Introspective Brick Building: LEGO®-Based Play Therapy
Enroll in the Online Self-Study course and complete it at your own pace.
2.5 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion.
When clients are too overwhelmed, guarded, or disconnected to express their inner world with words, they often turn to play. In these moments, LEGO® bricks become more than toys—they become tools for healing, connection, and self-discovery.
This course offers clinicians practical, research-backed techniques for using LEGO®-based play therapy to address real clinical challenges—like dysregulation, social skill deficits, and client resistance—while unlocking deeper emotional processing through hands-on engagement.
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Althea T. Simpson, MBA, LCSW, RPT-S, is a seasoned trauma therapist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, and Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator. As the founder of multiple organizations supporting play therapy and trauma-informed care, Althea brings powerful experience working with children, families, and adults through expressive and structured interventions—including in her own psychotherapy practice. Her expertise and passion help clinicians move beyond surface-level engagement and harness the true therapeutic powers of play.
Althea’s approach blends the therapeutic powers of play with foundational theory, structured reflection, and purposeful use of LEGO® in the playroom. She invites clinicians to explore the emotional, social, and cognitive benefits of brick-based interventions—not just for their clients, but for their own clinical insight and connection-building skills.
In this self-paced course, participants will explore how intentional LEGO®-based activities can foster client introspection, self-awareness, and emotional resilience. Topics include the foundations of play therapy, the unique benefits of LEGO®-based methods, structured therapeutic builds, limit setting strategies in play therapy, and adapting activities for different developmental and diagnostic needs. Participants will also learn how to use LEGO® to address social skills deficits, emotional dysregulation, and maladaptive thought patterns through hands-on cognitive-behavioral and reflective techniques.
Instructor
Althea T. Simpson, MBA, LCSW, RPT-S, is the founder of Brighter Day Therapeutic Solutions, Unicorn Life Training, and the Black Play Therapy Society. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and Certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Facilitator.
Althea has a passion for helping children, adolescents, adults, and families from diverse backgrounds, addressing a range of concerns and guiding them from “Hurt to Healed.” She specializes in trauma recovery and has an active psychotherapy practice in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Althea uses the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method to help individuals and families address a variety of mental health issues. She also facilitates skill-enriching workshops to teach therapeutic techniques to mental health professionals, empowering them to help their clients navigate the therapeutic process.
Althea has delivered presentations for numerous organizations, community events, and professional conferences and seminars.
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Key Takeaways:
Empower healing through play: Learn how LEGO® interventions can reduce stress, build emotional insight, and help clients externalize their inner experiences.
Develop intentional techniques: Discover how to use LEGO® in specific ways to build clients' social skills, self-regulation, and problem-solving abilities.
Manage behavior creatively: Gain practical strategies for setting effective limits and fostering safety in child-centered or directive play therapy settings.
Why This Course?
Expert-led training: Instructor Althea Simpson’s unique blend of trauma expertise, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation, and play therapy supervision ensures the training is clinically sound and immediately applicable.
Beyond trends—grounded in theory: This course moves beyond trendy interventions and equips you with foundational knowledge, ethical considerations, and theory-based methods.
Part of a trusted mission: Offered by the Telehealth Certification Institute, this course is rooted in a mission to empower behavioral health clinicians with excellence, integrity, and practical skill development.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the therapeutic benefits of intentionally incorporating LEGO® into play therapy practice.
Identify and discuss various social skills and interpersonal skills that can be developed by incorporating LEGO® use into play therapy practice.
Discuss limit setting for managing behavior in multiple play therapy settings.
Demonstrate the purposeful use of LEGO® in play therapy practice.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in helping clients who can’t “talk it out,” this course offers a new way forward—one brick at a time. Build a more powerful, playful, and effective approach to therapy today.
Add this course to your cart to develop your skills, boost your confidence, and enhance your impact as a behavioral health professional.
This is a non-interactive self-study course. Instruction consists of 2.5 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
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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: Directions for completing a course can be found by clicking here.
This course was recorded on June 09, 2021.
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