Live on Zoom|11a.m.-1p.m. (Eastern UTC-5) Tuesdays for 5 Weeks |Next cohort starts in January.
Learn the skills to give play therapy to your kids.
Raising a young family stretches most parents in ministry. The days are so long but the weeks just fly by. The demands on you are many and unrelenting. Your energy and patients run out and you get stuck in negative cycles with your kids.
That’s exactly why this workshop exists.
In just 5 weeks, and investing a few hours per week, you’ll gain the skills you need to help your child play through their problems while strengthen your relationship in the process.
You and your spouse will learn the three core skills that transform ordinary play into therapeutic, healing play through a 20 minute, once weekly ritual called Special Play Time.
The approach is rooted in decades of research on filial therapy, an evidence-based model of parent-led play therapy.
This isn’t just theory—it’s something you’ll use immediately, with results your child and family feel quickly.
And the best part -- because this approach is process-oriented, not problem-focused, the skills you learn now will continue to serve you and your children in every season ahead.
Parents who practice this approach describe it as one of the most rewarding rhythms in their family life—the goodness that begins with Special Play Time once a week for 20 minutes soon ripples into greater peace at home.
The Three Skills You'll Learn:
- Structure to Tag Along How to set up Special Play Time so your child can take the lead safely.
- First, Respond with Empathy How to connect deeply by reflecting your child’s inner world.
- Set Limits and Let Them Decide How to correct behavior while preserving autonomy and dignity.
These three skills work together to help your children turn their pressing concerns into opportunities to develop both their executive functioning and strengthen their secure attachment to their primary caregiver -- YOU!
What To Expect
- Time investment: ~2 hours per week outside of class focused on skill building. Plus 20 minutes of Special Play Time.
- Age range: Ideal for kids 3–10, with skills that adapt as children grow.
- Quick results that last: Most see changes from the start that build toward meaningful progress within 10 weeks.
- Interactive, Small Group -- join other ministry families in a similar season of life.
Families like yours have learned these skills and watched healing ripple through their homes.
Your Time is Precious. This is Worth the Investment.
I understand the 5 weeks you invest now will be a sacrifice—I made that same investment.
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist focused on resilience in ministry. I'm also a dad of a teen. When I was in graduate school, I learned these same skills and can attest to how Special Play Time transformed my own family.
As I've taught these skills to others, those who make a good faith effort consistantly see that investment pay off before the end of the workshop and then for years to come.
That's because this isn’t a content dump -- it’s a focused and proven method to build core skills that create a new rhythm in your home.
- Your kids will grow in their capacity to take ownership of their choices as they accept necessary limits and discover new capacities.
- The result: their executive functioning improves and they see themselves as more lovable and capable.
- Because this happens with you (and not a therapist), they feel seen and loved --deepening the secure attachment between you which brings greater peace.
Invest now to learn the core skills, and make Special Playtime a part of your family rhythm.
Space is limited to 15 families.
This is an interactive, small-group workshop designed for hands-on practice and discussion.
Therefore, when the cohort is full, registration closes.
- Each cohort runs 5 weeks and can begin as soon as January 6, February 17, and April 14.
- Registration will close for the January cohort once seats are filled or on Dec. 30th.
Because sessions are recorded, you can even miss a session and still gain the competency you need to transform your child's play into healing play.
After the workshop, optional monthly group supervision gives the structure and support to reach mastery as you trouble-shoot with your peers.
Thanks to a generous benefactor, the 419 Scholarship Fund can offer $100 scholarships for every participant in the next 3 cohorts.
If your heart says “Yes”, now is the time to claim your spot.
And if someone in your circle comes to mind—another parent, grandparent, aunt/uncle, or colleague—invite them to join us.