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Trainings

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is a play therapy-based treatment program for young children presenting with behavioral, emotional, social, and attachment disorders. CPRT is a systemic intervention grounded in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) theory, attachment principles, and interpersonal neurobiology. CPRT is based on the premise that a secure parent-child relationship is the essential factor for a child’s well-being. In a supportive group environment, parents learn skills to respond more effectively to their children’s emotional and behavioral needs. In turn, children learn that they can count on their parents to reliably and consistently meet their needs for love, acceptance, safety, and security. In CPRT, parents are taught specific skills grounded in the principles and procedures of CCPT that focus on establishing or enhancing a secure attachment with their child and helping parents attune to and respond to their child’s underlying needs rather than focus on symptoms. Parents learn to limit their children’s problem behavior while demonstrating empathy and respect for their children.

CPRT 101
12 APT approved CEU hours |  $320

CPRT 102
18 APT approved CEU hours |  $720

Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT)

CCPT is a developmentally responsive, play-based mental health intervention for young children ages 3 to 10 who are experiencing social, emotional, behavioral and relational disorders. CCPT utilizes play, the natural language of children, and therapeutic relationship to provide a safe, consistent therapeutic environment in which a child can experience full acceptance, empathy, and understanding from the counselor and process inner experiences and feelings through play and symbols. In CCPT, a child’s experience within the counseling relationship is the factor that is most healing and meaningful in creating lasting, positive change. Based on person-centered principles, the overarching goal of CCPT is to unleash the child’s potential to move toward integration and self-enhancing ways of being. Child outcomes following CCPT include decreased symptomatic behaviors and improvement in overall functioning.

CCPT 101
12 APT approved CEU hours |  $320

CCPT 102
18 APT approved CEU hours |  $720

Workshops

    • CCPT with Disabled/Chronically Ill Children. Provided 3-hour workshop in Hong Kong, China. (November 2025)

    • Advanced Limit Setting. Provided 3-hour workshop in Hong Kong, China. (November 2025)

    • CPRT 101. Provided 12-hour training in Hong Kong, China. (November 2025)

    • CCPT 102. Provided 18-hour training in Hong Kong, China. (November 2025)

    • Working with Highly Escalated Couples. Provided 2-hour workshop at Walls Counseling, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (November 2025)

    • CCPT 101. Provided 12-hour training in Lakewood, Colorado. (May 2025)

    • Supporting Families with Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Children in CPRT. Presented at the Center for Play Therapy Multicultural Series. (October 2024)

    • CCPT 101. Provided 12-hour training in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (August 2024)

    • Self as a therapeutic factor. Keynote at the University of Montana Chi Sigma Iota Conference in Missoula, Montana. (April 2024)

    • Serving interabled relationships: Considerations for sex and relationship therapy. 3-hour Workshop conducted for School of Sexual Health. (September 2023)

    • Disability-responsive practice in counseling. Training conduced at Denver Family Institute, Denver, CO. (May 2023)

    • Self-of-the-therapist in counseling. Keynote at the Colorado Counseling Association Student Conference in Lakewood, CO. (April 2023)

    • Disability-responsive practices for serving people across the lifespan. Training facilitated by Center for Innovations and Resources, Inc. (November 2022)

Dr. Tapia provides workshops on a variety of topics based on my areas of knowledge, training, and experience. Topics include: disability-responsive practices across the lifespan, play therapy for disabled children and disabled parents, and more. He has facilitated workshops in-person and virtually across the US and in Hong Kong. His goal is to make workshops accessible, engaging, and building on the wisdom in the room. See a list of some of the workshops he has facilitated:

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