Play Therapy Courses Offered in the Professional Counseling Program
The Professional Counseling Program at Texas State University offers four classes in play therapy. Enrolled students as well as non-degree-seeking students (professionals) are eligible to take the courses.
Classes are held once per week for 3 hours. Spring and Fall semesters are 15 weeks while Summer is 10 weeks. Texas State's CatsWeb under Enrollment and Registration can help you see when and where a class is typically offered. However, there is no guarantee that a class will be offered at the same day/time/semester/campus as previous years.
If you are interested in taking these engaging play therapy classes, please reach out to your advisor (students) or read more about applying as a non-degree-seeking student (professionals*). If you're just starting to consider a career in counseling and play therapy, we invite you to consider applying to the Professional Counseling Program.
*Degree-seeking master's students in the Professional Counseling Program will have the opportunity to register for classes before non-degree-seeking students. We cannot guarantee space will always be available for non-degree-seeking students.
COUN 5369: Child and Adolescent Counseling Methods
This course focus is an overview of counseling interventions with children and adolescents in agency, school, and private practice. Group, individual, and systems techniques will be covered. Assessment of child psychopathology and techniques for consulting with parents will be included. Prerequisite: COUN 5368; Corequisite: COUN 5354
COUN 5373: Intermediate Methods in Play Therapy
This course explores the philosophical basis for play therapy, the history of play therapy, theoretical applications, techniques, stages, ethical issues, and application to a variety of populations and diagnostic categories. This course has a supervised practice experience. Prerequisites: COUN 5316 and COUN 5369; Corequisite: COUN 5359
COUN 5370: Intermediate Methods in Counseling Adolescents
This course prepares students to apply play therapy and counseling skills with older children and adolescents in various settings such as schools, counseling agencies, and group or private practice offices. This course employs a variety of teaching methods to deliver advanced knowledge and skill competencies in working with children ages 10 to 18 using play therapy and expressive modalities. Prerequisites: COUN 5316 and COUN 5369; Corequisite: COUN 5359
COUN 5346: Filial Therapy
Theoretical and practical application of the filial model will be addressed as well as techniques in training parents in the overall principles and methodology of child-centered play therapy.Prerequisites: COUN 5358 and COUN 5373; Corequisites: COUN 5689 or 5389