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Courses, workshops, conferences and instructor training across more than four decades of practice, with contributions as a presenter identified alongside the learning record.
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Compiled from Ann’s CV and supporting training records. Entries include course attendance and historical instructor training; they do not imply current certification in every approach. Some titles are shortened for readability. View qualifications and licence details.
2020–2026
45 entries
2026
Suicide in the Playroom: Assessment, Referral, Treatment & Management of At-risk Behaviors
Understanding Suicide in First Responders: Breaking the Silence, Saving Lives
Suicide Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
Sixth AAPT Conference: Playful Partnerships — Exploring Therapeutic Dimensions of Animal Assisted Play Therapy
2025
Holy Spirit Led Equestrian Fellowship Ambassador Training
Missouri Firearm Suicide Prevention Learning Cohort
Youth Mental Health First Aid USA
Course participantMissouri Suicide Prevention Coalition Academy
Fifth AAPT Conference: The Power of Connection in Play Therapy
2024
Ethics of Play Therapy in a Changing World
Meeting and Applying Professional Standards and Ethics in the Practice of Animal Assisted Play Therapy
Missouri Child Trauma Network Training Summit: Conversation for Suicide Safer Homes
PresenterFourth AAPT Conference: Development, Principles, Clinical Application and Research
Presenter & participantBotvin LifeSkills Training — Instructor Training
Instructor training
2023
Heart Horse Training: Calming Signals in Equines
Suicide Bereavement Support Group Facilitator Training
Missouri Children’s Trauma Network Training Summit
Preventing Firearm Injury and Death in Missouri: Building Bridges, Growing Understanding, Making Connections
Third AAPT Conference: Clinical Applications and Research
Presenter & participant
2022
Implicit Bias in Health Care
Polyvagal Theory: Fundamentals for Effective Trauma Work
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Body Keeps the Score
Association for Play Therapy Conference: Opioid Crisis, EMDR and Play Therapy, Developing-Child Trauma, and Ethics
Raising the Bar in Equine-Invited Interventions
Scentwork with Horses: A Tool to Enrich Human–Equine Relationships
Integrating EMDR into Your Clinical Practice
Training courseSecond AAPT Online Conference: Principles, Research, Competencies and Interventions
Presenter & participantA Horse Is a Horse, of Course!?
2021
No Compromise: Animal Sentience & Welfare in Animal Assisted Play Therapy
AAPT Level II: Relationships and Applications; Canine Behavior and Training; Professional Ethics and Animal Welfare
Supporting Suicide Loss in Individuals and Communities
10 Minute Techniques: Play Therapy Interventions for School-age Children
Creative Interventions for Children of Divorce: Using Play Therapy to Help the Child Heal
Missouri Children’s Trauma Network Virtual Training Summit
2020
Trauma-Informed Supervision Learning Collaborative: Learning Session 4, Day 4
MOCTN Clinical Supervision Trauma-Informed Learning Collaborative: Session 4, Days 3 & 4
Extraordinarily Normal Development Principles in Play Therapy
Deconstructing Play Therapy: What Does Child’s Play Mean?
