CBPT Guidelines
The CBPT guidelines offer a comprehensive framework for integrating nondirective play with evidence-based behavioral strategies: how to introduce CBPT to parents and children, structure sessions from start to finish, set limits, apply positive reinforcement and manage uncooperative behavior, plus session formats (seamless, structured, manualized), in vivo interventions, generalization, relapse prevention and termination.
About this course
The CBPT guidelines offer a comprehensive framework for integrating nondirective play with evidence-based behavioral strategies: how to introduce CBPT to parents and children, structure sessions from start to finish, set limits, apply positive reinforcement and manage uncooperative behavior, plus session formats (seamless, structured, manualized), in vivo interventions, generalization, relapse prevention and termination.
The guidelines for working with parents emphasize the caregiver’s role at every phase — coaching token systems, labeled praise and exposure tasks — to extend the benefits of CBPT into the child’s home and community.
What you will gain
Curriculum · ~2h
Who it is for
Instructor
Susan M. Knell, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and adjunct assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University. She authored Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy (1993), translated into Italian and Turkish, and is recognized for her groundbreaking work integrating CBT with play therapy. She co-founded the CBPT Institute in Rome.
Enroll in this course
Advanced (Second Level) · APA-published, evidence-based · lifetime access · certificate
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Psychologists and psychotherapists · Psychiatrists · Clinical and licensed independent social workers · Licensed professional counselors · Marriage and family therapists · Mental health clinical nurse practitioners.
A certificate of attendance is issued on completion, tied to the final learning test.
What you'll learn
- ✓Describe the theoretical foundations, scope and goals of CBPT
- ✓Explain CBPT to parents and children using honest, developmentally appropriate narratives
- ✓Design and implement a full CBPT session — opening rituals, free play with embedded interventions, closing
- ✓Apply key behavioral techniques within play: limits, shaping, positive reinforcement
- ✓Plan in vivo CBPT interventions for common pediatric phobias and coach caregivers