THE PLAY THERAPY STUDIO
of Albuquerque
Karen Wheeler, LCSW, RPT-S, CST-T
Ms. Wheeler is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist & Supervisor and a Sandplay Teaching Member. She has been providing treatment to adults and children since 1994 in various residential, psychiatric and outpatient settings. She has mentored and supervised clinicians since 1998. Ms. Wheeler is a national play therapy and Sandplay trainer, having provided training at the National Association for Play Therapy annual conferences and Sandplay Therapists of America national conferences, as well as for numerous local APT chapters around the country. Ms. Wheeler is known for her development of The Water and Mud Tray Technique which she first presented nationally in 2008. In 2022 she created the Play Therapy Developmental Journey Map which will be launched at a conference in Raleigh, NC on 9/30 & 10/2/2022.
Ms. Wheeler is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist & Supervisor and a Sandplay Teaching Member. She has been providing treatment to adults and children since 1994 in various residential, psychiatric and outpatient settings. She has mentored and supervised clinicians since 1998. Ms. Wheeler is a national play therapy and Sandplay trainer, having provided training at the National Association for Play Therapy annual conferences and Sandplay Therapists of America national conferences, as well as for numerous local APT chapters around the country. Ms. Wheeler is known for her development of The Water and Mud Tray Technique which she first presented nationally in 2008. In 2022 she created the Play Therapy Developmental Journey Map which will be launched at a conference in Raleigh, NC on 9/30 & 10/2/2022.
Services Available
(distance and in-person)
Services Available
(distance and in-person)
Clinical Supervision for RPT Certification.......................................................$100/hour
Case Consultation for Professional Development..........................................$100/hour
Clinical Supervision for Social Work or Counselor Licensure.........................$75/hour
(Licensed in North Carolina and New Mexico)
Sandplay Process or Case Consultation (Process in-person only).................$100/hour
Group Staff Consultation .................................................................................$250/2 hours
Agency Training ...............................................................................................$500/3 hours
Training Topics Available
Training Topics Available
The Play Therapy Developmental Journey Map
The Water and Mud Tray Technique (Pre-Sandplay)
Play Therapy for Attachment and Trauma
Developmental Play Therapy with Viola Brody
Introduction to Theraplay
Healing the Infant Wound: Developmental Pre-Sandplay
Introduction to Sandplay
Relational Freedom Versus Containment in the Playroom
Introduction to Modalities of Play Therapy