Supervisors are $100/hr unless otherwise specified. Please contact Kelly Stephens at [email protected] for information on how to begin supervision.
TraumaPlay™ Supervisors
Michelle Codington, MS, LMFT, RPT-S, CFTP
New Jersey, USA
Michelle is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Thrive Network, comprised of 4 entities devoted to the care and well-being of children, teens, and families. Some of her favorite work includes speaking and teaching about trauma-informed care as well as teaching and supervising for the TraumaPlay model. In addition to her work providing care, supervising, and teaching, she is a devoted dog mom of 3 rescues.
Eleah Hyatt, MA, LMFT, RPT-S
Tennessee, USA
Eleah Hyatt is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (TN 1165), Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and certified TraumaPlay™ Supervisor. With experience in both nonprofit and private practice settings, Eleah provides a warm, supportive presence while actively helping clients navigate distress and confusion. Her therapeutic approach blends systemic therapy, creative arts, attachment theory, and problem-focused methods. Eleah has received training in EMDR, Theraplay™, Group Theraplay™, TBRI ™, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, TF-CBT, and TraumaPlay™. She is a Registered COSP™ Facilitator through Circle of Security International® and has extensive advanced play therapy training and experience. At the heart of her practice is a commitment to helping individuals and families rediscover shared joy and build internal resources to navigate life's challenges while creating stronger, reparative, and meaningful connections with themselves and others. Having been raised internationally, she holds a deep appreciation for culture and diversity, honoring the influence of various countries and worldviews on her personal growth and clinical development.
Christine Davis Zouaoui, MA, LPC, RPT-S
Michigan, USA
Paula Archambault, LMSW, RPT-S
Michigan, USA
Dora Henderson, LMHC, RPT-S, CST
Florida, USA - $135/hr
Dora has been in private practice since 2017, specializing in neurodiverse kiddos. As a mom of three (including one with ASD, dyslexia, and ADHD) and a grandmother of three, she brings a heart full of love and experience. Her passion for helping children extends to schools—she’s served as a District Mental Health Counselor for 21+ schools and was a grief counselor after the Stoneman Douglas shooting. Her superpower? A love for TraumaPlay™, neuroscience, and creative tools like expressive arts, sand tray, somatic work, and EMDR. Dora is also an EMDR Consultant, Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, and Certified Sand Tray Therapist (CST), bringing joy and care to her supervision. When she’s not supporting kids or teachers, Dora enjoys traveling, exploring cultures, and sharing stories from her hometown, Johannesburg, South Africa. With 38+ years of marriage, she truly believes in love and dedication!
Dayna Sykes, LPC-S, MHSP, RPT-S
Tennessee, USA - $135/hr
Dayna Sykes is a LPC-S, MHSP, RPT-S ™, and EMDR Consultant-in-Training who has over 20 years of experience specializing in Complex Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and attachment issues. She also has a history of working with children in the foster care system. She has owned a private practice since 2011, which she recently moved onto her family farm. Dayna integrates TraumaPlay, EMDR therapy, and an Internal Family Systems informed approach. She specializes in partnering with parents and supporting them in building deeper connections with their children. Dayna also provides supervision for LPC designation (TN), play therapy, and provides consultation for EMDR. Dayna loves to integrate nature, movement, and sand tray therapy into her work. Her favorite places are the beach and the mountains, and she spends most of her time cheering on her kids at a gym or ballpark.
Shelby Phillips, M.S., LPC-MHSP, RPT
Tennessee, USA
Marsha Skaggs, MA, LPCC-S, RPT-S
Ohio, USA
Marsha is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Supervisor, a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, and a TraumaPlay™ Supervisor. Her lived experiences as a foster parent for more than 21 years, an adoptive mother of two sons, and facilitator of psychosocial services for at-risk children and youth and victims and survivors of human trafficking in South Asia have influenced her personal and professional development and practice. She is committed to providing culturally sensitive care to children and families and to supervisees. While Marsha draws from Adlerian, attachment, CBT, and problem-solving models and methods, TraumaPlay™ is the base for her work. Besides supporting children and families in their healing journeys and helping students and clinicians reach their professional goals, Marsha loves being outside, metaphors, and baking cookies to share with family, friends, and neighbors.
