Welcome to the Play Therapy Online Training Academy:
​
Offering Inspirational Play Therapy Training
​and Professional Development

Play Therapy Online Training Academy is an Approved Provider of training and continuing education with the leading international ​Play Therapy association:

​Association for Play Therapy, USA:
APT Approved Provider of Play Therapy Training: #18-556

 
We are offering specially reduced rates for our online training as we know it is a challenging time across the world and we wish to provide more people with the opportunity to engage in our online training in Child Centered Play Therapy. There are many skills and practices from this heart centered Play Therapy approach that can also be used and integrated into other work roles and relationships with children including helping parents to empathically connect with and support their children. 

About the Play Therapy Online Training Academy:

The Play Therapy Online Training Academy offers online training in Child Centered Play Therapy, a heartful and evidence based form of counselling and psychotherapy for children 2-10 years old. Our Play Therapy training includes audio and video presentations with some of the leaders in the field of Child Centered Play Therapy from Australia and America. 

​We are pleased to be offering this high quality Play Therapy training to those in Australia, America, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK, Europe and other countries. The training  is online, can be engaged in from anywhere in the world, is self paced and available 24/7.  Our Play Therapy Online Training is accepted for professional development (PD/OPD/CPD) and continuing education (CE/CEUs) by many professional associations, registering bodies, workplaces and groups in different countries.  We also offer special group rates for agencies, organisations, schools and other groups.

Our Play Therapy Training ​Offers You the Opportunity to:

  • Immerse into the ​empathic, healing world ​of Child Centered Play Therapy and learn from inspiring training presenters​​
  • Deepen and enhance your work and relationships with children: Learn Play Therapy skills ​​and practices to use in your work with children and families   
  • ​Develop specialist skills in working therapeutically with young children where play is their language and the toys can be their words
  • Embrace the Healing Messages ​​that are at the heart of this work: I am here, I hear you, I understand and I care​
  • ​Learn ways of empathically and therapeutically responding to children who are silent, anxious, happy, sad, displaying challenging behaviours, not wanting to talk to you, are bored, want to leave, and much more​...
  • Experience the power of humanistic Play Therapy to foster children's emotional, psychosocial, behavioural and development growth and healing​​


Play Therapy Online Course and Online Workshops:

You can register for the Child Centered Play Therapy Online Course (24 hours) presented  in three online workshops, or for Workshop 1 or Workshops 1 and 2:
  • Workshop 1: The Healing World of Child Centered Play Therapy (8 hours)
  • Workshop 2: Play Therapy Skills and Practices (10.5 hours)
  • Workshop 3: Play Therapy Special Topics (5.5  hours)​​
"I wish to commend you on the best online workshops I have been privileged to experience and learn from." Natalie Marques, Registered Psychologist: Australia​

“Wow, great training! It was so much more than I anticipated and now I am even more excited to work with children!... ”  Liz DeLandsheer: Counselor, Michigan USA​

"Loved the videos and the contents of the audio were amazing,
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with such passion."  
Lisette Marquis-Harding:, Mental Health Nursing Certification: Canada​

Play Therapy Online Training is For:

  • Psychologists, social workers, counsellors, occupational therapists, art therapists, creative ​arts therapists, school counsellors, Play Therapists, psychotherapists, mental health nurses, pastoral care workers and others in mental health areas and students in these fields wanting to develop specialist skills in Play Therapy and Counselling work with children 
  • ​Agencies, organisations, schools and groups offering counselling and therapeutic services for children and families: We offer special rates for groups of  3 or more counsellors, therapists and practitioners: Read more
  • Those in health, child and family support, teaching, early education, allied health, early intervention, hospital​ Play Therapy wanting to learn about Play Therapy and integrate some of the practices into their work with children​​

​ To Read All About the Play Therapy Online Course and Workshops and to Register/Enrol in the Training,
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  • ​"Great training. This was one of the best trainings I've ever attended. Very imaginative. Thank you. " Jennifer. Licensed Mental Health Counselor/Certified Counselor: USA
  • “I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and have found it extremely useful. Would highly recommend this to other professionals who work in a therapeutic realm with children and young people!” Briarna Popis: Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Masters of Counselling / School Chaplain/Student Wellbeing Support: Australia
  • ​​"A truly inspiring experience! Thank you."  Psychologist: Sydney, Australia​
  • "This was amazing training in Child Centered Play Therapy and I have learnt so much. Not only amazing techniques for professional use but also I have used them in my personal life and they open a new way of connection with others and especially with kids... I have learnt so much and it was a life changer...I feel deeply honored to have this program in my life." Dorisa Peres: ​Psychologist, Portugal  ​​           ​                      

​Contact Us:

If you have any questions or would like further information about the Play Therapy training, please email: info@playtherapyonlinetraining.com​ ​or phone: +61 414262799

More About Our
​Play Therapy Training:

  • The Play Therapy Online Training  Academy CE hours can count towards becoming  a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) with the  Association for Play Therapy USA (APT) for those meeting  APT's mental health qualification standards,  and for renewal hours
  • Our training  is accepted in Austraila by the peak body, the ​Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA)
  • The  Child Centered Play Therapy Online Course is recognised by the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement - NIRE as meeting the  Child Centered Play Therapy training prerequisites for applying for their Certification Program in Child Centered Play Therapy Program
  • Approved OPD with the Australian Counselling Association , a peak body in Australia for counsellors
Read About Child Centered Play Therapy and ​Who It Can Help​​​:​
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Click Here to Read about the
Training Presenters:
​Play Therapy Works:
A video from the ​Association for Play Therapy. Please note: There are some different levels of qualifications in mental health fields for Play Therapists in Australia ​and ​some other countries, ​​to the USA.​