First Responder CALM
Instructor recognitionMOCTN Clinical Supervisor Trauma-Informed Learning Collaborative
Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals: Distance Therapy Training
Trauma-Informed Supervision Learning Collaborative
Play Therapy Documentation
Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM): Training for Instructors
Instructor training
2010–2019
80 entries
2019
Play Therapy and the Treatment of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Youth
Kevin Hines Story: Suicide Awareness and Prevention
TF-CBT Learning Collaborative
Play Therapy for Emotional Regulation Throughout the Lifespan
Key Perspectives in Supervising Play Therapists
Essential Skills and Concepts in Play Therapy with Families
TF-CBT Learning Collaborative
2018
Essentials in Using Expressive Arts in Play Therapy
Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma: Supervisor Training
Firearms Safety: Conceal and Carry
Healing and Heartache: Nine Common Themes in Sandtray
Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents
Jungian Sandplay Therapy with Children: Psyche at Play
Jungian Play Therapy: Guiding Children Toward an Undefended Heart
The Gottman Seven Principles Program for Couples
The Neglected Transition: Children’s Experiences of Ambiguity, Grief and Trauma in Foster Care
Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents
2017
Protecting Your Counselor License: Common Legal and Ethical Issues
Responding to Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems: A Multidisciplinary Approach
The Use of Mindfulness in Relationship Counseling
Kids, Court, and Play Therapy
PresenterAnimals and Play Therapy
PresenterAnimal Assisted Play Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice — Level I
Canine Communication in Animal Assisted Play Therapy
Introduction to Animal Assisted Play Therapy
Human Trafficking: Look Beneath the Surface
2016
Cognitive Processing Therapy Implementation Program / FLARES
Provider qualification awardedAutPlay Therapy Level II
Training & historical awardCreativity and Spontaneity in Professional Practice: Play in Family and Group Play Therapy
Play Therapy and Collaboration with Families: Lessons from Filial Work
Dance and Movement Play Therapy Techniques with Children
FLARES Learning Collaborative: Cognitive Processing Therapy Track
Benefits of Play Therapy for LGBTQ+ Youth and Families
2015
Testifying and Play Therapy
FLARES Learning Collaborative: Cognitive Processing Therapy Track
Nuts and Bolts of Play Therapy
Mindfulness in Play Therapy for Therapist Self-care
Play Therapy and the Brain
Play Therapy Interventions for Children with Dysregulation Issues
2014
Art in Play Therapy
31st Annual Play Therapy Conference: Neurosequential Therapeutics and Early Childhood Trauma
Using Sand Tray in Play Therapy
Missouri Kids Count
Family Play Therapy: Integrating Play within Family Systems
Trauma-Focused Integrated Play Therapy: Traumatized Children and Their Families
Play Therapy at Its Best: Theory, Technique, and Self
MDT Best Practice Response to Child Abuse; Interviewing Children; Corroboration and Testifying in Court
Sandtray in Play Therapy Supervision
2013
Play Therapy Intervention for Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
30th Annual Play Therapy Conference: A Culture of Violence and the Developing Brain
Transition to the DSM-5: Revisions and Practice Implications
Delight in Me: Using Play Therapy for Attachment
Play Therapy and Young Children: Working with Children Ages 3–9
Co-presenter
2012
Asperger’s: Yes, Play Therapy Is Effective
Working with an Adolescent Exhibiting Sexualized Behaviors
29th Annual Play Therapy Conference: Family Reunification in Sexual Abuse Cases; Play Therapy and Trauma
The Worry Wars: A Play Therapy Protocol for Anxiety Disorders
Creative Intervention for Disruptive Behavior Disorder
Laughter: A Healing Medicine — Using Humor in Play Therapy
PresenterChild Trauma: The Benefits of Play Therapy
2011
So, What Do I Need for Play Therapy?
PresenterHealing the Shame That Binds You
Child Abuse: The Benefits of Play Therapy
PresenterVoices of Recovery: Understanding Mental Health Issues of Women and Girls
PresenterHIPAA Compliance after the HITECH Act
Play Therapy: It’s Not All Fun and Games
PresenterMetaphors and Storytelling; Active Games and Challenging Activities in Play Therapy
Play Therapy in Schools: Teachers, Parents and Challenging Students
Conducting Conjoint Sessions with Child and Parent
Cognitive Processing of the Trauma with Parents and Child
Introducing the Trauma Narrative
TF-CBT with Childhood Traumatic Grief
Course completionIntroducing Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Parents and Child
Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT Web)
Course completion
2010
Sixth Annual Brain Injury Association of Missouri Conference
