# Event Details - **Event Name**: Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY) - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am – Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 04:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: OSSE in partnership with The Next Place Therapy Services are pleased to offer Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage TeensAbout this EventThe Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), in partnership with The Next Place Therapy Services are pleased to offer Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens. This training is for middle and high school school-based clincians only!Working with teens in play therapy requires creativity, flexibility, and attunement to identity development, autonomy, and emotional complexity. This interactive 1-day training equips clinicians with developmentally responsive play therapy strategies to effectively engage adolescents who may be guarded, resistant, or unsure about therapy.Participants will explore how play therapy evolves across developmental stages and how expressive, experiential, and symbolic approaches can deepen emotional access and strengthen therapeutic connection with teens. The training integrates neuroscience, attachment, and identity development with culturally responsive practice.This workshop is experiential and includes hands-on activities, case discussion, and directive and non-directive teen-friendly interventions.During This Training, Participants Will:Explore developmental considerations specific to adolescents in play therapy.Examine resistance, disengagement, and relational ruptures through a play therapy lens.Participate in expressive and symbolic interventions designed specifically for teens.Practice adapting sandtray, art, games, and storytelling for adolescent clients.Who should register:This training is ONLY available to school-based behavioral health providers (social workers, school psychologists, community-based organization clinicians, counselors, DBH school-based clincians) placed at DC public and public charter middle and high schools.Participants placed in a school will recieve a play therapy materials for their school as a part of their participation.Clinicans that work with elementary popluations should email OSSE.HYDT@dc.gov to be placed on a waitlist, and will be notified if there is additional space.Registrants who are not eligible school-based providers will have their registrations canceled. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/beyond-the-surface-using-play-therapy-to-engage-teens-ms-and-hs-only/100001997854887750 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Workshops, Art, health-wellness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 7 hours 30 minutes - Location: 1050 First St NE - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Washington - **state**: DC - **country**: United States - **location**: 1050 First St NE - **lat**: 38.903315 - **long**: -77.00638879999997 - **full address**: 1050 First St NE, 1050 First Street Northeast, Washington, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/cd6f44fc765a7f0ffd157b2a21c92a2ca9d36a58739885a7385597cc3a41a8e0-rimg-w855-h450-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg?v=1786743047 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY) being held? - **A:** Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY) takes place on Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 am to Mon, 14 Sep, 2026 at 04:30 pm at 1050 First St NE, 1050 First Street Northeast, Washington, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY)? - **A:** Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY) is organized by OSSE Healthy Schools and Wellness Programs Team. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Beyond the Surface: Using Play Therapy to Engage Teens (MS and HS ONLY) is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Washington, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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