School of Play and Creative Therapies

School of Play and Creative Therapies Manifesto
Did you know!!
💡 We are a therapeutic training organisation run by clinicians
💡 We are an organisation that focuses on Teaching, Training and Transforming
💡 We are an organnisation that has kindness at its heart
💡 We are an organisation that wants to create a community of like minded people
💡 We are contantly updating our experience with new initiatives alongside current established theories
💡 We are an organisation that values independent professional accreditation for our courses

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Massive thank you to everyone who came along to this months 'Elevenses and Chat' this morning! There were some great discussions around this weeks topic 'when is a play therapist not a play therapist'.

These free, informal chats provide a space to discuss different topics with a focus on mental health, well-being and building a therapeutic community. All are welcome!

If you'd be interested in joining us next month, sign up to our newsletter to hear when its happening, or give us a message!

Two weeks to go…….. One Small Step in to the World of Private Practice
After training what is next? Working for an organsiation or for yourself, do you feel equipped with the knowledge to prepare for independence? Are you feeling overwhelmed with your to-do list? or are you not sure what needs to be done and in what order!

Jill has worked in Private Practice for many years and understands the complex process required to develop and own your business.

During this online event, Jill will eloquently demistify the complexities of setting up and working in private practice. This course is full of helpful information and practical advice to enable you to develop your business and plan for success.

Participants will be able to take away templates of contracts and seven essential policies relevant to their business practice after the training.

More information about the course can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/one-small-step-forward-into-your-world-of-private-practice/

The Once Upon Trilogy is going online! 🖱
We have listened to the feedback from the taster sessions. There were a number of requests to put this training online. As a result we can announce that the following dates have been changed.

Once Upon a Metaphor will be an online course on the 20th July from 9.00 - 4.30. Cost £88.
Once Upon an Anti-hero will be an online course on the 5th October 9.00 - 4.30. Cost £88
Once Upon an Archetype will be an online course on the 11th January 9.00 - 4.30. Cost £88

Each day is a standalone day. They will be continually rolled out through the months.
There will be face to face options in the near future. If you are interested in hosting this in your area please let us know. [email protected]

Hi to all our friends who are celebrating Pride Month 🌈

Join us for our Elevenses coffee and chat on 14 June 2024 to have open and constructive conversation about the reality of therapeutic working. ☕🫖

The topic requested by one of our community members for discussion this month will be “When is a play therapist not a play therapist?”

If you are curious about different peoples views on the differing levels of directive work, or the extent of our therapeutic tool kit being offered. Once qualified therapists often undertake further training integrating different models of therapy into their work with clients, at what point does play therapy stop being play therapy and move into a different modality of therapy.

If you have topics you would like to offer for discussion please get in touch via our website: www.schoolofpact.com/contact

CPD Event: One small step in to the world of private practice

Jill has worked in Private Practice for many years and understands the complex process required to develop and own your own business.

During this online event, Jill will eloquently demistify the complexities of setting up and working in private practice. This course is full of helpful information and practical advice to enable you to develop your business and plan for success.

Participants will be able to take away templates of contracts and seven essential policies relevant to their business practice after the training.

More information about the course can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/one-small-step-forward-into-your-world-of-private-practice/

Are you part of a group of therapists or cousellors group who are interested in a day of CPD? If so, check out our website http://schoolofpact.com and contact us to discuss.

We can deliver face to face or online CPD events at low cost.

We have limited seats available for this course so be sure to secure yours now!

Robert Grant, creator of AutPlay Therapy, joins us live in Bedford. AutPlay Therapy is a neurodiversity affirming framework for implementing play therapy to address the mental health needs of neurodivergent children, and their families.

During this training Robert will share his wealth of knowledge and experience of neurodiversity and how AutPlay Therapy can be encompassed within your therapeutic toolkit, deepening your work with neurodiverse children and their parents.