Alyssa Meyer, LCSW, RPT-S
Colorado, USA - $135/hr
Alyssa is a licensed therapist in private practice in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, specializing in trauma therapy for children, including those under 5 years old. She is dedicated to helping children heal from the effects of trauma, including child sexual abuse and sudden events such as school shootings, car accidents, and family loss. Alyssa provides compassionate support to families navigating the complexities of the court process, including assisting children with testimony. She is a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), certified in EMDR, and currently an EMDR consultant-in-training. In addition, Alyssa is trained in Theraplay (Levels 1 & 2) and child-centered play therapy, incorporating neuroscience-based frameworks like polyvagal theory to effectively engage both children and parents in the healing journey.
Dr. Jennifer Crosson, PhD, LPC, RPT
Georgia, USA
Jen Crosson, a retired public education school psychologist, uses Trauma Play to support children, teens, and families. She is a Level 1 and Level 2 certified Neurosequential Model Trainer with additional training in EMDR, Aut Play, and IFS. Jen employs talk therapy, walk/talk therapy, and expressive creative arts modalities such as play, art, crafts, puppetry, sand tray, and games to help clients in the areas of family, school/work, or attachment anxieties, challenges, or traumas.
Dr. Kate Worley, PhD, LPC-MHSP, RPT
Pennsylvania, USA
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Clinical Mental Health Counseling [Neumann University]
Dr. Amy Frew, PhD, LMFT, RPT-S
Tennessee, USA
Amy wears many hats—group practice owner, therapist, supervisor, and psychiatric nurse practitioner—and she loves bringing creativity and connection to each role! She specializes in helping kids (and their parents) with emotional regulation, healthy communication, processing traumatic experiences, and strengthening family bonds. TraumaPlay™ serves as the foundation of Amy’s therapeutic approach, seamlessly integrating EMDR, Theraplay, and emotionally focused family therapy to support healing and strengthen family attachments. Amy’s supervision style is rooted in experiential interventions, fostering self-awareness and deepening theoretical understanding. She equips supervisees to strengthen their grasp of family systems and trauma work while embracing moments of delight and connection with clients. By combining clinical expertise with a collaborative approach, Amy inspires growth, creativity, and resilience in her supervisees and clients alike.
Lindy Swimm, MAE, LCSW
Virginia, USA
Lindy Swimm brings forty-five years of playful, creative experience working with children, adolescents, families, and adults to her supervisory toolbox. Lindy has provided supervision and training for childcare workers and therapists for over thirty years. Lindy has extensive training in the expressive arts and play therapy. She specializes in services for children of all ages: foster, adoption, sexual assault, domestic violence, attachment injuries, relationship ruptures, unresolved traumatic grief, childhood trauma, and supporting parents as partners in their children’s therapy. Lindy’s fine art training and attachment background blend beautifully with the expressive arts, allowing for the smooth integration of Trauma Play while creatively and playfully healing childhood trauma.
Jen Friedman, LCSW-C
Maryland, USA
Jen Friedman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) and a TraumaPlay Certified Therapist and Supervisor at For All Seasons, the largest behavioral health and rape crisis center on Maryland's Eastern Shore. With a deep commitment to supporting children and families, Jen specializes in trauma-informed care, utilizing TraumaPlay as the foundation of her practice. Her work is centered on attachment, helping children and families navigate and heal from past trauma. In her clinical approach, Jen integrates a variety of evidence-based modalities, including Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT), Art Techniques, EMDR, Neurofeedback, and humor to create a safe, healing environment. She is also working toward becoming a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) to further enhance her expertise. Outside of her professional work, Jen enjoys performing on stage and spending time at home with her beloved fur babies.
Marit Appeldoorn, MSW, LICSW, RPT-S
Minnesota, USA - $135/hr with sliding scale option
Marit has had a private therapy practice 2005. She specializes in working with children and families coping with anxiety, explosive behaviors, neurodiversity, complex developmental trauma, and attachment concerns. TraumaPlay is a central part of her integrative approach, which also includes neuroscience and sensory regulation-informed interventions, child-directed play, expressive arts, and parenting support. She has been a supervisor of play therapists and play therapy students since 2000 and offers a reflective, supportive, and playful approach to supervision! In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family and eating any dessert with salted caramel.
