Start your play therapy career here at Sydney Centre for Creative Change Operating for over 20 years, we are a small and friendly, Australian provider of continuing education in creative therapies. Thousands of our course graduates confidently deliver art and play therapy services. What this course offers | - Understanding about Play and Art Therapies - counselling methods that use toys, games, art materials and activities in purposeful ways to manage psychological and social difficulties.
- Learning how Play Therapy is the most developmentally appropriate and evidenced form of therapeutic intervention for children.
- Delivery by highly trained and experienced clinicians and teachers who also work in the field.
- Skills using play and other creative therapies as methods of treatment for multiple child mental health conditions in counselling and group work settings.
- Understanding of Play and Art Therapy theories and principles and how to apply therapeutic skills within a cultural and social, ethical framework.
- Appreciations of developmental stages of children and family systems and sensitivity to broader issues in assessment and design and delivery of therapeutic services.
- Building on your existing mental health qualifications to equip yourself for child and adolescent counselling roles with foundational skills in child-centered play therapy and the integrative approaches of art, music, drama and sandtray therapies.
| Professional Recognition | Graduates will be eligible for professional registration with a number of Australian Play Therapy Associations, meeting the competent requirements for Associate / Provisional / Student Play Therapist Membership. This course meets the full training component for Play Therapy Membership with the Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA). This means after you complete this course (AND complete your clinical practice and supervision hours and secure insurance and your prof association membership) you can be a Registered Play Therapist. | Course Structure | The course is offered part-time and online. This enables students who are balancing work, life and family commitments the flexibility to complete their studies. The Graduate Certificate of Play and Art Therapy Online is comprised of core and elective units of study, unit assessments, an art therapy process group and group supervision. Upon completion of this qualification, students may be eligible to apply for enrolment in higher degrees in Play Therapy and begin application process to be a Registered Play Therapist. | Core Course Units | UNIT 1 Foundations of counselling children and young people UNIT 2 Introduction to Play Therapy UNIT 3 Introduction to Art Therapy UNIT 4 Symbols, Sandtrays and Stories in Therapy UNIT 5 Introduction to Music, Movement and Drama Therapy | Application Criteria | Applicants must have successfully completed a recognised Bachelor degree or equivalent in the fields of psychology, social work, counselling, occupational therapy or mental health nursing or a Masters degree in art therapy, music therapy or dance/movement therapy. Have, or be eligible for, registration, licensing or student / trainee membership with the relevant counselling, social work or other mental health registering body, board, association or federation in Australia, or other country. A clear Police Check and/or Working with Children Clearance Notice is required by students before they can enrol in this course. | Contact | For further information about the course intake, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Jacki | | |
