FALL CONTINUING EDUCATION 2025
High Conflict Divorce in Play Therapy December 5, 2025
🧸 When Play Therapy Meets Parental Conflict
You love working with children in the playroom. But when their parents are in the middle of a bitter custody dispute, suddenly therapy feels less safe and much more complicated.
You find yourself walking on eggshells, unsure how to respond to angry emails, court threats, or parents who try to pull you into their battles. Maybe you fear saying the wrong thing, being subpoenaed, or making a mistake that could harm the therapeutic relationship or your license.
If this sounds familiar, you are not alone.
This workshop is designed to help you feel confident, clear, and empowered when navigating high-conflict divorce cases in play therapy. You will learn exactly how to set and hold boundaries that protect both you and your client, without feeling harsh or cold.
🧠Why This Training Matters
High-conflict divorce can leave even seasoned therapists feeling anxious and overwhelmed. This training will help you step out of fear and into clarity, so you can show up confidently for your clients. You’ll walk away knowing how to:
- Say “no” professionally and kindly
- Stay grounded when parents are volatile or litigious
- Keep therapy focused on the child even in the midst of chaos
This isn’t just about compliance. It’s about reclaiming your confidence and peace of mind so you can focus on what matters most: helping children heal.
đź“š Backed by Ethical Best Practice
This workshop draws from established guidelines for play therapy, child-focused divorce work, and legal-ethical standards to help you feel both supported and safeguarded. You’ll gain tools you can implement immediately in your practice.
✨ Empower Yourself in the Toughest Cases
You don’t have to dread working with children of divorcing parents. With the right tools and clear policies, you can stay compassionate, calm, and confident even when the adults around you are not.
Join us on December 5, 2025, for High Conflict Divorce in Play Therapy and leave with the strategies, language, and documentation tools to protect your clients, your practice, and yourself.
Workshop Details
3 Continuing Education hours
Zoom- Live Online Experiential Workshop
- $64 for students, teachers, and non-profit employees (Use Coupon Code: EDU-CE)
- $79 General Registration
- APT Approved Provider: 19-596
- 3 continuing education NON-CONTACT hours for A4PT
Learning Objectives
Navigating high-conflict divorce cases in play therapy requires clarity, confidence, and a firm ethical stance. This workshop equips therapists with tools for setting clear boundaries, establishing defensible policies, and documenting sessions with precision. We’ll explore how to support the child’s emotional world without becoming triangulated into parental conflict, and how to protect both the therapeutic relationship and your licensure.
- Describe at least three boundary-setting strategies when working with high-conflict divorce cases in play therapy.
- Identify documentation practices that reduce risk and increase defensibility in contentious custody situations.
- Discuss how to avoid triangulation while maintaining a child-centered therapeutic focus.
Qualifications to register for this program
- Registrants of this program must be qualified mental health professionals or students of a graduate mental health program.
Program Presenter
Antoinette Martinez, M.Ed. is a bilingual (Spanish) Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (Texas License #71350) who has experience working with children, teens, and adults. She is a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor through the Association for Play Therapy, a Certified EMDR therapist and consultant through EMDRIA, and a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Therapist through Postpartum Support International. Antoinette Martinez has been integrating EMDR with Play Therapy since 2013.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
- No refunds after the start of the program.
- Cancellation received at least 14 days prior to a scheduled training will be refunded minus a $25.00 administrative fee.
- Cancellation received less than 14 days prior to a scheduled training will receive no refund but may be used for credit towards a future training of equal or lesser value.
- No refund provided for no-shows or missed training.
- You may transfer your registration to another attendee for no fee, so long as that person meets the qualifications to attend this program.
- Attendance of full program is required.
- All programs are subject to sufficient registration.
- Should Nourish Play Therapy LLC need to cancel this program, we will make every attempt to notify paid registrants in a timely manner. All paid registrants will receive a full refund if a program is canceled.
- Nourish Play Therapy LLC is only responsible for the registration costs of training. Any additional costs are the responsibility of the registrant.
- No exceptions will be made to these policies.
- Please submit your request via email to info@nourishplaytherapy.comto cancel or transfer your registration to another attendee. Please write "Program Cancel ( or Transfer)" in the subject line of the email.
Important Details
ADA Accommodations: The program site is ADA compliant. Please contact Antoinette Martinez at info@nourishplaytherapy.com if special accommodations are required. Please write "Program Accommodation" in the subject line of the email.
Customer Service: We are happy to respond to any concerns or questions you may have. Please contact Antoinette Martinez at info@nourishplaytherapy.com. Please write "Program Service" in the subject line of the email.
Grievance Policy: Nourish Play Therapy LLC is fully committed to complying with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content, and in the treatment of attendees. While we go to great lengths to assure fair treatment for all and attempt to anticipate problems, we recognize that complaints will arise. When problems do present themselves, we will attempt to alleviate complaints as quickly as possible. Complaints relative to a speaker, contents of instructional materials being presented, an individual educational style being utilized, or facilities where training is held should be addressed with Antoinette Martinez, who will attempt to resolve the matter as expeditiously as possible. Please contact Antoinette Martinez at info@nourishplaytherapy.com. Please write "Program Grievance" in the subject line of the email.
Disclosures: Antoinette Martinez is the owner and operator of Nourish Play Therapy LLC. Neither she nor Nourish Play Therapy LLC are receiving commercial support or sponsorships from outside sources for this program. There are no known conflicts of interest with this programming.
Audio/Video Disclosure: This training program is not being audio or video recorded.
Provider Responsibility: Nourish Play Therapy maintains responsibility for this program and its contents in accordance with APT and EMDRIA requirements.