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Training Programmes

"Following from the long-standing and dramatically increasing research base of child-centered play therapy (CCPT), and within a world-wide proliferation of CCPT training programs, Judi and Megan’s ChildPlayWorks (CPW) training programme is exemplary. Each trainee receives an educational foundation of the theory and principles that drive the specific skills of CCPT. Each trainee is carefully monitored and supported to ensure excellence in personal and skill development. Judi and Megan are driven to high standards by a deep caring for the needs of children in therapy and the need for therapeutic excellence for them. We are proud to partner with them and to endorse CPW."
Jeff L. Cochran, Ph.D., NCC, LMHC and Nancy H. Cochran, MA, CAS, LMHC

ChildPlayWorks provides comprehensive, quality New Zealand based training in the specialised modality of Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT). The ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme is comprised of 3 Stages and can be completed within 3 years. ChildPlayWorks trainers regularly practice in their own playroom with children and solid, ongoing support is given to all students throughout their training.

The training programme includes four 5-day face-to-face training workshop intensives as well as an online component in Stage 3.  The intensives provide concentrated immersion in the development of the 'why' of CCPT, as well as of the 'how' in guided, consolidated CCPT skill development. The number of focused learning hours and the experience of the fully supportive environment of each 5-day intensive, provides an invaluable learning experience for each trainee.

The training pathway is tailored for the individual and is dependant on their base qualification. 

ChildPlayWorks also provides professional development workshops which are of interest to all those who work with children.

ChildPlayWorks NZ Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme

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CHILDPLAYWORKS FAQ

 

Stage 1

Introductory

The Wonderful World of Child-Centered Play Therapy (5-day workshop intensive)

This is also a standalone, professional development workshop and does not require pre-approval for entry into the full play therapy training programme. Applications for the full training programme may be submitted either before or after this foundational workshop.

Stage 2

Readiness for practice

Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5-day workshop intensive) 

This 5-day workshop includes a 1-day professional development workshop The Effects of Trauma on Children's Attachment Relationships with Dr Wendy Kelly (Clinical Psychologist). Applications to begin supervised practice are able to be submitted after completion of this workshop.  

Establishing and consolidating practice

Issues in Clinical Practice (5-day workshop intensive)

This 5-day workshop includes a 1-day professional development workshop AEAI: Adult Exploration of Attachment Interview with Heather Chambers (Consultant Child Psychotherapist). 

All training components of Stages 1&2 are able to be completed in a single year.

Stage 3

Advanced Practice (1-2 years)

Clinical Practice and Individual Research (5-day workshop intensive)

Included in this workshop are individual presentations of research (non-academic) in an area of interest in the field of CCPT.  

The Emergent Child-Centered Play Therapist (online/long distance) 

Successful completion of Stage 3 sees the completion of all clinical and supervised practice components of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme. A ChildPlayWorks Post Graduate Certificate in Child-Centered Play Therapy is awarded to successful graduates.

To complement our clinical training programme in Stage 3, we are privileged to host Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran as they present a series of distance training presentations in the field of CCPT. Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts

Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).

See downloadable brochure with basic training information. For more detailed information please Contact Us.

People can apply for entry into our training programme who hold a recognised qualification (or be a student in final year of training) and hold membership of a Professional Body* including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Counselling

  • Social Work

  • Psychology  

  • Psychotherapy

  • Occupational Therapy

  • Speech and Language Therapy

  • Early Childhood Education

  • Creative Arts Therapy

  • Mental Health Nursing


* Professional Association membership:

The Professional Association must have a Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, covering therapeutic work.  

Professional Indemnity Insurance and Police Check:

All trainees applying to begin supervised practice must supply ChildPlayWorks with evidence of current Professional Indemnity Insurance as well as give signed permission for a current Police Check.

Please Contact Us for further queries.

There have been insufficient numbers to run the 5-day 'The Wonderful World of Child-Centered Play Therapy' training workshop in Christchurch in March 2019. Interested persons are now registering for the same workshop in Hamilton 1-5 April 2019. With sufficient numbers, this workshop will run in Christchurch in March 2020. 

For information on the content of the training programme and/or registration details please Contact Us 

 

Hamilton dates

An Introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy (standalone, professional development 3-day workshop which also holds credits towards Stage 1)

12-14 September 2019.  

