Building strong families and emotionally healthy children and adults
through Theraplay training, treatment, advocacy, and research
The Theraplay® Institute is an international not-for-profit organization with headquarters in the Chicago area. Each year we train hundreds of mental health professionals around the world in the Theraplay method. We set and maintain standards for Theraplay treatment, and through ownership of the service mark "Theraplay®", insure that children being treated by a Theraplay therapist are receiving only high-quality care incorporating genuine Theraplay techniques. For more information click here.
Read an article from Good Housekeeping magazine (February 2011) about how Theraplay helped an adoptive family overcome serious problems and become healthy and happy together. Theraplay in Good Housekeeping magazine, February 2011
February 12-15, 2013
The Theraplay Institute 1840 Oak Ave., Suite 320 Evanston, IL 60201
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Olathe, KS May 23-26, 2012 Wait list! Contact Us
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Evanston, IL May 2-4, 2012
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Greenwich, CT September 12-14, 2012
Evanston, IL December 3-5, 2012
The Theraplay Institute has partnered with the Play Therapy
Certificate Program at MidAmerica Nazarene University
in Olathe, Kansas, to offer certification track
Introductory Theraplay & MIM training for students enrolled in this
program. The course will be taught by a
certified Theraplay trainer, and graduates will be entered into our database
and eligible to enter the Theraplay supervision practicum.
The program at MNU, is one of six recognized and approved by
the Association for Play Therapy.
Students in the program already hold a masters degree and licensing in a
mental health field. For more
information: www.mnu.edu/playtherapy.
Supervision
Chicago Supervision Groups now being offered. For details, click here*. Theraplay Practitioner Levels 1 and 2 status now offered. For details, click here*.
1840 Oak Ave., Suite 320, Evanston, IL 60201 847/256 7334 (phone) 847/256-7370 (fax)