Carol A. Brennan, Ph.D.

Dr. Brennan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who has been practicing professionally in Albuquerque for more than 15 years. She is a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor through the National and International Association for Play Therapy and is a frequent presenter at the local, state and national levels. She is Past President and Past Secretary of the New Mexico Association for Play Therapy.

Dr. Brennan is a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor through the national/international Association for Play Therapy. She provides training, consultation and supervision in play therapy to individuals and groups. In addition to her outpatient practice Dr. Brennan works with children in a variety of treatment settings.

Dr. Brennan presented "Attachment - Addressing the Mind-Body Connection" at the annual conference of ATTACh (Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children) in Costa Mesa, California on October 16-19, 2002. The theme of the conference was "Sharpening the Focus on Attachment". Co-presenters were Hope Hoffman, M.A., Licensed Occupational Therapist and Staci Clark, M.A., CCC-SLP.

On April 1, 2005, Dr. Brennan presented "Introduction to Play Therapy", a half-day presentation at Colorado Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference in Denver, CO.

On October 2, 2005, Dr. Brennan gave a 1/2 day presentation titled "The Play Therapist Defendant: Surviving a Lawsuit" at the 22nd annual conference of the Nat'l/Int'l Association for Play Therapy (APT) in Nashville, TN