The next 15-day Play Therapy training starts on 28 June!

I am delighted to invite you to the next intensive summer training in Play Therapy practical skills for working with children, which starts now on 28 June and runs until 12 July 2022.

What is Play Therapy training?
The basis of Play Therapy training is non-directive play and art therapy as a safe and effective form of therapy for children with emotional problems, developmental disorders or behavioural problems. Play Therapy utilises the primary activity of children aged 3-12 years, play. Through play, children naturally express themselves and their feelings. The Play Therapy approach addresses the child as a complete individual, including their emotional and social spheres, creativity, communication skills and self-care. Here, the therapist takes an active role as he or she empowers the child to express himself or herself through play by emotionally tuning in to the child. Play Therapy practitioners use a variety of therapeutic tools. During therapy, through unconditional acceptance, children are given the opportunity to exist and be themselves. Therapists use Play Therapy long-term and strategically to help children express what is problematic for them, especially when their clients do not have the verbal skills to express their thoughts and feelings. Play Therapy can also be used with adolescents and adults.
Theory or practice? The training is practical: 70% of the time is made up of exercises that allow you to experience the therapeutic process followed by the child, and show you how to communicate with your clients using the varied therapeutic tools of the 'Play Tool Kit' (sandplay, puppets, therapeutic stories, creative visualisation, movement, Lego, messy play).

For whom. The training programme is designed and aimed at professionals who have at least two years' experience of working with children and who simultaneously work as psychologists, psychotherapists, teachers, pre-school teachers, special educators, nurses, sociotherapists, social workers, workers in children's homes and foster care, workers in adoption agencies, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists.

The training programme aims to provide participants with:

• appropriate therapeutic intervention skills with children who have mild to moderate problems to alleviate mental, emotional and various behavioural disorders;
• qualifications in line with professional standards and competencies recognised by the Proffesional Standards Authority in the UK (www.playtherapyregister.org.uk);
• opportunities for personal development.

The programme content is based on the theory and practice of Carl Rogers' humanistic psychology, especially the work of Virginia Axline (author: Dibs in Search of Self) and Violet Oaklander. Trainees will be introduced to the work of John Bowlby, Margaret Lowenfeld, Donald Winnicott, Rachel Pinney, etc.

This training programme enables you to become a member of Play Therapy International - the world's largest organisation of Play Therapy therapists. Completion of the course leads to the Play Therapy - Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills.

The training in Polish will be conducted by Nina Ambroziak - PTI certified trainer, supervisor and Play Therapy therapist.

The course is accredited by Play Therapy International (PTI). A certificate of attendance and a certificate of completion is issued by Play Therapy International.

Full details of the training and an application form can be found here:
https://play-therapy.pl/training/