Join APT to advance play therapy, the means by which licensed mental health professionals use developmentally appropriate play therapy theories and techniques to better communicate with and help clients, particularly children!

2009 Gold Branch Awards. Congratulations to the Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Arizona and Southern Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia branches and their boards of directors and members for their extraordinary performances between April 2008 and March 2009. APT will acknowledge them during our 2009 Conference.

2009 Conference Lodging. Because nearly 30% of our 2009 Conference room block has already been reserved, be sure to book your room today. To control costs, find a roommate!

Florida President Norma Bonet, LCSW, RPT-S, Miami Gardens

July Mining Report. For a digest of parent/caretaker models employing filial therapy, play therapy, or play interventions for mental health work with children, scan our July mining report entitled "Involving Caregivers as Therapeutic Agents in Their Children's Therapy: Empirically Supported Play Therapy Models" by Sue Bratton (TX), Ph.D., LPC-S, RPT-S and Kara Holt (TX), LPC, NCC, RPT-S.