The Certification That Gives You a Therapist's Lens- No Degree Required.
Learn how to prescribe therapeutic play. For professionals who want a deeper, more grounded way to work with children & parents
A trauma-informed framework for professionals who want to support real healing and growth—with parents and children, using practical tools that work in real-life, not just theory.
Introducing The PLAY PRESCRIPTION® Certification
✅ Finally—a practical, no-BS way to bring therapeutic insight into your work with kids and parents
Play Prescription® is a research-backed, trauma-informed therapeutic play framework designed for professionals who want more than strategies and surface-level solutions.
Whether you work directly with parents, children, or both, this certification gives you the tools and insight to support families in unpacking childhood conditioning, breaking generational cycles, and guiding healing and growth—through the intentional use of therapeutic play as a lens for deeper understanding.
👉 You don’t need to be a therapist.
👉 You just need a clear, grounded framework that helps you go deeper—without overstepping your role.
đź‘€ Is This You?
You work with kids and parents. You’ve done the training. You know what you’re doing.
But you’re starting to notice that what shows up in families runs deeper than what most approaches prepare you for.
You see how children’s behaviour is often shaped by patterns parents haven’t had the space—or support—to unpack.
You notice how parents carry their own childhood stories into how they show up, even when they’re trying to do things differently.
And you want to support change that goes beyond tips and techniques.
You’re not here to fix kids or coach parents through scripts.
You want to understand what’s really happening beneath the surface—so you can help parents shift their own conditioning and support their child’s emotional wellbeing at the same time.
You’re ready to bring therapeutic insight into your work—whether you work directly with children, parents, or both.
You just want a practical framework that helps you do that with clarity and purpose.
Play Prescription® is the framework that brings it all together.
🔍 What You’ll Learn
You’ll walk away with:
• A trauma-informed understanding of how childhood conditioning shows up in families
• A practical play based method to support parents without judgment, shame, pressure
• A deeper lens to interpret and respond to behaviour—child and parent
• Confidence to bring therapeutic play into your work (without stepping outside your scope)
• Practical tools to help families shift from reactivity to reflection and repair.
This isn’t about becoming a therapist.
It’s about becoming the kind of professional who sees what’s really going on—and knows how to respond.
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PLAY PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATION®Â
with Dr Sam Casey
This online certification course combines both the 'knowing' and 'doing' with individualised feedback and practical resources so you complete the certification with the tools to implement your newfound insight straight away!
CERTIFICATION INCLUSIONSÂ
12th MAYÂ 2025 (16 week Certification)
- Weekly online modules accessed via your e-learning platform. Approx 1 hour of learning (recordings/activities) per week.
- Fortnightly LIVE QnAs ( via Zoom)
- Online Community
- Marked "Create your own Play Prescription" Final Assessment (detailed feedback from Dr Sam)
- Play Prescription® Professional Resource Packs for each Pillar (practical tools for you to adapt and use with clients)
Pillar 1
CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
- What parents bring from their own childhood shapes how they show up for their children. This pillar helps you understand how patterns get passed down and how to help parents address their own conditioning—so they can parent with intention, not just habit.
Pillar 2
SELF COMMITMENT
- Parents can’t truly support their children until they’ve addressed their own wounds. This pillar helps you guide parents through the inner work required to break patterns—without guilt or shame. It’s about showing up differently, from the inside out
Pillar 3
NEEDS UNDERLYING BEHAVIOUR
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Behaviour charts only show you what’s happening on the surface. This pillar teaches you to look deeper—uncovering the unmet needs driving behaviour in both children and parents, and how to respond with insight, not just strategies
Pillar 4
ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
- Children don’t exist in isolation. This pillar shows you how the environment—stress, systems, expectations—shapes behaviour and emotional wellbeing. You’ll learn how to help families create environments that support growth, not just compliance.
Pillar 5
THERAPEUTIC PLAY
- Play is more than a tool—it’s a lens for understanding what’s really happening beneath the surface. This pillar teaches you how to use therapeutic play intentionally, guiding parents and children through healing and growth in real time.
EARLY BIRD BONUSÂ
GET 1:1 SUPPORT
CREATE YOUR SELF-CARE OR CAREER PLAN
Get 1:1 support from me and we can work through your self care plan or plan some career goals.
During this 60min session you will:
- Choose your area of focus
- Create a plan
- Steps to monitor your plan
You’ll leave this 1:1 session with a vision of where you want to grow and how you’re going to move forward
HEY, I'M DR SAM!
I've been working with children and families for over 19 years. I am a Registered Mental Health Professional (Mental Health Social Worker), Registered Play Therapist with additional certifications in Maternal Mental Health & Trauma- Informed practices.Â
My PhD was marked in the top 5% because I was not afraid to call out the 'elephant in the room', that is to speak about the importance of the inner healing and growth for us all, including professionals!Â
I wasn't 'naturally' academic, in fact I left school at 15 years old, so I see the value in keeping complex info...simple!
Usually, the power of therapeutic play is kept within the therapy room. I created this Certification to empower you all to use the power of therapeutic play...beyond the therapy room! I can’t wait to teach you about it all and support you to uncover your inner wisdom!
ENROLMENT
PLAY PRESCRIPTION CERTIFICATION®
This comprehensive course will help you understand the power of therapeutic play and elevate your trauma informed practice with children and families.
14-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
If you aren’t completely satisfied with the Certification, let us know within the first 14-days for a full refund. No questions asked.