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I hope you are well. We have some wonderful training opportunities for professionals working with children and teenagers, and for parents, coming up over the coming weeks and months. From introductory courses, to skills building sessions, to specialised CPD opportunities for therapists and other mental health professionals we really do have something for everyone.
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Please see below for details on some of the great courses we have on offer, make sure to read right to the end as there is a super special one right at the end
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Course Date: 12th March 2023 Course Fee: €110 10am – 5pm
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This experiential day will introduce participants to play, its therapeutic powers, and a variety of techniques used by play therapists and therapeutic play workers. It is an introduction and skill building session that will introduce the therapeutic powers of play and a range of therapeutic play techniques. Participants will develop skills which can be used to enhance relationships with children with whom they have contact in their personal and/or professional life. There will be lots of play and experiential learning built into the day – take home skills galore! It is an ideal introduction to the field and will aid decision-making in regard to possible subsequent training in the field.
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Building Inner Besties: Strategies to Boost Children’s Self-concept and Self- Esteem
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Course Date: 14th March 2023 Course Fee: €30 Session Time: 7:30pm-9pm
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This live online course will look at how we can help children develop positive self-concept and self-esteem. It is suitable for parents and carers and also for professionals working with children. The webinar will be facilitated by a highly experienced child and adolescent psychotherapists with a specialisation in play therapy. During the webinar we will:
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· Explore - esteem and self-concept.
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· Look at how we internalise messages about ourself.
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· Learn how to use and develop affirmations.
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· Learn how to support talking back to our inner critic.
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The course is designed to equip professionals, and parents and carers, with helpful tools for the children in their care.
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Positive Discipline: A Child Centred Approach to Setting Limits and Boundaries
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Course Date: 4th April 2023 Course Fee: €30 Session Time: 7:30pm-9pm
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This live online course will look at how we can set limits in a therapeutic way with children. It is suitable for parents and carers and also for professionals working with children. The webinar will be facilitated by a highly experienced child and adolescent psychotherapist with a specialisation in play therapy. During the webinar we will:
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- Explore the purpose of limits.
- Look at our ideal outcomes regarding discipline/ consequences/ limits.
- Learn how to set a limit without shaming a child, which will result in most effective communication.
- Identify how to match redirection with need fulfilment for children.
The course is designed to equip professionals, and parents and carers, with helpful tools for the children in their care.
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An Introduction to Play Therapy – 1.5 hour Live Online Course
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Course Fee: €30 27th April 2023 7:30-9pm
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This live online course will provide participants with a great introduction into the world of Play Therapy. During the webinar participants will:
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· Experience the therapeutic powers of play in action.
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· Learn about non directive therapeutic play, explore necessary play skills and learn how to set up a non-directive play session.
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· Learn therapeutic play techniques which will encourage expression and communication.
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· Explore adult led activities and therapeutic play tools.
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· Learn about and practice relaxation and regulating activities.
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The Impact of Domestic Abuse on Child Development: Live Online Course
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Course Date: 25th April 2023 Course Fee: €30 Session Time: 7:30pm-9pm
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This live online course will look at how living with Domestic Abuse impacts child development. It is suitable for parents and carers and also for professionals working with children. The webinar will be facilitated by a highly experienced child and adolescent psychotherapists with a specialisation in play therapy. During the webinar we will:
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- Explore the impact of living with Domestic Abuse on development.
- Identify common coping strategies and skills used by children.
- Learn how to talk about the domestic abuse experience.
- Learn how to provide safe ways to give opportunities for revisiting affected developmental milestones.
The course is designed to equip professionals, and parents and carers, with helpful tools for the children in their care.
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Seeds, Growth and Gardening: Building a Private Practice, Facilitator: Edel Lawlor
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29th April 2023 Live Online Course Fee: €110
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This is a one day live online workshop, with Edel Lawlor, which will help participants to become motivated and dream about their new journey in private practice or indeed add to their current private practice. The day will cover the following areas:
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Seeds – exploring ideas using the yellow brick road and art. Mapping out your dreams and setting up your private practice. Balancing therapy lenses with your business lenses.
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Growth – one flower is lovely, but a bunch of flowers complement each other. Exploring other areas of work in which you can grow and water how to make contacts in the community, running workshops, advertising and social media.
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Gardening- for your garden to grow you need to maintain it, nurture it and have time to stop to enjoy it.
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Facilitating parenting support through group workshops/programmes: Creative Interventions, Metaphors and Symbols
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Live Online Course Facilitator: Edel Lawlor 7th May 2023 Fee: €110
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Facilitating parenting support through group workshops/programmes - an experiential workshop. It is so important that we are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to support parents in their parenting journey. This day will provide rich learning in a fun, interactive way and will enhance skills and confidence for those in attendance. Leave with a renewed understanding and confidence in your ability to facilitate individual and group parental support
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Enter the Metaphorical Journey: Inquiry Skills for Therapists
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IACP CPD Approved for 6 IACP CPD Points
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Facilitator: Dr. Lorri Yasenik, PhD, LPC-S, RPT-STM
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Live Online Training Dates: 30th March & 6th April 2023 Fee: €120
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Join Dr. Lorri Yasenik from the Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute (Canada) and the International Centre for Children and Family Law (Australia) to explore the importance of inquiry skills in the therapy context.
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This six-hour master class, delivered in two 3-hour live online sessions, is ideal training for therapists, and other mental health professionals, who use expressive arts, projective activities and/or sandplay with their clients. Inquiry is an essential skill for practitioners who work with various metaphors represented in art, clay, sand and other materials. This creative therapy training program will introduce the therapist to an array of questions that may be utilized when engaging with children, youth and adults during an exploration phase of an expressive-based activity. Through the inquiry skills training, therapists will be encouraged to “stay out of the way” of interpretation and instead assist the client to explore their scene or product while remaining in the metaphor. Course participants will have the opportunity to create their own expressive product(s) and work with a partner to practice a number of inquiries. In pairs and small groups, participants will explore the power of assisting clients to journey through their personal expressions. Participants will also learn how to weave from one part of an art product or sand scene to another. All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.
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We hope to see you online soon!
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