the four healing messages (I see you, I hear you, I understand you, I care about you) and CCPT language to strengthen parent-child attachment.

• Develop clinicians' ability to coach parents in therapeutic limit-setting using the ACT model and choice-giving techniques that balance nurturing support with appropriate boundaries.

• Prepare clinicians to help parents implement and maintain regular therapeutic play sessions at home, addressing common challenges and adapting techniques for diverse family contexts.

Starts: April 18th, 2025

6.5 CE hours for NBCC and APT. This workshop meets APT’s definition of Live Webinar.  

Work toward becoming a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) by attending this conference. Go to www.a4pt.org for more information.

Provider Information:

Parsons Counseling Training Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7101. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Parsons Counseling Training Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Parsons Counseling, LLC has been approved by APT as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, APT No. 17-496. Programs that do not qualify for APT credit are clearly identified. Parsons Counseling, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

If you have any questions regarding continuing education, the program, grievance issues, or learning objectives, please contact the Training Institute Coordinator at 859-985-7862 or by emailing [email protected].

Cancellations with 14 or more days' notice will receive a full refund minus a $25 administrative fee. Cancellations with less than 14 days' notice will not be refunded. A 50% credit towards a future trainings may be applied at discretion  of the training coordinator. Bundled or discounted registrations are non-refundable.