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Earley enjoys presenting on topics in which she is passionate.  Below is a list of past presentations she has given and possible other topics of interest.  Please reach out if there are other topics beside the ones listed below to see if I have expertise in that area.  

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UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

Play Therapy 101: Building Blocks for Beginners
February 6, 2026, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT*
National Play Therapy Week 2/1/26 - 2/7/26


In-person Workshop
The University of Texas at Austin Thompson Conference Center
2405 Robert Dedman Dr.
Austin, TX 78712

General Attendee:

$115 (until 11/3/25)

$130 (from 11/4/2025 until 2/5/26)

This workshop is a beginner level play therapy training where participants will learn play therapy skills and methods from seminal and historically significant theories such as Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), Adlerian Play Therapy, Gestalt Play Therapy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy.  This will be an experiential workshop where participants practice interventions that can be used right away with clients.

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At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to….

  • Describe at least 10 toys and games that are typically used in the playroom across theories and ways to build up these toys in their own play therapy practice. 

  • Practice at least 4 expressive arts activities that are used in directive play therapy theories such as Adlerian and Gestalt Play Therapy. 

  • Identify how to set limits using Child Centered Play Therapy, Adlerian Play Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy.

  • Recognize the stages of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Adlerian Play Therapy.

  • Utilize Adlerian Play Therapy therapeutic metaphors and mutual storytelling with clients right away. 

  • Apply basic sandtray therapy and processing skills that can be adapted for a variety of directive play therapy theories.

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* Day includes two 15-minute breaks and a 1.5 hour lunch break (lunch on own).

 

This program is eligible for the following Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

6.0 CEUs/6.0 Contact Hours Approved For:

  • Social Workers

  • LPC

  • LMFT

  • Psychologist

6.0 APT Contact Hours

  • APT Approved Provider 18-548

  • Play therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals


For more information or to register, please visit:  https://cvent.utexas.edu/event/PlayTherapy101/summary

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​Past Presentations

  • Taught Theories of Methods and Family Intervention as an adjunct at the UT Steve Hicks School of Social Work

  • Using Art in Therapy with Clients 

  • Using Mindfulness with Children

  • Directive Play Therapy Interventions to Teach Mindfulness to children 

  • Play Therapy Interventions to Teach Mindfulness to children 

  • Directive Play Therapy Interventions to Use with Families

  • Directive Play Therapy Interventions to Teach Mindfulness to Children 

  • Introduction to Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT):  An evidence-based treatment to address attachment ruptures and internalizing symptoms  in adolescents (Co-presented with Molly Norwood & Serena Messina) 

  • Building bridges and co-parenting with biological parents/family for foster parents 

  • Documentation

  • Meditative Practices in Prescriptive Play Therapy

  • Directive Play Therapy Mindfulness Techniques

  • Sandtray Therapy

  • Stress, burnout, fatigue, Oh my! Mental well-being and self-care during the pandemic 

  • Suicide & Homicide Risk Assessment

  • Meditative Practices to Nourish Self and Others 

  • Beginning play therapy skills and methods

  • Play Therapy, storytelling, weather and monsters, of my!

  • Play therapy with the brain and body in mind:  A Polyvagal Approach

  • Awakening your Inner Peace

  • Playful Minds:  Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Mindfulness Strategies to Support Growth

  • Healing through creativity:  Integrating art and play therapy

  • Ethics of self-care for play therapists and other professionals​

  • Professional boundaries

  • Playful Paths to Healing: Loss and Grief in the Child’s World

 

Other possible topics:

Using movement and music with clients

Play therapy Supervision

Trauma

Prescriptive Play Therapy

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