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NEW CPD EVENT 💡 7-8th September 2024 📅 Limited Spaces - book yours now

Web therapy takes you through a system that will empower you to work with clients, parents, family, schools and professionals that surround a traumatised child.
We will explore trauma and behaviour. We will discover how to enable the family to work with and support the child. We will learn assessment tools to use with schools, family and therapy. This course will empower you to liaise with teaching staff and create an environment for change within the school and much more

This two day course can enhance your practice and lead to specialisation in trauma recovery.

Book now: https://schoolofpact.com/courses/web-therapy-full-course/

New Course: Considering our Clients Through Creative Expression of Art and Masks

Art and masks are a powerful combination of creative expression, enabling image and metaphor to emerge from the unconscious. This hands-on course offers you the opportunity to explore the therapeutic benefits of using art and creative expression to gain a deeper insight into our clinical work.

Come and visit the beautiful Village of Eastry in Kent on 18/01/2025 to complete this wonderful day of creative expression with Eileen.

Take advantage of the Early Bird fee £85.00 by booking your place before 01/10/2024, after this date the full rate of £98.00 will apply. Full details of this one day experiential course can be found at http://schoolofpact.com

The effectiveness of art therapy has been debated over the years, but the most current research points to it having many potential benefits for mental and physical health. The following article explores the Effectiveness of Art Therapy: The role of Art Therapy for Mental Health which can be found at http://www.betterhealth.com/advice/therapy/effectiveness-of-art-therapy-the-role-of-art-therapy-for-mental-health/

Join Eileen in Kent on 21/09/2024 for a hands-on day of working with clay underpinned by theoretical learning.

Clay is a very powerful malleable resource within therapy and counselling which can bring about a transformative effect within the psyche. Working with Clay offers non-verbal channels for self-expression and self awareness through the tactile sensory experience of being with clay. Eileen undertook research offering clay to children who presented with Oppositional Defiant Behaviours, the outcome of engaging with clay for each child was phenomenal.

School of Play and Creative Therapies Community News

Join us for Elevenses on 14 June 2024 to have open and constructive conversations about the reality of therapeutic working.

Our topic requested for discussion this month will be “When is a play therapist not a play therapist?”

In our last meeting one of our attendees was curious about different peoples views on the differing levels of directive work, or the extent of our therapeutic tool kit being offered. As different models of therapy offer new ways of working with clients at what point does play therapy stop being play therapy and move into a different modality of therapy.

If you have topics you would like to offer for discussion please visit our website and complete a contact form http://schoolofpact.com

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Limited spaces left on our Autplay Therapy training weekend.

Robert Grant, creator of AutPlay Therapy, joins us live in Bedford.

AutPlay Therapy is a neurodiversity affirming framework for implementing play therapy to address the mental health needs of neurodivergent children, and their families.

During this training Robert will share his wealth of knowledge and experience of neurodiversity and how AutPlay Therapy can be encompassed within your therapeutic toolkit, deepening your work with neurodiverse children and their parents.

Book now through our website to secure your place on this training weekend in July.

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What are your thoughts?

A big thank you to everyone who came along to our Web Therapy Taster session - it was great to see so many of you and we are always so grateful for your feedback.

Don't forget to book onto our full Web Therapy training course:
https://schoolofpact.com/courses/web-therapy-full-course/

Online CPD event: One small step in to the world of private practice

Jill has worked in Private Practice for many years and understands the complex process required to develop and own your own business.

During this online event, Jill will eloquently demistify the complexities of setting up and working in private practice. This course is full of helpful information and practical advice to enable you to develop your business and plan for success. Participants will be able to take away templates of contracts and seven essential policies relevant to their business practice after the training.

More information about the course can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/one-small-step-forward-into-your-world-of-private-practice/

Songs can bring powerful messages to us.

I remember undertaking outreach visits to children and their parents, hearing their personal stories and how they hoped life would be different for their children, the “Greatest Love of All” by Whitney Houston began to play on the radio. As I listened to the words
“I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give then a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be”

I was struck by how poignant these words were!

