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Children's Institute for Play Therapy and Research (CIPTAR)
Just as adults use words, children use play to communicate. When developmentally appropriate, mental health professionals therapeutically use play to help patients, especially children, to communicate, resolve their problems, and obtain optimal mental health. Geoff Goodman, Ph.D., RPT-S, founded the Long Island University (LIU) Children’s Institute for Play Therapy and Research (CIPTAR), which is an Association for Play Therapy (APT)-Approved Center of Play Therapy Education. CIPTAR offers the play therapy coursework and clinical supervision required to earn the Registered Play Therapist™ (RPT) credential granted by APT (www.a4pt.org). CIPTAR is also an APT Type 1 Approved Provider (AP) of Continuing Education Program.
APT is a national nonprofit and multidisciplinary professional society formed in 1982 to advance play therapy and provide four membership benefits to mental health professionals engaged in play therapy practice, instruction, and supervision: 1) information, 2) education and training, 3) networking, and 4) credentialing. APT approved CIPTAR as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education on June 30, 2015, under the directorship of Geoff Goodman, Ph.D., RPT-S, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, LIU.
On November 13, 2015, CIPTAR sponsored an inaugural workshop in the LIU Tilles Center Patrons Lounge titled, “Examining Play Therapy Techniques from a Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral Lens: Their Clinical Applications to Children Exposed to Trauma.” Led by internationally renowned play therapists and scholars Athena Drewes, Psy.D., RPT-S, and Neil Altman, Ph.D., this workshop provided mental health professionals and students with an introduction to two well-known play therapy treatment models in the literature: psychodynamic play therapy and cognitive-behavioral play therapy. The techniques related to these models were presented and illustrated with cases of child patients who had been exposed to traumatic situations. Attendees learned this material through lecture, paired and small-group role-play and other activities, videos, and discussion. CIPTAR will host future play therapy workshops and conferences to underscore the importance of play therapy for children's emotional development and well-being.
Dr. Goodman teaches Introduction to Play Therapy (PSY 711/876/877) and Advanced Integrative Play Therapy (PSY 712/876/877) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the RPT credential. As an RPT Supervisor, Dr. Goodman also provides play therapy supervision to assist therapists in completing their supervision requirements for the RPT credential. Please contact Dr. Goodman for additional information about face-to-face or Skype supervision on your play therapy cases (ggoodman@liu.edu; 516-299-4277).
APT is a national nonprofit and multidisciplinary professional society formed in 1982 to advance play therapy and provide four membership benefits to mental health professionals engaged in play therapy practice, instruction, and supervision: 1) information, 2) education and training, 3) networking, and 4) credentialing. APT approved CIPTAR as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education on June 30, 2015, under the directorship of Geoff Goodman, Ph.D., RPT-S, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, LIU.
On November 13, 2015, CIPTAR sponsored an inaugural workshop in the LIU Tilles Center Patrons Lounge titled, “Examining Play Therapy Techniques from a Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral Lens: Their Clinical Applications to Children Exposed to Trauma.” Led by internationally renowned play therapists and scholars Athena Drewes, Psy.D., RPT-S, and Neil Altman, Ph.D., this workshop provided mental health professionals and students with an introduction to two well-known play therapy treatment models in the literature: psychodynamic play therapy and cognitive-behavioral play therapy. The techniques related to these models were presented and illustrated with cases of child patients who had been exposed to traumatic situations. Attendees learned this material through lecture, paired and small-group role-play and other activities, videos, and discussion. CIPTAR will host future play therapy workshops and conferences to underscore the importance of play therapy for children's emotional development and well-being.
Dr. Goodman teaches Introduction to Play Therapy (PSY 711/876/877) and Advanced Integrative Play Therapy (PSY 712/876/877) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the RPT credential. As an RPT Supervisor, Dr. Goodman also provides play therapy supervision to assist therapists in completing their supervision requirements for the RPT credential. Please contact Dr. Goodman for additional information about face-to-face or Skype supervision on your play therapy cases (ggoodman@liu.edu; 516-299-4277).