Play Therapy Diploma in Play Therapy Course
Successful completion of the course and the required clinical hours leads to PTI certification as a Play Therapist.
www.playtherapyregister.org.uk
This course has been clinically accredited by PTUK and PTI.
It is also validated at venues in the UK for academic
standards by the Leeds Beckett (formerly Leeds Metropolitan) University as part
of the MA in Practice based Play Therapy programme run in a collaborative
partnership with APAC. At venues in the
Republic of Ireland it is validated by and run in a partnership with the
National University of Ireland.
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Diploma in Play Therapy
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The post graduate course is designed for those that have completed a PTUK/PTI accredited
Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills course. Participants may come from any background such as:
- Counsellors
- Psychotherapists
- Clinical Psychologists
- Primary School
Teachers/Assistants
- Nurses
- Nursery School
Teachers/Assistants
- Social Workers
- Play School Teachers/Assistants
- Care Home Staff
- Adoption/Foster Agency Workers
The course is at stage 2 of the Four
Stage Training Model
The course has been designed to:
- Enhance your career/professional
skills
- Become registered as a Certified Play Therapist on the Register of Play and Creative
Arts Therapists, accredited by the Professional Standards Authority
- Increase your satisfaction in
working with children
- Give you the skills to help
children develop their emotional literacy
- Give you the skills to alleviate
behaviour and mental health problems
- Assist your own personal
development
- Provide you with the Profession Structure Model
competencies defined by PTUK to work with
individual children who have slight to moderate problems
The
Diploma course is the second part of a programme leading to an MA in
Practise Based Play Therapy. It is at stage 3 of the
PTUK four stage training model
AN ENLIGHTENED APPROACH TO COPING WITH CHILDREN’S
DIFFICULTIES
The course is unique in integrating both non directive and
directive approaches to play therapy. The programme content is based upon the
theory and practice of humanistic psychology, particularly that of Virginia
Axline ("Dibs In Search of Self"), and Carl Rogers and the gestalt
play therapy approach of Violet Oaklander.
It recognises contributions made by others in the 20th century such as
John Bowlby, Margaret Lowenfeld, Donald Winnicott, Rachel Pinney etc. It also
places importance on the spiritual aspect of human development. Opportunities
for meditation and all forms of creativity will enrich the contents of the
course.
The course is
experiential in nature and will be specifically rooted in non- directive play
therapy.
AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO PLAY THERAPY - Children and their
environment
As
in the Certificate course material for the Diploma builds upon the theory and
practice of humanistic psychology, particularly that of Virginia Axline (Dibs
In Search of Self) and Carl Rogers and gestalt play therapy developed by Violet
Oaklander. It recognises contributions made by others in the early 1900s, such
as John Bowlby, Margaret Lowenfeld, Donald Winnicott, Rachel Pinney etc. It
extends to a deeper understanding of the unconscious processes in relation to
the child’s development based upon Freud, Jung, Graff, Fairburn Hillman, Moore
and Jacobson. It also places importance on the spiritual aspect of human
development. Opportunities for many forms of creativity will enrich the
contents of the course.
You
will be exploring ways of integrating the child as the centre of a social
system, which includes schools, families, and team of support.
The
main items in the Play Therapy Tool-Kit covered in the Certificate in Therapeutic
Play Skills are re-visited at a greater level of competence and converted into
skills to be used with therapeutic groups. You will also learn how to deal with
more difficult problems and using the PDM as an assessment tool.
The overall purpose is to enable participants to practice
safely and effectively using therapeutic play skills in a variety of settings
to provide emotional support to children for slight to severe problems. Upon successful completion of the course
each participant will have
gained:
- The competencies to work with all children
(individual and group) of with all problems where Play therapy is suitable and
with children and young people with mild to severe problems
- To make assessments incorporating the PDM
- A sound understanding of the principles underlying
play therapy and the appropriate use of techniques
- The competencies required for running play therapy
sessions with groups of children as well as individuals
- An ability to assess children's needs and set up a
play therapy services unit
- An ability to make decisions taking into account
the ethical issues concerning all parties involved
- Increased confidence in using play therapy with
children and adolescents and communications with referrers, parents and
guardians
- The counselling, therapeutic and practical skills
to carry out effective play therapy
- Awareness of your own process and development
- A comprehensive theoretical knowledge of child
development and child psychology
- An ability to use the taught play therapy skills as
assessment tools
- The ability to use a full play therapy tool-kit
- A basic understanding of play therapy research
issues and methods
Module Descriptions - Modules 1 -
5 form the Certificate in
Therapeutic Skills course
(The
sequence and content may vary slightly from course to course)
Module
6 - Introduction to Working with Groups; Developing Metaphors for Group
Working; Introduction to Research Methods. Developing Expressive Arts Skills -
1 - Dance and Movement for Groups; Assessment; Special cases: Autism,
Mental/Physical disability
Module
7 - Developing Expressive Arts Skills 2 - Music Working With Parents/Teachers,
Assessments through observation using video case studies Special cases:
adopted, fostered
Module
8 - Developing Theatre Form Skills -Therapeutic Story Telling; EPR; Assessment
methods; Special cases: Loss/Bereavement, Separation
Module
9 - Developing Symbolic Play Skills; Sand Play - Advanced Skills; Working with
Metaphors; Endings, Special cases: Physically and sexually abused - children
who have experienced trauma
Module
10 - Developing Expressive Arts Skills - 3 Art in child development; Special
cases working with Terminally Ill and or abuse; Court Work; Student
presentation
The
course is divided into 5 modules some of which will gain a CPD certificate in
its own right for the skills learnt as above.
