Summer 2026
In Person PLAY THERAPY Workshops
IN BROOKLYN!
Foundations and Basics of Play Therapy
An Intro Class
This workshop is designed for beginning play therapists who can use a foundational overview of play therapy’s history, core theories, and best practices. Participants will explore how to create a therapeutic playroom, select appropriate toys, and build strong alliances with parents to support child-centered healing.
The deadline to register for this session has passed. If you have questions or want to discuss your enrollment, please email info@pilonharlem.com.
Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy Interventions
for Perfectionism, Anxiety, and ADHDThis workshop equips therapists with playful, evidence-based tools to help children struggling with perfectionism, anxiety, and ADHD. Through interactive demonstrations and hands-on practice, participants will learn how to adapt cognitive behavioral techniques into engaging play-based interventions.
The deadline to register for this session has passed. If you have questions or want to discuss your enrollment, please email info@pilonharlem.com.
Attachment Centered Play Therapy
This workshop equips mental health professionals with play therapy strategies to use with caregivers or even teachers to engage in nurturing play while maintaining structure for the child. By involving caregivers in the therapeutic process, this approach fosters secure attachments, helping children (especially those with trauma experiences or trouble connecting with others) feel safe, valued, and emotionally regulated while restoring joy and playfulness to their lives.
Register Here for Brooklyn on Thursday, August 13th Meet the Facilitator
Lyrica Fils-Aime, LCSW-R, MSNPL, RPT-S has worked as a social worker in schools for over 16 years. Lyrica fell in love with the meditative experience of play therapy and loves to facilitate workshops that bring the joy and healing of play to others.
Lyrica specializes in culturally responsive Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy, addressing multicultural identity issues, transracial adoption, and play strategies to address executive functioning skills.
Lyrica authored a chapter in Supervision Can Be Playful:Techniques for Child and Play Therapist Supervisors (edited by Athena A. Drewes and Jodi Ann Mullen), has a written social emotional curriculum for Sesame Street Workshop, and most excitingly, a trilingual alphabet children's book.
Scholarship Opportunity for Black Mental Health Professionals
Pilon Harlem acknowledges the structural and financial barriers that inhibit Black people from participating and being represented equitably in play therapy.
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In Person Play Therapy Workshops in New York
Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, Long Island,
Bronxville, Eastchester, Mount Vernon, Pelham, Pelham Manor, Tuckahoe, Yonkers
Bedford, Bedford Hills, Katonah, Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Buchanan, Lewisboro, Cross River, South Salem, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Briarcliff Manor, Pleasantville, New Castle, Chappaqua, North Castle, Armonk, North Salem, Ossining, Peekskill, Pound Ridge, Somers, Yorktown
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey