Newsletter: May 2025
This months top news
We are delighted to have been invited to collaborate with Canterbury Christ Church University, looking forward to working with an innovative team.
L6 Certificate, Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work
We have had the pleasure of beginning to teach the first two weekends of Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work to a group of inspiring professionals.
The remit of children and young people who could also benefit from Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work due to the emphasis on trauma and cultural awareness includes children and young people who have experienced displacement and are refugees.
Accredited by: CpCAB
Coming soon...
Once Upon a Trilogy ®
Three-day course:
Day one: Once Upon an Archetype
Day two: Once Upon a Metaphor
Day three: Once Upon an Anti-Hero
Within this three-day course we explore Archetypal Energy, Metaphor and Anti Heroes and the way they can present within our clients play. Have you ever wondered about the repetitive play of your clients? The same characters being used? The same themes coming up week after week? What processes are happening? How can you become involved? When should you join in or be a silent witness?
This course will enable you to gain a deeper understanding of how Archetypes, metaphor and Anti-heroes become powerful concepts within your client work. When you are the observer of your client play, watching a play narrative unfold this course will help you to consider these concepts to gain a deeper understanding of your client’s process and the transference which arises.
Dates: 22/06/2025, 28/06/2025, 19/07/2025
Time: 9.00 – 4.30pm
Venue: Online
Accredited by: CPD Standards Office
For more information about this dynamic course visit: https://schoolofpact.com/courses/the-once-upon-trilogy/
New Dates Web Therapy: Supporting families in Crisis
Working with traumatised children and their families requires specialist training. Web therapy takes you through a system that will empower you to work with clients who have experienced complex trauma and parents and professionals who are caring for them.
For more information: https://schoolofpact.com/courses/web-therapy/
When: 12/07/2025 – 13/07/2025
Location: Online
L6 Diploma – Relational Play and Creative Therapy, Children and Young People.
This innovative exciting programme will teach the fundamentals of play and creative clinical practice with children and young people 4-18 years old, up to the age of 25 years for young people who are Care Leavers or those who have Special Educational Needs.
Taught over 2 years, commencing:
06/09/2025 in Bedford
04/10/2025 in Bristol.
Accredited by: CpCAB
For more information about this dynamic course visit: https://schoolofpact.com/level-6-diploma/
One Small Step Forward into Your World of Private Practice
This course demystifies the complexities of setting up a business empowering you to successfully navigate each stage.
This course will cover the fundamentals of:
- Type of organisation to set up
- Business planning
- Marketing
- Sales
- Clinical requirements
- Policies
- Legal requirements
- Self-care
In addition, you will be able to take away templates of contracts and seven essential policies to utilise within your new practice.
Please note date change to 13/09/2025
Accredited by: CPD Standards Office
Coming to Bristol! L6 Certificate, Relational Play and Creative Therapy, Young People
Relational Play and Creative Therapy for Young People Qualification provides the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to work ethically with an older age range.
This course will explore the legal requirements of working with an older age range of clients, including consent, risk assessing and safeguarding responsibilities. 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.
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
New Dates! Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work
This 8-day comprehensive programme offers a clear framework for professionals who want to develop their therapeutic skills offering Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work to children and young people who have been adopted or are in foster care, Kinship care, or under SGO’s.
Creative Therapeutic Life Story Work Qualification is Accredited by CpCAB.
Dates:
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
Accredited by CpCAB.
More details about this courses can be found at https://schoolofpact.com/courses/post-qualifying-creative-therapeutic-life-story-therapy/
Something to ponder on...
Safe space!
What is a safe space? A space which makes you feel safe regardless of if you feel happy, sad, worried, angry…. A space which is comfortable, holding and nurturing, where you can be yourself with yourself. A safe space does not need to be a physical space, it can be an imaginary place, a place in a different time. A safe place can be a connection we have with someone or something.
Life is often busy, full on and at times overwhelming, having a safe space can be a form of self-care where you can retreat to or be with.
Do our clients have a safe space? How often do we ask our clients if they have a safe space? It is very important for our clients to have a safe space, helping clients to find or identify their safe space should be part of the work we do. Every child should have a place of safety to return to, if this cannot be a physical safe a metaphorical safe space can also provide a calm and nurturing alternative.
One of my grandchildren has their own imaginary world, they can control who is in it and who is not permitted to enter. They pretend to morph into their world and morph out of it. This imaginary world is full of all the things they like such as dragons, fluffy the three headed dog, a character from their favourite programme and of course cake! This safe space gives them the opportunity to escape the business of life, an imaginary place that is theirs alone.
Where is your safe place? What does it look like? What does it feel like? If you do not have a safe place where or what would it be?
Spotlight
Creative Arts Therapy Devon CIC is a dedicated team of experienced therapists offering a range of creative arts therapies to support mental health and well-being in Devon. Services cater to children, young people, and adults, addressing various emotional and psychological challenges through holistic and integrative approaches. Their mission is to empower individuals, families, and communities by fostering transformational connections that promote healing and self-care. As a Community Interest Company, they are committed to delivering services that are rooted in and responsive to the communities they serve.
For more information, visit: www.catdevon.org.uk
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