Continuing Professional Growth.
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Degrees
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Licensure
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Certifications
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Projects
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Publications
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Teaching Experience
Degrees
Social Work
Doctor of Social Work (DSW), University of Kentucky
Expected May 2026
Master of Social Work (Clinical Social Work), Florida State University
2005
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), University of West Florida
1999
Licensure
Clinical Experience
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) & Qualified Supervisor
Florida (License #8963)
Maryland (License #26629)
Previously licensed in Tennessee and Hawaii (licenses not currently active).
Certifications
Specializations
- Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor (RPT-S)
- EMDRIA Approved Consultant in EMDR
- Certified Journal to the Self® Instructor
- Gottman Method Couples Therapist (Level 2 Trained)
- NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP #6928)
Projects
Current & Past Collaborations
- The Business of Therapy with Lisa Dion
- The Play Therapy Great Migration Conference in Nairobi, Kenya with the Association for Play Therapy-Kenya (APTK) and Dr. Janet Courtney
- Anchoring in the Storm- A Play Therapy Retreat in San Diego, CA
- Pilina in the Playroom - A Play Therapy Retreat in Honolulu, HI
- 2017 Play Therapy Summit
Publications
Edited Book Chapters
- Taylor, J., Conklin, B., & Courtney, J. A. (2022). Using Nature-Based Interventions in Family Play Therapy. In Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies (1st ed., pp. 181–191). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003152767-19
- Taylor, J., Grant, R. J., Mellenthin, C., & Stone, J. (2022). Play Therapy Group Supervision. In Implementing Play Therapy with Groups (1st ed., pp. 231–241). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003094531-18
- Taylor, J. (2019). Cooperative games. In J. Stone & C. E. Schaefer (Eds.), Game Play: Therapeutic use of games with children and adolescents (3rd ed.,). Routledge.
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor:
- University of West Florida (2013-2015)
- The University of Memphis (2014-2023)
State and National Conferences:
- National Association of Poetry Therapy, 2024
- Maryland National Association of Social Workers, 2024
- Maryland Tuerk Conference, 2024
- Expressive Therapies Summit, 2023
- Tennessee Association for Play Therapy, 2023
- North Carolina Association for Play Therapy, 2020
- Hawaii Association for Play Therapy, 2018
- The Association for Successful Parenting, 2015
- Connecting for Children's Social Justice, 2015
- National Foster Family Based Treatment Association, 2011
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Conference, 2007