Newsletter: September 2025
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Accredited by CPCAB!
Take your Play Therapy skills to the next level with our L6 Certificate, Relational Creative Therapy with Adults course. Empowering you to bring the magic of Creativity to Adult Clients to enable deeper expression within the therapeutic process and expand your practice with confidence.
Why CPCAB Accreditation Matters
When choosing a qualification, accreditation really counts. That’s why the School of Play and Creative Therapies is proud to offer qualifications accredited by CPCAB (Counselling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body), the UK’s leading counselling and psychotherapy awarding body.
CPCAB accreditation means your training meets recognised standards, includes robust assessment, and is aligned with professional body requirements. It reassures employers and clients that you have been trained to a high, ethical standard and have gained practical, supervised experience.
Whether you plan to work with children, young people, or adults, choosing an accredited course gives you credibility, confidence, and a solid foundation for your practice.
Quality training isn’t just an investment in your career, it’s an investment in those you serve.
We have enjoyed sharing play ideas during the month of August.
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Commencing September 2025 – Discover the Power of Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work!
Level 6 Certificate, Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work.
Our CPCAB accredited program offers a clear, structured framework for Play Therapists, Children and Adolescent Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Foster Carers, and related professionals to deliver Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work.
This approach helps children and young people, whether adopted, in long-term foster care, or displaced to build a sequential, concrete narrative of their life from past to present. Using creative media in a safe, ethical process, you’ll gain the skills to support identity formation, emotional wellbeing, and secure relationships.
By understanding their history, children can make sense of their experiences, share feelings with carers, and strengthen their sense of belonging. The course is grounded in client-centred practice and developed in consultation with adoptive parents, post-adoption support workers, and specialist play therapists.
Enrol now to gain the expertise to transform the way children and young people connect with their past and their future.
Dates: Booking closing 05/09/2025
27/09/2025 – 28/09/2025
18/10/2025 – 19/10/2025
29/11/2025 – 30/11/2025
24/01/2026 – 25/01/2026
Quarterly tutorials: Dates and times will be agreed with the cohort
Location: Online
More details about this courses can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/post-qualifying-creative-therapeutic-life-story-therapy/
Ready to Launch Your Private Practice? Step confidently into your new adventure!
One Step Forward into Your World of Private Practice.
Are you staring at the crossroads after finishing your therapeutic training, wondering if you should seek employment or strike out on your own? Don’t let uncertainty hold you back! Our comprehensive course takes the mystery out of setting up your own business and guides you through every step. Whether you’re debating sole trader, Ltd, or CIC, you’ll gain clarity and confidence to make the right choice for your future.
You’ll be equipped with practical knowledge on business planning, marketing, sales, clinical and legal requirements, policies, and self-care. This course isn’t just about logistics, it’s about unleashing your creativity as you shape what your practice offers to the world.
Take away ready-to-use contract templates and seven essential policies, ensuring you have everything you need from day one.
Your private practice journey starts here. Make your move, and let’s build your venture together!
Date: 27/09/2025
Location: Online
Cost: £70.00
Commencing October 2025 – Unlock New Possibilities in Creative Supervision!
Delivering Creative Supervision – Online and In-Person
Join us for a dynamic two-hour interactive webinar designed for clinical supervisors in the creative arts. As play therapists, we know creativity transforms the therapeutic space—this training shows how to bring that same energy into supervision, whether in-person or online.
Led by Emma, you’ll explore how creative approaches can deepen reflection, enhance engagement, and foster professional growth in supervisees. Discover practical strategies to confidently integrate creative techniques into your supervision, adaptable for both remote and face-to-face sessions.
You’ll leave with a refreshed approach, a toolkit of ready-to-use creative activities, and the confidence to engage supervisees—even those hesitant about creative methods. Gain ideas to strengthen connection, spark insight, and make supervision more meaningful.
Whether you’re new to creative supervision or seeking to revitalise your practice, this webinar will equip you with the skills and inspiration to lead engaging, reflective, and effective sessions.
