APPTA offers professional development opportunities throughout the year including webinars with international and national speakers providing a series of one-hour presentations. Other training opportunities are offered on an ad hoc basis throughout the year. APPTA members always receive a discounted rate.
APPTA coordinates one major event each year: the biennial conference or the speaking tour. The speaking tour, includes an internationally recognised keynote speaker to provide comprehensive knowledge of a particular field or topic. The alternate year heralds the biennial conference, where we encourage Play Therapy clinicians, educators, and / or researchers to present papers or posters to showcase the growing body of knowledge and practice.
Child Therapy Masterclass - Integrative Play Therapy: Mastering the art of the Play Therapy Dimensions Model.
Presenter: Katherine Olejniczak
Thursday 18th May, 2023
This workshop will enhance your existing knowledge and skills and support you to confidently move into integrative play therapy practice...
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Be My Co-Therapist™ for Child Therapists - Skills in Practice Series: Working with Parents/Caregivers.
Presenter: Katherine Olejniczak
June to November 2023
This is your opportunity to be a “fly on the wall” and observe Katherine at work ...
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Child & Play Therapy Advanced Supervisor Training - Supervision of Supervision Program
August 2023 – May 2024
This exclusive and cutting-edge advanced supervisor 9 month training...
Child Therapy Masterclass Series - Cognitive Reprocessing in Play Therapy with Traumatised Children
Thursday 3rd August 2023
This workshop addresses this scepticism by shedding light on the therapeutic process – the ‘how’ play therapy works to facilitate...
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Child-Parent Relationship Therapy
(CPRT) Facilitator Certificate
Saturday 26 August 2023 - Saturday 26 October 2023
Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is a proven intervention that focusses on enhancing the caregiver-child relationship to foster...
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Members are supported to promote Play Therapy in their area and may contact
[email protected] to obtain more details.
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APPTA was established in 2007 and is the peak professional body for Play Therapists in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region.
"It is through play we reach the whole child" (V.Gowman)