Play Therapy - Users and Commissioners of Play Therapy and Therapeutic Play

Play Therapy United Kingdom

Users & Commissioners of Play Therapy

Section Index

Helping Children

Conditions Where Play Therapy is Helpful

Indications for Play Therapy

The Play Continuum

Deciding What To Do

Assessing the Severity of a Problem

About Play Therapy

Axline Principles

Play Therapy Toolkit

Childrens' Conditions

Indications for Referral

How Well Play Therapy Works

Why Play Therapy Works

About Filial Play

As a Parent/Carer

As a School

As Another Organisation/Agency

Importance of Certification by PTUK

Finding a play therapist

This page helps you to find more detailed information as a parent/carer, a professional organisation or as an individual interested in working therapeutically with children.

As a parent, carer or someone who knows of a child who could benefit from play therapy or therapeutic play to improve emotional literacy or alleviate a behaviour or mental health problem. Accessing play therapy services.

As a professional organisation concerned with the care of children:

Understand the main therapeutic applications of play.

Use the PTUK Profession Structure Model (PSM) to help you to plan and manage the delivery of play therapy services based upon a competency framework.

Provide staff development through PTUK's Training Resources

Find out about the benefits of joining PTUK as a corporate member.

Discover the advisory services provided by PTUK.

As someone interested in acquiring therapeutic play and play therapy skills

Understand which children can benefit the main therapeutic applications of play.

Look at career development. possibilities.

Identify the competencies required as a practitioner and training opportunities.

Find out about the benefits of joining PTUK