Register today to secure your place.
Date: 03/10/2025
Location: Online
Cost: £40.00
Level 7 Diploma – Relational Play and Creative Therapy, Children and Young People
If you know someone who wants to become a play therapist? Relational Play and Creative Therapy offers innovative training in therapeutic play and creative practice for children and young people aged 4–18, extending to 25 for Care Leavers and those with Special Educational Needs please spread the word!
Empower lives through relational, creative therapy.
Taught over 2 years, commencing: 04/10/2025 Bristol – Bookings close 03/09/2025.
Accredited by: CpCAB
For more information about this dynamic course, other course dates and venues visit: https://schoolofpact.com/level-7-diploma/
Level 6 Certificate, Relational Play and Creative Therapy, Young People
The Relational Play and Creative Therapy for Young People Qualification is designed to expand play therapists’ skills and confidence in working ethically with clients aged 11–25.
This course deepens your theoretical understanding while providing practical tools for safe, effective practice. You’ll explore key legal aspects such as consent, safeguarding, and risk assessment. Ideal for those supporting adolescents, Care Leavers, or young people with Special Educational Needs.
Full details of this qualification can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/post-qualifying-relational-play-and-creative-therapy-for-young-people/
Accredited by CpCAB
Dates: 25/10/2025 to 31/10/2025. Booking closes 26/09/2025
Quarterly tutorials: Dates and times will be agreed with the cohort
Location: In Person – Mercure Bristol North the Grange Hotel, Old Gloucester Road, Winterbourne, Bristol, BS36 1RP
November 2025 – Unlock the Power of Symbolic Play: Archetypes, Metaphor & Anti-Heroes
Once Upon a Trilogy®
This three-day course explores how archetypal energy, metaphor, and anti-heroes reveal themselves in therapeutic play — from recurring characters to repeated storylines.
Day One: Once Upon an Archetype
Discover how timeless archetypes in fairy tales and myths shape our psyche and appear in client narratives, offering pathways to healing through the unconscious.
Day Two: Once Upon a Metaphor
Explore how metaphor creates a safe space for clients to share complex or painful experiences, using symbols, puppets, and stories to express what words cannot.
Day Three: Once Upon an Anti-Hero
Examine complex characters where light and shadow meet, and consider how clients’ own origin stories shape identity, resilience, and transformation.
Gain insight, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of the symbolic worlds your clients inhabit.
Accredited by CPD Standards Office
Dates: Day 1: 15/11/2025. Day 2: 13/12/2025. Day 3: 07/02/2025
Location: Online
Cost: £244.00
Geek Therapy®
Working in collaboration with Josué Cardona, MS we are delighted to bring Geek Therapy to the UK!
This certification course introduces the Geek Therapy® Model, an affinity-based model of psychotherapy.
Unlock the Power of Geek Therapy: Engage Clients Through Their Passions
Geek Therapy® is a form of creative therapy that uses elements from geek culture like computer games, comics, Sci-fi and fantasy movies or series, Manga, tabletop games, and other fandom interests as tools or mediums in therapeutic settings. It leverages the interests and passions of clients who identify with “geek” or “nerd” culture to engage them more deeply in therapy, making the process relatable, enjoyable, and meaningful.
In practice, it is especially effective with young people or those who feel more comfortable expressing themselves through the lens of their hobbies and interests. It blends psychology with popular culture to create a unique, client-centered approach to mental health.
This certification is designed to be accessible to all therapists, educators, and community practitioners.
Dates: 22/11/2025
Location: Live Online
Cost: £40.00
Spotlight
OPPORTUNITY! We are looking for qualified clinical supervisors who are therapeutically qualified to work with children and young people to join our supervisors list. Currently for our Bristol course.
You will need to be a member of a registering body, hold a current Enhanced DBS, ICO and Liability Insurance. If you are interested in being added to our list of clinical supervisors, please let us know.
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