Julie Tigner, M.S., LPC, ADHD-PT
Post-Graduate Certificates/Certifications
Post Graduate Certificates/Certifications:
• ADHD Assessment & Treatment – 2025
Mind Works Professional Education
• Play Therapy Professional + (CCPT, CPRT, Practice Management) – 2024
Brenna Hicks, PhD, LMHC, RPT
Post-Graduate Ongoing Continuing Education
Post-Graduate Trainings & Classes:
2025
• ADHD: Evidence-Informed Treatment Approaches for Adults & Children
• Treating ADHD in Children and Adolescents
• Screening and Intake with High Conflict/Court Involved Therapy for Minors
• Foundations of Child-Centered Play
• Neuronutrition: How Food Impacts Development of Common Disorders That Affect Mental Health
• Social Change & Ethics
• How to Clinically Assess ADHD Using Both Objective & Subjective Data
• Supporting PDA Clients and Families
• A Review of Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Treatment on ADHD
• Play Therapy Supervision Fundamentals
• Play Therapy Through the Ages: A Journey into the History and Theories of Play Therapy
• CAMS-Care Role Play Training
2024
• CAMS-Care Foundational Course
• CAMS-4Teens & Parents: Working with Parents
• CAMS-4Teens & Parents
• Child-Centered Play Therapy
• Ethical Use of Drawings in Play Therapy: Considerations for Assessment, Practice, & Supervision
• Transgender and Gender Expansive Affirming Child Centered Play Therapy
• Exploring the Impact of Child-Centered Play Therapy on Academic Achievement of At-Risk Kindergarten Students
• About Jungian Sand Tray Therapy
• Bridging Relational-Cultural Theory and Play Therapy Practice
• Interpreting Children’s Play: A Jungian Perspective and Method
• Play on the Spectrum: Child-Centered Play Therapy for Autistic Children
• Life Hacks for Therapist Self-Care
• No Surrender: Using the Therapeutic Power of Play to Combat Burnout in Play Therapists
• Ethical Considerations for Implementing Telemental Health in Play Therapy
• The Role of Love in Your Play Therapy Practice
• Helping the Littlest Ones- Play Therapy with Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Cultivating Cultural Humility through Play Therapy: Nurturing Inclusive Healing Spaces
• Playful Healing: Integrative Approaches in Play Therapy for Children with Trauma and ADHD
2023
• Law and Ethics of Social Media and On-line Communications
• The Distancing Technique for Treating OCD, Phobias and Anxiety in EMDR
• Reinvigorating Family Therapy: Maximizing Family Engagement in Adolescent Treatment
• Hopeful Romantics: Divorce, Remarriage, Blended Families, and Co-Parenting
• Play Therapy as a Way to Refresh and Refocus
• Five Critical Shifts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in the 21st Century Analytical Model of the Functional Relationships Between Parenting Styles, Parent-Child Communication and Sociodemographic Variables
• Secondhand Trauma: The Effective Essentials of Core-Focused Treatment for Every Member of the Family
• Harness the Hero Within! Write and Learn to Analyze Your Own Fairy Tale
• When Clients Face Ethical Dilemmas: What Therapists Can Offer
• Brainspotting Level 1
• Integrating the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation into Clinical Practice
• Introduction to Dissociation and the MID: Definitions and Foundations for Assessment
2022
• EMDR for Dissociation
• EMDR for CPTSD & Cognitive Interweaves
2021
• EMDR 2.0 – 2021
• EMDR Basic Training – 2021
2020
• CAMS-Care Foundational Course
Formal Education
Graduate Degree:
• MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling
University of West Alabama – 2019
Undergraduate Degree:
• BA Social & Criminal Justice
Ashford University – 2011
Mental Health Related Trainings, Pre-Graduate Degree
Pre-Graduate School Training & Experience:
• Mental Health First Aid for Professionals – 2018
• Youth Mental Health First Aid – 2017
• WSHNA Annual Conference & Training – 2017, 2015
• Crisis Negotiation Training – Level 2 – 2016
• Crisis Intervention Training – 2016
• Crisis Negotiation Training – Level 1 – 2015
Professional Memberships
• Association for Play Therapy – Member
• Alaska Association for Play Therapy – Member
• American Mental Health Counselor’s Association – Member
• American Mental Health Counselor’s Association – Alaska Chapter (founding in progress) – Steering Committee Chairperson
• The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) – Member
• Sandplay Therapists of America – Associate Member
