Sat, Oct 17
|Christine M. Valentin, LCSW, LLC
Culture & Play Therapy: Building Rapport Across Backgrounds
Culture shapes whether a parent trusts play therapy before you've even explained what play therapy is. Start building the rapport-building language and toy selection framework you need for families whose cultural backgrounds differ.
Time & Location
Oct 17, 2026, 9:15 AM – 12:30 PM
Christine M. Valentin, LCSW, LLC, 219 South St, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA
About the event
Join Christine M. Valentín, a licensed clinical social worker and Registered Play Therapist, for an in-person CE training for mental health professionals.
Description: A technique that works well with one family can fall flat with another. That usually isn't because the clinician did anything wrong. The activity may have asked the family to play in a way that felt foreign to them. This in-person training looks at how culture shapes what play means to a family: who plays with children, whether play is seen as "real" help, how feelings get expressed, and what respect looks like in a session. You'll practice play therapy techniques and adapt them in the room for families of different backgrounds, so rapport starts in the first session instead of the fifth.
Don't work with children? Adults bring their culture into the room too. You'll leave with ways to build trust faster with adult clients whose backgrounds…
Tickets
Culture & Play Therapy Worksho
Join the full CE workshop from 9:30 AM–12:30 PM for 3.0 CE credits.
$150.00
+$3.75 ticket service fee
Sale endedFull Morning Seat
Stick around after the workshop for an open, no-holds-barred 1 hour Q&A to receive tailored recommendations on: * how to incorporate play into your personal life either as a form of healing or to better connect with your child? * what toys to include in your setting (playroom, school office, travel bag for IIC work)? Bring your questions & I'll provide real tips & answers, based on my 16 years of experience as a Private Practice owner. Please note CEs are not offered for this portion.
$200.00
+$5.00 ticket service fee
Sale endedTake-It-All-Home Seat
Workshop Seat + Q&A + Free Parenting Tantrum Course. This options includes Includes free access to The Tantrum Course — Christine's 9-module audio/visual guide for parents of children ages 3–8, covering what's developmentally normal, real tantrum triggers, and age-specific strategies. Self-paced, lifetime access. A $50 value, yours free — use it yourself or recommend it to families on your caseload. Access link sent by email after the workshop.
$220.00
+$5.50 ticket service fee
Sale ended