What song lyrics resonate with you and why? 🎙🎼🎤🎷

The Anti-Hero. The complex character. The Hero who is capable of…? Where does the light and the shadow meet?
Join us and explore your own origin story. The stories that do not make us victims, they make us thrivers or survivors. We will POW! SMASH! And ZAP our way to exploring the virtues of Justice, Courage, Wisdom and Transcendence! Discover your own super hero or villain or both

Join us in Bristol for this CPD Training day - part 3 of the Once Upon a Trilogy. Limited spaces available so book yours now through our website: www.schoolofpact.com

Metaphor is the safest and most comforting agent of change. We will adventure into the realms of fables and morality plays, listen to the wisdom of stuffed bears and small donkeys. Travel back in time to find the remarkable origins of metaphor and spring back to apply it to our real world experience.

Join us in Bristol for this CPD Training day - part 2 of the Once Upon a Trilogy. Limited spaces available so book yours now through our website: www.schoolofpact.com

Walk through the woods with wolves and bears. Giants will hunt us and the Prince will rescue the maidens (or the other way arround) How can we find the resources and resilience to defeat even the most ugly of characters.
Come and discover how the ancient stories touch our hearts, souls and psyche and why the Witch must die…

Join us in Bristol for this CPD Training day - limited spaces available so book yours now through our website: www.schoolofpact.com

Feedback! ☀
We're thrilled by the feedback we received from everyone who came along to Eileen's CPD course in April - 'Clinical Assessments through a Systemic Lens'.

Let us know in the comments if you have any ideas for future CPD courses - we'd love to hear from you!

One small step in to the world of private practice
Join us to demistify the complexities of setting up and working in private practice. This course is full of helpful information and practical advice to enable you to develop your business and plan for success.

ONLINE
29/06/2024
9:00 am- 4:00 pm
6 CPD Points

More information about the course can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/one-small-step-forward-into-your-world-of-private-practice/

What you thought!
Thanks to everyone who came along to Dan Hughes' training event in march - it was great to see so many of you and we are glad you seemed to enjoy it as much as we did! Here is some of the feedback we had from the day.

Come and join Eileen to Explore the Therapeutic Benefits of Clay to Develop Resilience.

Clay is a powerful resource within therapy, during this workshop we will explore the benefits of clay and how clay can support our client's self-expression and healing.
This workshop offers theoretical and experiential learning using the media of clay.

Info about the day:
21/09/2024
9am-4pm
In-person: Eastry Village hall, High Street Eastry, CT13 0HE
6 CPD Points
£85 Early Bird Price! (this discounted rate is available until 01/7/24. The course will be £98 after this date)

Working with looked after children and potential placement breakdown 💡

When a placement breaks down it is yet another confirmation to the child that they are not lovable. For the child it is another rejection upon many rejections. It is proof that once more adults have seen fit to discard them.

In the toxic world of an abused child this makes sense as they firmly believe that they are not lovable and they invoke strategies that will help confirm this inner belief.
Web therapy investigates the back to front thinking of the traumatised child and breaks down the behaviours that lead to the breakdown of the foster/adopted/kinship placements.

We will explore ways that parents, schools and other professionals can counter the behavioural strategies that the children employ.

Web therapy is not a one size fits all model. You can take elements of it and apply the training to many of the children you work with. From children that have experienced traumatic events, right through to complex trauma and placement breakdowns

Over two days we will cover:
Trauma
Secondary trauma
How trauma affects attachment.
Issues around control, shame, dissociation, peer relationships.
How to spot attachment difficulties and how to work with those difficulties.
How trauma affect brain development
Bring multiple models together and show how they dovetail together
Back to front thinking.
Collaborative assessments (Home, School, Therapy)
Trauma recovery models.
Working with family, schools and other professionals.
Incorporating a web of support around the child.

07/09/2024 - 08/09/2024
9am-4pm
Online

If you would like to engage with the two day online training, visit our website: www.schoolofpact.com and book your place.