Ethics in Professional Roles & Boundaries for Play Therapists — Self-Paced Course
Effective October 1, 2025, Washington State added a new continuing education requirement focused on professional roles and boundaries. This workshop meets that requirement while centering the ethical realities of clinicians practicing play therapy with children and families.
Now available as a self-paced online course, this training allows clinicians to complete the Washington State Roles & Boundaries continuing education requirement while earning 2 NBCC continuing education credits and 2 APT-Approved non-contact CE hours.
Play therapy occurs within multi-party systems that include caregivers, schools, and other professionals. Ethical questions related to consent, role clarity, neutrality, and boundary management often look different in play therapy than in adult therapy.
This 2-hour play therapy ethics training focuses on how to think through ethical dilemmas in play therapy practice by applying a structured ethical decision-making model to case examples specific to play therapy, including multiple roles and custody-related pressures.
Presenters: Rosie Newman, MA, LMHC, RPT-S™
& Dr. Kade Sharp, PhD, LICSW, CMHS, CST, RPT-S™
Location: Zoom
Originally Presented: May 2026
CEs: 2 APT-Approved CEs* (non-contact hours) 2 NBCC continuing education credits provided through Curious Cryptid Learning, LLC.
This training meets the Washington DOH Roles & Boundaries requirement and provides 2 APT-Approved Ethics CEs, grounded in child-centered play therapy practice.
*These CE hours are applicable for the Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential and other mental health credentials in WA as “approved by an industry-recognized local, state, national, international organization or institution of higher learning” [WAC 246-809-610(3)(a)]. For other states, please consult your state-specific CE requirements. You must be present with camera on the entire session and pass post-tests in order to receive continuing education credits.
Cost: $80 (plus tax for WA residents)
Access the Self-Paced Training Here: https://www.cryptidlearns.com/course/roles-boundaries-ethics-play-therapy
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Description
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the main ethical scenarios, as it relates to roles and professional boundaries when working with youth and key parties in Play Therapy.
- Apply an ethical decision-making flowchart to common therapeutic relationship queries during the Play Therapy process.
- Analyze application of the ethical decision making in identifying and documenting ethical quandaries relating to Play Therapy.
APT Approved Provider 18-545