Attachment Theory in the Play Therapy Room

This 3-hour live on workshop is designed to enhance your understanding of attachment theory and its application within Play Therapy.
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2026
  • 10:00am - 5:30pm
  • LIVE Online Training Event

About The Training

This 3-hour live on workshop is designed to enhance your understanding of attachment theory and its application within Play Therapy. Through an exploration of attachment theory, you will learn how different attachment strategies manifest in therapy, offering insights into creating secure and supportive therapeutic environments. This course focuses on practical approaches to understanding and working with children’s attachment needs, equipping you with tools to foster healing and development through play. Ideal for therapists, this course empowers you to implement attachment-informed approaches that create lasting positive change. This training is suitable for trainee and qualified play therapists, child and adolescent psychotherapists and other mental health professioanls working with children and teenagers.

⦁ To further understand Attachment Theory and how attachment strategies present in the therapeutic environment, relationship and play.
⦁ Develop practical skills for identifying and working with different attachment strategies in Play Therapy.
⦁ Learn to create a secure and predictable therapeutic space that fosters attachment and emotional growth in children.

⦁ Gain a deeper knowledge of attachment theory and its practical applications in Play Therapy.
⦁ Enhance your therapeutic practice with tools to support children in building secure attachments.
⦁ Improve your ability to create emotionally safe environments, helping children regulate emotions and develop trust through play.

In the event of any cancellation a booking fee of €30 will be retained. Full fee is non refundable in the event of cancellations within 3 weeks of the event.

Materials & Resources Needed

What will you need?
• A computer/device with a camera – you will be asked to keep your camera on during the session
• Good internet connection, sound cancelling headset and a private space in which to complete the training

Our Distinguished Trainer
Sonia Murray
Lecturer
Sonia Murray holds a Diploma in Social Work and is a BAPT registered Play Therapist. Sonia Murray holds a Diploma in Social Work and is a BAPT registered Play Therapist. She has thirty years of experience as a practitioner in the fields of child abuse, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, children’s mental health, childhood trauma, parenting programmes and Play Therapy.  Sonia ...

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Children’s Therapy Centre (CTC) is Ireland’s longest established leading provider of training in the field of Play Therapy, Therapeutic Play, and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
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Stewart House
Lonsdale Road,
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Plassey, Limerick.
V94 KN70, Ireland
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