Janet A. Courtney, PhD, LCSW, and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, is Founder of FirstPlay Therapy® [an Infant Mental Health & Developmental Play Therapy model] and Founder and Editor of FirstPlay® Café: An e-magazine for parents (womb to six Years). She is Director of Developmental Play & Attachment Therapies, Inc. She is a Registered Play Therapy-Supervisor, TEDx Speaker and past Chair of the Association for Play Therapy Ethics and Practice Committee and past President of the Florida Association for Play Therapy and former Chair of the Viola Brody Award Committee. Her work was awarded Third Place overall in the Best Practices Showcase for FirstPlay Therapy at the First 1000 Days Infant Mental Health Summit (Sept, 2018) along with the Children’s Healing Institute. She is author of “Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies: Art, Nature, Storytelling Body and Mindfulness,” and Editor of “Infant Play Therapy: Foundations, Models, Programs and Practice.” and Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide.
