Child Centered Play Therapy
Intensive Course
Play Therapy Australia is looking at offering a Play Therapy Intensive Course in 2010! This course will offer participants the wonderful opportunity to immerse in the heart & practices of Child Centered Play Therapy & into the world of therapeutic work with children.
Some of the areas which would be covered in this intensive course include:
· The Heart & World of Non Directive Child Centered Play Therapy: the philosophy, principles and practices
· Setting up a playroom & special play areas: toys and materials to enhance self expression a & creativity
· The power of relationship: Developing a relationship of safety & trust with the child
· Ways of sensitively & empathically responding to children
· Individual Play Therapy & the application of Group Play Therapy responses in different settings with children
· Themes & Stages in the Play Therapy Process
· The ACT limit setting model and applications in different settings
· Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology and the possible impact of early trauma on the child's development
· Case studies
· Personal reflection processes & experiential activities & role play practices
· DVD material from leaders in the field of Child Centered Play Therapy, Humanistic Play Therapy & Pre & Perinatal Psychology
Please email info@playtherapyaustralia.com with expressions of interest for this course!
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Post Graduate Diploma of Play Therapy Course
The course meets the Psychotherapists & Counsellors Federation of Australia (PACFA) Post Graduate Pathway 2009 Training Standards when offered as a 2 year part time course
Play Therapy Australia is an Approved Training Provider with the world renowned international Play Therapy Association; the Association for Play Therapy in the USA: APT CE Provider 08-227
The Post Graduate Diploma of Play Therapy course is currently being held in Melbourne & course participants enter their second year of training in 2010. Due to some new developments with the Play Therapy Australia training, a new intake for this course will not be taken in 2010/2011.
The Post Graduate Diploma of Play Therapy course is a part time Play Therapy clinical training program and involves Play Therapy Practice & Clinical Supervision. The orientation of the course is in humanistic non directive Child Centered Play Therapy. Child Centered Play Therapy is a beautiful & respectful way of working therapeutically with children & can be used with children from 2-1o years old. The Post Graduate Diploma of Play Therapy course is offered in intensive block training modules to make it possible for those living in other Australian States, country areas of Australia and other countries, to participate in this course.
On the Play Therapy Australia Supervision Faculty, there are excellent clinical supervisors and these include some of the leaders in the field of Child Centered Play Therapy, both in Australia and in the USA; providing a deeply enriching professional development & Play Therapy clinical supervision experience.
To download a general overview of the Post Graduate Diploma of Play Therapy course, please click on the following link:
Download the Post Graduate Diploma of Play Therapy Course Information
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About Becoming a Play Therapist
In Australia there is not yet a national registration process for Play Therapists. Play Therapy Australia recommends that if you are interested in specializing in Play Therapy as a form of counseling or psychotherapy for children, that you have or gain, a recognized qualification in a mental health field such as counseling , psychology (to be able to register as a psychologist), social work, art therapy, creative arts therapies, mental health nursing and complete a specialized Post Graduate level training program in Play Therapy that includes supervised Play Therapy clinical practice. An alternative pathway is to complete extensive Play Therapy training that is of a high standard & to engage with a highly experienced and well qualified Play Therapy clinical supervisor to support the development & deepening of your skills & knowledge as a Play Therapist. Play Therapy Australia promotes personal therapy as an integral & essential part of the process of training for all Play Therapists.
Please go to: www.psychotherapy.com.au for details of a range of training programs in counseling related fields in Australia. You may also like to visit: www.a4pt.org to look at the requirements for the Association for Play Therapy, USA for Registration as a Play Therapist. There is a pathway with Play Therapy Australia for those with a Masters degree in a mental health field, to work towards becoming a Registered Play Therapist with the internationally renowned Association for Play Therapy.
For those interested in Hospital Play Therapy, please contact one of the large Children’s Hospitals where there is a Play Therapy Department to get information about training requirements for Hospital Play Therapists.
