For Professionals
Professional Speaking, Play Therapy Training, and Staff Development with Jasmine Berger
Engaging presentations, workshops, and keynote talks on play therapy, child development, attachment, self-care, and supporting children and families.
You chose this work because you care deeply about children and families. Yet many professionals receive little training on how to actually build connection, support regulation, or sustain themselves in emotionally demanding roles.
That’s where Jasmine comes in. Schedule a consultation with Jasmine Berger, LCSW, RPT-S founder of Bud to Bloom Play Therapy, for case consultation, learning more about working with children or integrating play therapy techniques into your practice, or becoming a play therapist.
Is your organization looking to learn more about childhood mental health or play therapy?
Jasmine Berger provides professional speaking, staff development, conference presentations, and interactive workshops for schools, mental health organizations, universities, and community groups throughout St. Louis and beyond. Every presentation combines practical strategies, current research, and the power of play to create learning experiences people actually remember.
Whether you’re planning a conference, professional development day, staff retreat, or team training, Jasmine partners with you to create an experience that meets the unique needs of your audience.
At Bud to Bloom, we believe helping professionals grow ultimately helps more children thrive.
Why does play belong in professional development?
Most adults learn the same way children do: through connection, engagement, and meaningful experiences.
Play isn’t just a tool for therapy. It’s a powerful tool for learning across the lifespan.
Jasmine integrates playful experiences throughout her presentation to increase participation, improve retention, and create opportunities for authentic reflection. Participants leave with practical skills they can use immediately, but they also leave feeling energized, connected, and inspired.
Learning that’s engaging sticks!
Where has Jasmine Berger presented?
Her professional speaking engagements include:
Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Conference
Professional development trainings for educators and school staff
Workshops for mental health professionals and community organizations
Jasmine has extensive experience with presenting for diverse audiences:
School districts and educational organizations
School mental health teams
Therapists and helping professionals
Universities and graduate programs
Community organizations
Professional conferences
Whether speaking to a room of ten people or several hundred, Jasmine creates interactive experiences that blend expertise with genuine connection.
What topics can Jasmine speak on?
Every training can be customized to fit your audience, goals, and setting.
Play Therapy Topics
Attachment-Based Play Therapy
School-Based Play Therapy
Using Play Therapy to Address Childhood Trauma
Play Therapy with Foster and Adoptive Youth
Supporting Children Through Divorce
Caregiver and Professional Wellness Topics
Playful Self Care: Using Play to Prevent Burnout and Reduce Stress
Playful Synergy: Building Team Spirit Through Fun and Connection
School and Classroom Topics
Connected Classrooms: Using Play To Strengthen Student-Teacher Relationships
Connective Interventions for the Classroom
Big Behaviors and Regulation Through Play
Limit Setting in the Classroom
Playful Ways to Support Regulation
Childhood Trauma and Mental Health
Have another topic in mind? Jasmine regularly develops customized presentations based on the needs of schools, agencies, and organizations.
What makes Bud to Bloom trainings different?
There are plenty of presentations that provide information. Our goal is transformation.
As specialists in children, families, attachment, trauma, and play therapy, we bring deep expertise to every training. As an APT-approved provider, we’re committed to helping play therapists and other professionals strengthen their skills and confidence.
But expertise alone isn’t enough. We believe learning happens through relationships.
That means we take time to understand your team’s challenges, strengths, and goals before developing a training. We tailor every presentation to your audience rather than delivering a one-size-fits-all workshop.
We’re partners in this with you!
What are playful process groups for staff?
Helping professionals spend much of their time supporting others. Few get opportunities to process their own experiences.
Jasmine Berger facilitates playful process groups that help teams reflect, reconnect, and recharge. These sessions use creativity, play, and guided reflection to help staff explore workplace challenges while strengthening relationships with themselves and one another.
Participants often use these experiences to:
Process difficult workplace situations
Explore compassion fatigue and burnout
Reconnect with personal and professional values
Strengthen team relationships
Build resilience through creativity and connection
Rediscover the reasons they entered helping professions
These sessions can be especially meaningful for therapists, educators, social workers, school mental health teams, and nonprofit professionals.
How can playful self-care help prevent burnout?
Despite how it often feels, burnout isn’t a personal failure. Rather, it’s the result of carrying too much for too long.
Many professionals know they need self-care but struggle to find approaches that actually feel restorative. Playful self-care invites adults to reconnect with the curiosity, creativity, joy, and imagination of their inner child. Through interactive activities and reflection, participants explore practical ways to integrate play into everyday life and professional practice.
These workshops help teams reduce stress, strengthen connection, and create sustainable habits that support long-term wellbeing.
Caring for yourself and your team is a part of caring for others.
These sessions can be especially meaningful for therapists, educators, social workers, school mental health teams, and nonprofit professionals.
Why work with Bud to Bloom?
At Bud to Bloom, we specialize exclusively in children and families. Our team of child and family therapists in St. Louis continuously invests in advanced training in play therapy, trauma, attachment, and child development so we can better support both families and fellow professionals.
We are deeply rooted in the St. Louis community while collaborating with professionals across the country. We believe the strongest outcomes happen when clinicians, educators, caregivers, and community organizations work together.
Most importantly, we are committed to creating inclusive learning spaces where every participant feels welcomed, respected, and valued.
No matter your role, experience level, or background, you deserve professional development opportunities that meet you where you are and help you grow.
Ready to bring Jasmine to your organization?
Whether you’re planning a conference keynote, professional development day, staff retreat, wellness event, or customized workshop, we’d love to collaborate.
Let’s create a training experience that helps your team learn, connect, and grow together.
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