Stage 1: The Wonderful World of Child-Centered Play Therapy (also a standalone, professional development workshop)

1-5 April 2019

Stage 2(a): Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship

24-28 June 2019

Stage 2(b): Issues in Clinical Practice

4-8 November 2019

Stage 3(a): Clinical Practice and Individual Research

27-31 May 2019

Stage 3(b): The Emergent Child-Centered Play Therapist

Online - 2019 dates to be finalised

 

Please note: all fees include GST

An Introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy (3-day professional development workshop):

$795 early bird* or $830 standard fee

Stage 1: The Wonderful World of Child-Centered Play Therapy (5 days):
$1350 early bird* or $1395 standard fee 

Stage 2(a): Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5 days):
$1350 early bird* or $1395 standard fee 

Stage 2(b): Issues in Clinical Practice (5 days):
$1350 early bird* or $1395 standard fee 

Stage 3(a): Clinical Practice and Individual Research (5 days):
$1350 early bird* or $1395 standard fee 

Stage 3(b): The Emergent Child-Centered Play Therapist (distance learning):
$1350 early bird* or $1395 standard fee  

*The early bird fee is to be finalised 4 weeks prior to the workshop date. The standard fee is to be finalised prior to commencement of the workshop. (Please enquire about our automatic payment option)

 

HAMILTON VENUE:

We hold our training workshops in the tranquil environment of Houchen Retreat House and Conference Centre which is a rural haven set in five acres of gardens, native bush and beautiful bird life, ten minutes drive from the centre of Hamilton and ten minutes from Hamilton Airport. Our hosts offer very reasonably-priced accommodation at the venue.

Public transport into the city centre is available a few metres from the entrance and supermarket and shopping facilities are close by.

CHRISTCHURCH VENUE:

We hold our training workshops in Avebury House, 9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch.

The venue is a beautiful two-storied Victorian house set in the midst of Avebury Park and is a significant historic landmark in Christchurch. Avebury House has been recently refurbished and the grounds offer beautiful gardens to stroll in. Plenty of accommodation options to suit all budgets are nearby and public transport is readily available.


2019 Professional Development Workshops & Webinars

1-day staff professional development workshops

1-day professional development workshops are available to early childhood centres, primary schools, and other interested social service agencies for staff development. 

Please Contact Us for further information. 

AN INTRODUCTION TO CHILD-CENTERED PLAY THERAPY

This popular 3-day professional development workshop offers course participants an introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy, with this being a very unique, deeply heartfelt, relational way of being with children. This workshop also holds credits for Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who wish to apply and who meet the entry criteria. 

Presenters: Judi and Megan from ChildPlayWorks

Dates: 12-14 September 2019

Location: Houchen House, Hamilton

Please download file for workshop information and click here to register. Please Contact Us for further information. 

The wonderful world of child-CENTERED PLAY THERAPY 

A 5-day professional development workshop which also becomes Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who meet the entry criteria. 

Presenters: Judi and Megan from ChildPlayWorks

Dates: 1-5 April 2019 (Hamilton)

Locations: Houchen House (Hamilton)

Please download file for workshop information and click here to register. Please Contact Us for further information. 

THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA ON CHILDREN'S ATTACHMENT RELATIONSHIPS

A 1-day professional development workshop with Dr Wendy Kelly, focussing on the impact of trauma on early attachment relationships and how this affects children’s view of themselves and other people, their development and their social and emotional well-being. It will also cover theory and provide ideas and techniques for understanding the issues facing maltreated and traumatised children and a practical method of working out what the child needs to learn from current relationships, both caregiving and therapeutic.  

Presenter: Dr Wendy Kelly  

Dates: 26 June 2019

Fee: $175 earlybird or $225 standard fee

Location: Houchen House, Hamilton

Please download file  for workshop information. Registration details are on the form or click here to register. 

Please Contact Us for further information.

working with parents

A series of three 90 minute interactive webinars with Dr Bill Nordling - ongoing professional development for all play therapists. 

Building and maintaining successful working relationships with parents whose children are in play therapy is vital for successful therapeutic work with children.  This presentation series will focus on major competencies and skills sets for successful work with parents.

Presenter: Dr Bill Nordling  

Dates: 2019 dates to be advised.

Please Contact Us for further information. 

aeai: adult exploration of attachment interview

Andrea Broadhurst and Heather Chambers present this popular 1-day professional development workshop in which they teach a therapeutic interview to assist parents in their relationship with their co-parent and/or their children. The interview is designed to reveal to the individual their early relational learning, which drives their feelings, responses and behaviours in key relationships.

Presenters: Andrea Broadhurst and Heather Chambers

Date: Thursday 7 November 2019.  

Fee: $175 earlybird or $225 standard fee

Location: Houchen House, Hamilton

Please Contact Us for further information.

An Introduction to Child Centered Play Therapy (3-days) 

The Wonderful World of Child Centered Play Therapy (5-days)

The Effects of Trauma on Children's Attachment Relationships (1-day)

CPW Training Brochure 2019

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