Elevate your clinical practice with specialized therapist trainings. Explore upcoming play therapy workshops and workshops on in Animal-Assisted and Equine-Assisted therapy.
At this time, I am not personally offering training, but I am hosting a training at the farm in August 2026. I am going to share information about that training, as well as other good resources for therapists interested in this work. -Danielle
Upcoming Trainings at Happy Honeysuckle Healing Center
Adlerian Play Therapy, Level 1: In-Person
Dates: August 3-7 2026
Times: 8:30 AM – 5:45 PM EDT
Location: Happy Honeysuckle Healing Center, 15400 Woodbine Morgan Rd, Woodbine MD 21797 United States
Presenter: Dr. Amy Holsinger, NCC, LPCC-S (KY), LPCC (OH), RPT-S, CAdPT-A
In this in-person class, you will learn and practice Adlerian play therapy skills and techniques. The training is 5 days and offers 35 CE hours towards your RPT certification. 5 hours of play therapy consultation/supervision are included in the class. These in-depth trainings are vital for growing as clinicians and establishing our skills in play therapy.
LEAPT is an APT Approved Provider 99-055 and NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7402. I am submitting for course approval through the NASW-MD.
Sign up for the class here: https://leapt.arlo.co/w/courses/1-beginning-adlerian-play-therapy-inperson/776
Recommended Trainings Off Site
I frequently have people ask me about training in animal-assisted, equine-assisted therapy, and other types of therapy. I want to recommend some of my favorite resources. I recommend resources that I feel best meet the ethical guidelines for working with both humans and animals.
Human Animal Interaction (HAI)
Human Animal Interaction (HAI) offers FREE or low cost trainings in animal-assisted work for a variety of professions, including social work and psychology.
- Events and Conferences: https://www.human-animal-interaction.org/hai-events-conferences/
- Archived Webinars: https://www.human-animal-interaction.org/webinars/
- Upcoming Events and Webinars: https://www.human-animal-interaction.org/events/
- Become a Member (and get updates on webinars): https://www.human-animal-interaction.org/membership/sign-up/
International Institute for Animal Assisted Play Therapy®
Interested in offering animal assisted play therapy? IIAPT offers one possible option for certification in this model.
I have completed the level one course and the prerequisites for level two. It’s heavily ethics-driven and activity-based which is fantastic, but I’m hoping they’ll update their online format to be in video webinar format in the future. The online portion of the trainings was very heavy in reading PowerPoints when I took it. My plan is to complete certification in this model, but I’m completing my RPT first. More information can be found here: https://iiaapt.org/
Colorado State: Social Aspects of Human-Animal Interactions (HAI) Graduate Certificate
From what I’ve seen of this program (I haven’t personally participated), I like the format and classes involved to get the certificate. It looks nicely organized. It’s pretty expensive, however. More information can be found here: https://online.colostate.edu/certificates/human-animal-interactions/