Promoting the Value of Play!
Let’s Play Therapy Institute, LLC (LPTI) provides high quality, experiential, research-based professional development programs to mental health professionals utilizing the therapeutic powers of play.
Continuing Education Information
Let’s Play Therapy Institute, LLC is an Approved Provider for the Association for Play Therapy (APT). Approved Provider 20-609. Play therapy workshops are offered to psychologists, play therapists, counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and all other mental health professionals. Play therapy credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. For more information on play therapy and how to become a Registered Play Therapist visit the Association for Play Therapy.
Let’s Play Therapy Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7179. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Let’s Play Therapy Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
We Support Helpers, Healers, and Educators!
In addition to play therapy trainings, the Let’s Play Therapy Institute LLC provides programs to educators, students, public organizations, the general public as well as the private industry. For more information contact us.
Our Promise
LPTI promises to empower mental health professionals with evidence- based continuing education programs through a cultural humility lens. Our programs will equip professionals to positively impact the lives of children, adolescents, and adults through the therapeutic and transformative power of play.
Read our D&I Statement.
About
Owner, Let's Play Therapy Institute Sophia Ansari
Sophia Ansari, LCPC, LPCC, RPT™, is a licensed mental health professional, Registered Play Therapist™, international speaker, author, educator, and owner of the Let’s Play Therapy Institute.
She is a dedicated activist who is committed to driving positive change and making a difference in the world. Sophia coordinates wellness programs for displaced refugees and immigrants in Chicago, IL and is a Positive Education coordinator where she works with schools and organizations around the world to build safe, inclusive, and strengths-based educational environments.
Sophia is also known for her work incorporating pop culture and video games in therapy through her numerous publications, Comic-Con panels, media appearances, and play therapy workshops.
She co-hosts Hero Nation, a podcast on the Geek Therapy Network, which celebrates diversity in the media and explores how to use geek culture in therapy.
Sophia earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Wright State University and her Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Cincinnati.
Sophia resides in a suburb of Chicago. She enjoys spending time with her family, watching cat videos, and visiting Comic-cons.
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