We are excited to announce a transformative training event organized by the Association of Play Therapy Nigeria (APT-NGA), themed:

"Healing Attachment Issues Through Play"

Date: 28th July – 1st August 2025

This event, facilitated in person by Ann Beckley, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (she/her), an attachment and play therapy expert, will offer tailored sessions for parents, caregivers, professionals, and trainees.

Day 1 Play and Positive Attachment

Invited: Play Therapists, Child Therapists, Teachers, Child Carers and Parents

Day 2: Attachment, Trauma and Resiliency for Children

Invited: Teachers, caseworkers, mental health professionals, medical doctors.

Days 3-5 Prescriptive Play Therapy for Trauma Intensive Training

Invited: APT Nigeria trainees

Key Benefits:

• Explore the Role of Play in Healing Emotional Wounds: Discover how therapeutic play can address deep-seated emotional challenges in children.

• Learn proven strategies to strengthen bonds: Gain practical tools to build and enhance trust and connection with the children you work with.

• Deepen Your Understanding of Attachment Theory in Action: Learn how to apply attachment theory principles to real-life situations through play-based interventions.

Online Only

Fee:

Parents/Caregivers: ₦20,000

Professionals: ₦30,000

APT-NGA Members: ₦40,000

APT-NGA Members without  renewed membership: ₦55,000

Spaces are limited register early!

Registration Closes 24th July 2025.

About the Trainer:
Ann Beckley-Forest

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor

(she/her)

• Experienced trainer for my fellow clinicians in the areas of play therapy and trauma treatment in the USA and Asia, including at numerous EMDRIA conferences, EMDR Europe, EMDR  Asia and EMDR Canada, and at the several Association for Play Therapy Conferences.

• Clinical social worker in private practice -- specializing in treatment of children and trauma survivors of all ages

• A Registered Play Therapist and Play Therapy Supervisor as well as an Approved Provider of Play Therapy Education through the Association For Play Therapy

• Certified in EMDR Therapy, an evidence-based treatment for trauma, and an Approved Consultant for EMDRIA and trainer for EMDR Basic Training.

• Faculty member of the Child Trauma Institute

• Co-founder of Playful EMDR LLC Training and Consulting

• Published on the topic of play therapy and EMDR integration in Play Therapy and the and Go With That magazines, some book chapters

• Co-editor of EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room: An Integrated Approach (2020) and several book chapters

• Founding member of the new non-profit  Global Child EMDR Alliance.

Registration Closes 24th July 2025.