Play Therapy Supervision for Clinicians at All Levels of Professional Development

Description

Play therapy supervision isn’t one-size-fits-all. Supervisors must skillfully tailor their approach to meet the evolving needs of clinicians across developmental levels—while also ensuring ethical, effective, and confident therapeutic care.

This course offers a powerful roadmap for mastering play therapy supervision using two widely respected, evidence-based models. Whether you’re supervising interns or experienced clinicians, this training helps you navigate the challenges and responsibilities of the supervisory role with clarity, creativity, and confidence.

Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S, brings more than two decades of experience in play therapy, clinical supervision, and continuing education. As a published author and national trainer, Lynn specializes in equipping supervisors with practical tools, developmental insight, and experiential methods that elevate both the supervisee's learning and the supervisor’s effectiveness.

In this engaging six-hour self-study course, Lynn integrates the Integrative Developmental Model (IDM) with the Discrimination Model (DM) to help supervisors identify supervisee growth stages and fluidly shift roles to support skill development. Her teaching approach emphasizes interactive case scenarios, real-world application, and reflective exercises that make complex concepts easy to apply.

Participants will explore topics such as the foundational goals of supervision, the structure and function of IDM and DM supervision models, the developmental levels of supervisees and supervisors, and how to apply play-based supervision interventions. You’ll also examine the unique dynamics of play therapy supervision and learn how to balance support with accountability.

Key Takeaways:

• Developmental insight into supervisee growth: Gain a structured understanding of supervisee progress and how to meet their needs at each stage.

• Role fluidity and supervisory strategy: Learn how to shift seamlessly between teacher, counselor, and consultant to align with each supervisee's needs.

• Practical supervision tools: Explore creative play-based interventions and case applications for real-world supervisory effectiveness.

Why this course?

• Specialized for play therapy supervision: Unlike generic supervision trainings, this course focuses specifically on the unique complexities of supervising play therapists.

• Led by a national expert: Lynn Wonders offers a rare blend of clinical depth, supervision mastery, and play therapy expertise.

• Backed by a trusted CE provider: Telehealth Certification Institute is known for delivering high-quality, practical, and ethically grounded training to behavioral health professionals.

Learning Objectives:

• Name the developmental and social roles supervision models introduced to conceptualize and frame the play therapy supervision experience for supervisors and supervisees.

• Specify the three developmental levels in which play therapy supervisees may be categorized.

• Determine which supervisory role a play therapy supervisor will adopt based on the professional developmental level at which the supervisee presents.

• Name three play-based supervision interventions a supervisor might use with supervisees and the reasons for using them.

• Utilize and apply the elements of the developmental and social roles supervision models with three case scenarios for identifying the professional development levels of three fictional supervisees and the most appropriate roles the supervisor would step into.

Whether you are a seasoned RPT-S™ or just beginning to supervise play therapists, this course will deepen your confidence, expand your supervision toolkit, and help you guide clinicians toward excellence with a developmental lens and a creative spirit. Add this essential training to your supervision journey today.

Add this course to your cart to develop your skills, boost your confidence, and enhance your impact as a behavioral health professional.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course that offers over 6 hours of recorded video instruction, a post-test and a course evaluation.

Course Availability

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, professionals will be able to do the following:

• Name the developmental and social roles supervision models introduced to conceptualize and frame the play therapy supervision experience for supervisors and supervisees.
• Specify the three developmental levels in which play therapy supervisees may be categorized.
• Determine which supervisory role a play therapy supervisor will adopt based on the professional developmental level at which the supervisee presents.
• Name three play-based supervision interventions a supervisor might use with supervisees and the reasons for using them.
• Utilize and apply the elements of the developmental and social roles supervision models with three case scenarios for identifying the professional development levels of three fictional supervisees and the most appropriate roles the supervisor would step into.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructor and Disclosures

Instructor

About Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, CPCS, RPT-S

Lynn Louise Wonders is licensed and certified as a professional counselor and supervisor in the state of Georgia. She has provided clinical services for children, families, couples and individual adults since 2001 and had served as a clinical supervisor, professional consultant and continuing education trainer for clinicians since 2010. She has been published in numerous academic and professional books on the topic of play therapy, is the author of When Parents Are at War: A Child Therapist’s Guide to Navigating High Conflict Divorce & Custody Cases, The Midlife Self-Discovery Workbook, the Miss Piper’s Playroom therapeutic children’s book series and several more children’s books. Ms. Wonders has been providing clinical supervision training and supervision of the supervisor since 2010.

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Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 6 continuing education hours of credit.

Play therapy credit available to mental health professionals & graduate students in a mental health program.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: 

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

Art Therapists: 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Play Therapists: 

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC has been approved as a continuing education provider by the Association for Play Therapy: APT Approved Provider 21-633.  Per the Association for Play Therapy (APT), play therapy training may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals.  APT alone holds the right to accept or deny any continuing education training at its discretion. This course qualifies as 6 non-contact continuing education Play Therapy credits.

Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 360 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

Accommodations and Policies

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