This course does not offer CE Credits. The same course is available for purchase and offers 6 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
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.
This is a non-interactive, self-study course that offers over 6 hours of recorded video instruction and an evaluation.
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. This continuing education course is designed for licensed behavioral health professionals and provides training in suicide prevention using expressive arts as an integrative approach. However, this is not a creative arts therapy course and does not provide training in creative arts therapy.
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: Instructions for attending and completing a course can be found here.
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.
You can find Lynn Louise Wonders here.
Disclosure Statement: The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.
This course does not offer CE credits, just great content.
The same course is available for purchase and offers 3 Ethics CE hours for behavioral health clinicians. See "related products" below.
This course is a non-interactive, online self-study.
Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of completion to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.
