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Ethical Guidelines for Utilizing Play Therapy During the Supervision Process

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1 CE hour available for behavioral health clinicians upon completion.

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Supervision that integrates play therapy offers powerful insights—but without clear ethical guidelines, it can also invite risk. Clinicians need a grounded understanding of how to ethically and effectively apply this technique in supervisory relationships.

If you’re navigating the complex intersection of supervision, ethics, and play therapy, this course provides the practical and professional clarity you need to guide supervisees with confidence and integrity.

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Dr. Laura Fazio-Griffith, a licensed professional counselor supervisor, marriage and family therapist, and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, brings decades of leadership and scholarship in play therapy and supervision. Her extensive service on national boards and recognized excellence in counseling education make her uniquely equipped to lead this course.

In this self-paced training, Dr. Fazio-Griffith applies a case-based, interactive learning format to help clinicians ethically integrate play therapy techniques within supervisory settings. The course includes expressive arts interventions, reflective activities, and application of real-world ethical standards.

Topics include ethical principles in play therapy supervision, informed consent with minors and families, privacy and confidentiality considerations, managing dual relationships, understanding supervisor responsibilities, and implementing expressive arts-based supervision tools, such as sand tray, collaging, and puppet work.

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Instructor

Dr. Laura Fazio-Griffith, PhD, NCC, LPC-S, LMFT, RPT-S is a counselor educator, supervisor, and play therapy leader. A former clinical director, she has taught at UNO, Southeastern, and LSU (joining the faculty in 2010) and developed an APT-approved play therapy program. She has held multiple state and national leadership roles (LACES, LAPT, ACA committees), presents widely on supervision, play therapy, and group work, and researches group work, personality disorders, and supervision. Honors include LACES Senior Counselor Educator (2016), LCA Distinguished Professional Service (2018), LACES Senior Supervisor (2019), and LAPT Lifetime Achievement Play Therapist of the Year (2020); she also served on the Louisiana LPC Board and holds the Nell Yarborough Sibley Endowed Professorship (2020–23).

You can find Dr. Fazio-Griffith by clicking here

Key Takeaways:

  • Clarify ethical standards: Learn to assess the ethical guidelines for using play therapy techniques in supervision.

  • Apply a play therapy lens: Understand how to apply ethics through the unique lens of play therapy.

  • Strengthen supervision practice: Gain confidence in using expressive interventions to foster supervisee growth ethically.

Why This Course?

  • Expert-led instruction: Taught by a national leader in play therapy and supervision with award-winning credentials.

  • Practical and relevant: Real-world tools and interventions you can begin using immediately with supervisees.

  • CE with impact: Earn CE credit while deepening your ethical awareness and supervisory effectiveness.

Learning Objectives:

  • Assess the ethical guidelines related to the supervision process utilizing play therapy.

  • Demonstrate the application of ethical guidelines from a play therapy lens.

  • Discuss how to apply ethical guidelines to the supervision process when utilizing play therapy.

With its unique blend of expressive interventions and ethical clarity, this course offers both structure and inspiration for those seeking to elevate their supervision practice. Add this course to your professional toolbox and grow as an ethical, creative, and effective clinical supervisor.

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This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 1 hour of video instruction and a post-test.

Enroll in the 1 CE Online Self-Study for $20

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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 program was recorded on September 19, 2022.

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