Program Details

Date(s)
Friday, July 17th, 2026

Training Format
Live Interactive Webinar

Location
Live Webinar - Zoom

Presenter
Demi Banchs, MA, LPC, RPT™
Demi Banchs CV 

Program Description

A felt sense of safety is not only instrumental, but a foundational requirement for positive developmental growth and healing in play therapy. This training offers practical, neurobiologically-informed approaches to strengthening felt safety in the playroom. Participants will explore key considerations, actionable strategies, and intentional steps to help a child feel safe within their internal world, their environment, and their relationship with the therapist.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the importance of felt safety as a foundational condition for positive developmental growth and healing in play therapy.
  2. Explain the association between a child’s past experiences and their current sense of felt safety.
  3. List key considerations that impact a child’s sense of felt safety across the domains of internal world, environment, and therapeutic relationship.
  4. Explain the importance of the therapist’s own felt sense of safety and regulation in supporting co-regulation and creating a safe therapeutic environment.
  5. Analyze the role of play in promoting felt safety in the playroom, including how different types of play can support regulation, connection, and engagement.
  6. Create an individualized action plan outlining at least three steps to enhance felt safety in upcoming play therapy sessions.


CE Credit

Play Therapy
6 APT Non-Contact CE Credits

This event is sponsored by Children’s Trauma Healing Center. Children’s Trauma Healing Center is approved by the Association for Play Therapy to offer continuing education specific to play therapy (APT Approved Provider No. 24-749).

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

Play Therapy Primary Areas of Instruction

  • Play Therapy Skills and Methods
  • Play Therapy Special Topics


Social Work
For information regarding social work CEs, please contact us, [email protected]

Please contact us with any questions regarding continuing education credit eligibility.

Accommodations for the Differently Abled

Individuals needing special accommodations, please contact us, [email protected].

Discount Opportunities

We’re committed to making high-quality training accessible to those supporting children and families. A limited number of discounted registrations are available for this program. All discounts require approval prior to registration and must be obtained by contacting us directly.

Group Discount
For teams from the same organization:
10% off for groups of 3–4 participants
15% off for groups of 5 or more participants

To qualify, participants must register together.

Student Discount
Students currently enrolled in a master’s-level graduate program in a mental health profession (e.g., professional counseling, school counseling, social work) are eligible for a 15% discount. 

Proof of current enrollment is required.

Service-Based Discount
Therapists are eligible for a 20% discount if they meet any of the following:

  • Accept Medicaid clients
  • Work in a nonprofit setting clinically serving children and families
  • Serve as a school counselor or social worker in a Title I school


Verification of employment or licensure status may be requested.


To inquire about a group, student, or service-based discount, please contact us, [email protected], prior to registering. If approved, you’ll receive a custom discount code to apply at checkout.

Discounted spots are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please note: Discounts cannot be combined. If eligible for multiple discounts, the highest applicable discount will be applied. Previously provided coupons for attending workshops cannot be combined with other discounts.