Academy for Play Therapy Training™gives you the tools and techniques you need for a healthy and playful child therapy practice!

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Academy for Play Therapy  Training™ offers play therapy training to mental health professionals. Our professional therapists practice innovative and exciting techniques that inspire their dedication to healing wounded children, teens, adults, couples and families by creating workshops that teach and inform. Our workshops invite you into the experience of play therapy so that you grow and deepen your understanding of yourself as a play therapist and your clients.

Becoming a Registered Play Therapist –  The Association for Play Therapy offers credentials in play therapy based in part on receiving 150 CE’s in play therapy specific programs.  Begin or continue your path to becoming a registered play therapist by attending  our workshops. Academy for Play Therapy Training, Mary Ruth Cross is an APT Approved Provider 18-544.

Academy for Play Therapy Training is powered by Cross Play Therapy Consulting which offers individual and group supervision in support of becoming a Registered Play Therapist or Registered Play Therapist, Supervisor.  Our teaching staff are credentialed as Registered Play Therapist, Supervisors.

The Journey Starts and Continues Here…

This is an exciting time! Join us in learning about the playful world of play therapy.

Counseling Services and Getting Credentialed as a Play Therapist