Play Therapy
Intensive Training Program
2011
New Child Centered Play Therapy 1 Year Part Time Training Program starting in 2011!
Applications are accepted for this course after completion of The Heart and Practice of Child Centered Play Therapy workshop, the first 5 day workshop of the 10 Day Play Therapy Intensive Course. The 10 Day Play Therapy Intensive Course is a prerequisite for entry into the Play Therapy Training Program. The course will be offered in intensive blocks of 5 days and involves 150 hours of Play Therapy training. This innovative, creative and highly professional Play Therapy training program involves some of the leaders in the field of Child Centered Play Therapy in Australia and America.
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Play Therapy 10 Day Intensive Course:
Heartful Practice in Working Therapeutically with Children
An exciting new course being offered for the first time in
Perth, Western Australia in 2010!
Play Therapy Australia is presenting a Play Therapy 10 day Intensive Course in 2010. This course will provide a unique opportunity to immerse in the world of Child Centered Play Therapy in a beautiful and inspiring location overlooking the Indian Ocean! Develop Humanistic Play Therapy skills and practices that will deepen and enrich your work with children and take it to new levels.
This course is offered in 2 intensive blocks of 5 days at the Cottesloe Surf Club, Cottesloe Beach.
Workshop 1: Wednesday to Sunday 21 – 25 July 2010
Workshop 2: Wednesday to Sunday 15-19 September 2010
(Workshop 1 of this course is also being offered as a standalone workshop)
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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
For full course information and registration details, please click on the following link:
Download Play Therapy 10 Day Course & Workshop Info
Please email info@playtherapyaustralia.com if you have questions about the course.
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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.
