Applied Legacy Reading - Group Filial Therapy: The Complete Guide to Teaching Parents to Play Therapeutically with Their Children Book Study

Title: Group Filial Therapy: The Complete Guide to Teaching Parents to Play Therapeutically with Their Children Author: Louise Guerney, Ph.D. (with Virginia Ryan, Ph.D., and contributors) Pages: ~360 pages Reading Time: ~10 hours Paper Time: ~2 hours (1–2 pages) Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate Category: Seminal or Historically Significant Theories Total CE’s: 12 APT Non-Contact CE’s Price: $120 The book is NOT included 🧠 Course Description This comprehensive non-contact CE course explores the principles and practice of Group Filial Therapy (GFT): a structured, relationship-based model that empowers parents to become their child’s most effective therapeutic partner. Developed by Bernard and Louise Guerney, Filial Therapy is rooted in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) and teaches parents reflective listening, empathy, limit-setting, and emotional attunement, skills that strengthen family bonds and promote healing through play. Through this reading, participants learn to structure, facilitate, and evaluate group-based filial training using play as a bridge between parent and child. The text integrates theory, session outlines, supervision strategies, and research-based outcomes, illustrating how trained facilitators guide parents to create safe, emotionally responsive play sessions at home. Clinicians will come away with a renewed appreciation for the transformative power of parent-led play, where love, acceptance, and understanding become the foundations for change. ***All APT Non-Contact CE Self-Paced Book Studies must be completed within 60 days of registration to receive a certificate.