Demi Banchs, MA, LPC, RPT
New Jersey, USA
Demi Banchs, MA, LPC, RPT, is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Registered Play Therapist (RPT), certified EMDR therapist, and is Phase I certified in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. Demi specializes in trauma and attachment-focused therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and families. Through the TraumaPlay model, Demi is able to integrate her knowledge of neurobiology, traumatology, development, relational neuroscience, attachment, and sensory integration to meet the unique and diverse needs of the individuals she works with. Demi’s authenticity shines through in her playful energy, humor, warmth, and wicked dance moves.
Dr. Angela Scruggs, PhD, LPC/MHSP-S, NIC, QMHI
Tennessee
Dr. Angela Scruggs, PhD, LPC/MHSP-S, NIC, QMHI, is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Mental Health Service Provider designation (LPC-MHSP) and an approved supervisor in Tennessee. Licensed in Texas and Louisiana and recognized as an approved telehealth provider in Florida and Delaware, Dr. Scruggs provides accessible mental health care across multiple states, including to the Deaf Community.
With over 14 years of experience in clinical practice, higher education, and community leadership, Dr. Scruggs has worked with the South Carolina State Department of Mental Health’s Deaf Services and serves as the Executive Director of the Deaf Wellspring Center, where she leads transitional living programs and advocates for mental health equity for Deaf individuals.
As a Qualified Mental Health Interpreter (QMHI) and NIC-certified interpreter, Dr. Scruggs has dedicated her career to bridging the gap in mental health services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities. Fluent in English and ASL, she integrates her deep understanding of Deaf culture into evidence-based practices, including Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) and Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), to foster hope and resilience among underserved populations.
Currently, Dr. Scruggs operates a private practice, providing therapy to individuals, children, adolescents, and families, addressing issues such as depression, self-esteem, parenting, and relational challenges
Available TraumaPlay™ Supervisors not located in the USA
Elaine Hutchinson
United Kingdom - £60 sterling
United Kingdom - £60 sterlingPTUK Senior Creative Clinical Supervisor
PG Dip Play and Creative Arts Therapist
PTUK Accredited Play Therapist
PTUK Creative Arts Counsellor of Children and Young People
BACP Registered Therapist and Supervisor
Elaine is in private practice and uses TraumaPlay to support children, teens, and their families. Her clients struggle with difficult family or school dynamics and have emotional, attachment, or anxiety-based needs. Many of her clients would also identify as being neurodiverse and/or have experienced trauma. She also supports families and professionals. TraumaPlay is one of several ways of working that she offers, including creative arts therapy, family therapy, and animal-assisted therapy.
Abigail Lee, MCoun, RPT
Singapore
Abigail is a Registered Counsellor and Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor based in Singapore. She is a Certified TraumaPlayTM supervisor as well as a Certified Adlerian Play Therapist-Advanced and consultant. Abigail believes in providing a safe and supportive environment whilst helping clients and their families navigate through the hard things. In addition, she is passionate about training and supervising play therapy practitioners. Outside of work, Abigail can be found enjoying a nice cup of mocha with her husband and having fun together with their beloved adopted dog, Coco!
Donna Lai, MSW, RPT-S
Australia
Donna is an Australian Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW), Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (APTA & PTPA), and working towards her TraumaPlay™ Supervisor certification with over 20 years of Child-Centered Play Therapy, Filial and Theraplay to provide culturally sensitive care for children and families. Many of her clients identify as neurodiverse and/or have experienced trauma. She partners with parents to build internal resources and create meaningful, deeper connections with their children. Her therapeutic approach is rooted in attachment theory, systemic therapy, and neuroscience-informed practices, incorporating child-directed play and parenting support. Donna is also a Registered COSP™ and Tuning into Kids Facilitator. As a Supervisor of play therapists and social workers, she offers reflective, supportive, and playful supervision that inspires growth, creativity, and resilience. Outside of her private practice, she enjoys spending time with her family and dogs.