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Engaging Families Through Play Therapy

July 17, 2025

Presenter Bio

C.J. Quick, LPCC-S, LMFT, RPT-S holds a Masters of Arts in Education with emphasis in Professional Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy.  She has practiced as a mental health therapist for over 15 years and currently owns a private practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky that specializes in working with Children and Families.  Ms. Quick is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor-Supervisor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor.  She specializes in working with children who have experienced trauma, children who have attachment concerns, and with families.  She has worked with at risk children including over two years full time experience at a Children’s Crisis Unit working with children as risk of harming themselves or others.  She works closely with community partners including court systems, doctors, and schools to ensure a systemic approaching to helping families and coordinating care. She utilizes Play therapy in her work with children, families, and community partners.

Ms. Quick presents locally and throughout the state on a multitude of child mental health topics including but not limited to:  Play Therapy, Early Childhood Mental Health, the effects of Trauma on Brain Development, and Trauma Informed Education.  She also provides Kentucky board approved trainings for mental health professionals on Understanding and Treating Suicide, Domestic Violence, and Laws and Ethics as they apply to Professional Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists.

Program Description

Join us for a day of play and expressive therapies while we discuss how to engage families in play therapy. We will discuss and practice interventions for working with families in a play therapy setting. Participants will review utilizing play in the assessment and treatment processes as well as working with resistant families. Participants will have the opportunity to practice different interventions as well how to engage in directive and non-directive ways. Different models of working with families in play therapy will be discussed including Filial Therapy, Child Parent Relational Therapy, and other systemic approaches.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will

  1. explore utilizing play therapy when assessing families
  2. identify ways to incorporate play therapy with families when treatment planning
  3. explore play therapy with resistant families and with high conflict families
  4. identify and discuss specific play therapy interventions to utilize when working with families in play therapy
  5. discuss the use of directive and non-directive play therapy interventions when working with families in play therapy
  6. discuss therapeutic models of play therapy specifically designed for families as well as other systemic models of family therapy
  • Date: July 17, 2025
  • Location: In-Person (Brighter Futures Training & Consultation, 1002 N. Mulberry Street, Elizabethtown KY, 42701)
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST (6 Contact Hours)
  • Cost: $125.00
  • Cancellation Policy can be viewed here.
  • Continuing Education:
    • APT Approved Provider # 20-599
    • Brighter Futures Counseling is an approved sponsor with The Kentucky Board of Social Work (Approval number KBSWSP 202505)
    • Brighter Futures Counseling is an approved sponsor with The Kentucky Board of Licensure for Marriage and Family Therapists
    • The Kentucky Board of Licensed Professional Counselors approved this training on 03/21/2025
    • The Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology (Approval number 2023081)