Participants
will learn through working with other members of the course about the roles and
responsibilities of the therapeutic relationship. There will be tutorials on
theory but formal teaching and lecturing will be kept to an essential minimum.
Learning
will be experiential and collaborative using pair, group work, role-play and
case presentations. Homework reading and other assignments will provide new
information and consolidation of material from the experiential work
encountered within the weekends. Assignments will be subject of group
discussions the following weekend.
It is essential that participants
are working with children whilst the course is in progress. 100
supervised hours need to be completed before the Diploma can be awarded.
Group clinical supervision of this work is a primary learning method. The
situations and problems that you encounter in real life outside the classroom
together with their solutions are an essential part of the learning process.
15 days consisting of 5 x 3 day modules (Fridays, Saturdays,
Sundays)
The Post Graduate
Diploma in Play Therapy will be awarded, with 60 'M' points, on the
basis of:
- Two written case studies, covering the work with a child
for at least 1 year and showing a clear integration of theory and practice
- Completion of an individual practical therapeutic
project, designed and documented by the participant
- Continuous evaluation of course work contributions
and ability to work with group dynamics
- Post training presentation
- Evidence of a further 100 hrs supervised hours of
working with children using play therapy
- Completion an essay of about 3000 words
- Evidence of regular play therapy supervision
- Satisfactory attendance on the course
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Leeds Beckett (formerly Leeds Metropolitan) University are
marked LBU
Venues in Ireland validated by National University of Ireland (NUI)
Galway and marked NUI
East England
Buckden Towers LBU Buckden Towers,
High Street, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5TA
Cambridge Belfry LBU Back Lane, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6BW
South East England
Beaumont
Estate LBU
Burfield Road, Old Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2JJ
Salomons Estate LBU
Broomhill Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TG
The Union Jack Club LBU Sandell
Street, Waterloo, London, SE1 8UJ
ETC Venue LBU Drummond
Gate, Pimlico, London SW1V 2QQ
West
Midlands
The
Beeches LBU
Bournville, West Midlands, B30 1LS
West of England and Wales
Engineers House LBU
The Promenade, Clifton Down, Bristol, BS8 3NB
Epiphany
House LBU
Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3DR
North of England
Pinewood on Wilmslow LBU
Wilmslow Rd, Handforth, Wilmslow, Manchester, SK9 3LF
The Northern
College LBU
Wentworth Castle, Barnsley, S75 3ET
Mollington Banastre LBU Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 6NN
Slaley Hall LBU Coal
Road, Hexham, NE47 0BX
Scotland
Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel LBU
Beardmore Street, Glasgow, G81 4SA
Rosebery House LBU 9 Haymarket
Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5EZ
Northern Ireland
Clotworthy Arts Centre LBU Antrim Castle Gardens, Randalstown Road, Antrim, BT41 4LH
Ireland
National University of Ireland Gallway NUI
University Road, Galway, Ireland
Ennismore Retreat Centre NUI
Cork, Ireland
Marino
Conference Centre NUI
Dublin, Ireland
For Garda vetting please contact bbkells@gmail.com
France
La
Mouline LBU
St Genest de Contest, Tarn, Midi
Pyrenees, France
and other locations upon request
Selected from APAC's faculty.
www.apac.org.uk
UK Courses - £3250 plus University Registration fee - £370
Irish Courses - €3950 including University Registration fee
The additional registration fee shown above is to register
with the University for this course as a part of the MA in Practise Based Play
Therapy programme. There will be additional University registration fees if you
subsequently proceed to the Diploma and MA stages.
You can pay online at Play
Therapy Shop
Bed and breakfast accommodation is
available on site at Marino Conference Centre, Buckden Towers, Salomons
and Wentworth Castle.
There is nearby attractive
accommodation.
| Diploma Course Location | 1st Block | 2nd Block | 3rd Block | 4th Block | 5th Block |
| Clotworthy House, Antrim Castle Gardens, Antrim | 31-01-20 | 03-04-20 | 15-05-20 | 11-09-20 | 16-10-20 |
| Greece | 07-02-20 | 20-03-20 | 08-05-20 | 11-09-20 | 23-10-20 |
| The Beeches, Bournville, Birmingham | 02-10-20 | 11-12-20 | 26-02-21 | 23-04-21 | 25-06-21 |
| The Engineers' House, Clifton Down, Bristol | 01-05-20 | 03-07-20 | 11-09-20 | 13-11-20 | 15-01-21 |
| Marino Conference Centre, Dublin | 17-01-20 | 20-03-20 | 15-05-20 | 10-07-20 | 11-09-20 |
| etc. Venues, Drummond Gate, Pimlico | 01-05-20 | 26-06-20 | 02-10-20 | 04-12-20 | 29-01-21 |
| Pinewood-on-Wilmslow, Handforth, Manchester | 24-01-20 | 27-03-20 | 15-05-20 | 18-09-20 | 16-10-20 |
| The Salomons Estate, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | 24-01-20 | 20-03-20 | 08-05-20 | 26-06-20 | 04-09-20 |
| Beaumont Estate, Old Windsor | 28-02-20 | 08-05-20 | 03-07-20 | 18-09-20 | 06-11-20 |
Dates are correct at
the time of publishing but maybe subject to change so please check with the
office on 01825 761143 before booking