Presenter & participantFifth Annual Show Me You Care About Suicide Prevention Conference
Presenter & participantAdlerian Applications of Sand Tray Play Therapy
The Art and Science of Forgiveness
Play Therapy on a Budget: Affordable Techniques and Toys
Mental Health First Aid Instructor Training
Historical instructor qualification
2000–2009
38 entries
2009
Mental Health First Aid Training
Play Therapist and Court Testimony
Fourth Annual Show Me You Care About Suicide Prevention Conference
Presenter & participantIntroduction to Theraplay: Attachment-Based Play for Parents and Children
What Neurosequential Development and Trauma Have to Say About Play Therapy
Ethics: A Musical Comedy in Two Acts
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control
2008
I Hate It When That Happens: Law and Ethics for Social Workers
Show Me You Care About Suicide Prevention
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention
Psychology / Counseling Documentation Training
Anxiety Treatment Techniques
Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers
Historical training
2007
Suicide Prevention and Intervention Strategies / QPR Gatekeeper Program
Gatekeeper trainingRestorative Justice: Safe Schools for Missouri Public Schools
Promoting Resiliency in Children, Families and Communities — Part III
2006
Promoting Resiliency in Children, Families and Communities — Part II
2005
Using Therapeutic Metaphors in Play Therapy
Play Therapy for Children with Depression
Using Floral Therapy as a Play Therapy Technique with Groups and Individuals
2004
Play Therapy and Collateral Intervention with Attachment Disordered Children and Their Families
Understanding and Treating Reactive Attachment Disorder
The Identification and Treatment of Sexual Abuse Victims
Anger Control Made Easy
2003
Sexual Offender Supervisors Program
2002
19th Annual Association for Play Therapy Conference
The Baby Connection: Play-Based Interventions for Infants, Toddlers and Their Families
Play Assessment of Attachment Problems: An Ecosystemic Approach
Attachment Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
Child Abuse & Neglect
2001
Fourth Annual Traumatic Incident Reduction Association Conference
Traumatic Incident Reduction Workshop
2000
Trauma Based and Compulsive Disorders
Activity-Based Counseling and Play Therapy
Child-Centered Play Therapy: Dynamics of the Relationship
Play Therapy with Children of Alcoholic and Addicted Parents
Letting Go of Anger
Angry All the Time
1990–1999
20 entries
1999
Short-Term Play Therapy for Children and Families with Chronic Illness
Play Therapies in the Age of Managed Care: Using Filial Therapy for Effective, Efficient Outcomes
Keeping Yourself Out of Hot Water: Legal Issues Working with Children
1998
Annual Child Abuse and Neglect Conference
Child Protection Practices
1997
Coping with Being a Witness: Expert & Otherwise
Gestalt Play Therapy
Using Play Therapy with Special Populations
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder Conference
1996
14th Missouri Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
1995
Stress Solutions Workshop for Women
Creative Treatment Methods and Techniques in Play Therapy
Legal Aspects of Counseling
1994
Play Therapy
Child Centered Play Therapy
1993
Impact of Sexual Assault / Abuse Conference
Understanding and Helping Children with Attention Disorders
CPR / First Aid Training
Historical training
1992
Normalization Training
Introduction to Sign Language
1982–1989
31 entries
1987
Physical Maturation and Social-Sexual Development in People with Intellectual Disabilities
Sexuality and Intellectual Disability
How to Initiate Effective Prevention Strategies
Peer Pressure Reversal Techniques
Job Coach Training Program
Personality Disorders
Rights of Passage: Transitional Planning Workshop
CPR and Multi-Media Standard First Aid Instructor Training
Historical instructor trainingPrevention and Management of Aggressive Behavior (PMAB)
Historical instructor qualificationSpecial Parents for Special Children
Eating Disorders
1985
Family Crisis Counseling
Advanced Lifesaving and Water Safety
Historical trainingDeath and Dying
Prevention Planning
Burnout in Human Services Agencies
Family Based Services
Handling Aggressive Youth
Juvenile-insulin Diabetes Course
1984
Assessing Family Needs
Drug Abuse
Counseling Techniques
Spending Quality Time with Your Child
Depression and How to Cope with It — Parts I & II
Introduction to Hypnotism
Biofeedback
Parents Conferences: Gaining the Support You Need
Suicide and Crisis Prevention
1983
Orientation to the St. Louis Regional Community Placement Program
Bubblyonian Encounter: Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
1982
Adaptive Environments
For formal education, professional licence and selected practitioner credentials, see Qualifications.
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