This one-hour course will explore the therapeutic power of playful, nature-inspired breathwork in play therapy to help clients of all ages access regulation and enhance nervous system flexibility. During this course you will learn how to use playful, nature-themed techniques to guide clients gently out of “stuck” survival states, fostering resilience through co-regulation. 

Nervous System Balance through Nature-Inspired Play Therapy Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the therapeutic benefits and practical applications of playful, nature-inspired breathwork and movement in play therapy to foster nervous system regulation and resilience across the lifespan
  • Explain how shared, nature-based, play-focused techniques create a felt sense of safety and connection, promoting nervous system balance and flexibility
  • Demonstrate 7 nature-themed, play-based interventions that build autonomic nervous system resilience, allowing clients to experience arousal and return to a regulated state when a sense of safety is accessed

CE Credit Hours: 1 CE Credit Hour, NBCC Content Areas: Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship, Human Growth and Development

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7450. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is also an Approved Provider for the following associations:
*Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA) Approved Provider
*British Columbia Play Therapy Association (BCPTA) Approved Provider 23-01

Continuing education credit hours may be awarded to graduate-level counselors or students enrolled in a graduate-level mental health program. If you do not qualify for continuing education credit hours and would like to receive a certificate of completion for this course please contact the Institute directly.


Your participation in this course has directly contributed to the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation‘s mission of making play therapy trainings accessible and affordable to clinicians worldwide, as well as to fund research initiatives in Synergetic Play Therapy! All proceeds from this course have been donated to the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation to support this mission!


Each lesson of this course must be completed in order to receive a CE Certificate. Please click on the blue letters below, “Synergetic Play Therapy Institute – Course Agreements”, to begin. Once you have completed this first lesson, you will gain access to the next lesson to view the course video.

Please remember that your access to this course and its content will expire 365 days from the date of purchase.