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Welcome to the APPTA Membership Application Page

Your APPTA Membership is a 6 step process.

1) Please review the membership credentials and the membership categories and criteria before completing this form. Remember, if the membership application form is submitted with the incorrect level of membership – this could delay the processing time of your application.

2) Complete the Membership Application form below and upload copies of qualifications and all other required documentation as outlined in the membership credentials document.

Please note: Your application cannot be processed without attached copies of all required documents. Please refer to the document: Membership credentials page 4: Membership Credentials

3) Once your application has been submitted  it will be sent to the APPTA membership committee for review.  For organizational and affiliate levels – the review can take up to 3 weeks.  For all applicants at the Student, Provisional, Registered and Supervisor level – the approval process may take up to 7 weeks to process, depending on the meeting cycle of the APPTA committee, which is usually once every 4 weeks.   All Student, Provisional, Registered and Supervisor members must be ratified at an APPTA committee meeting.

4) All Applicants will be notified by email of their membership status – approved, pending, ratified.

5) For all applicants that are approved – you will be directed to a secure area via APPTA’s website where you can activate your APPTA membership.

6) There is a non-refundable $25.00 admin fee, including upgrades, at this time.  If your application is accepted we will ask for the applicable membership fee and once paid your membership will be activated and added to the website.

7) Keep an eye on your spam folder for correspondence too.

Membership Application

Apply for membership of APPTA - various levels
  • EmployerJob TitleStart to Fini dates 
  • Award (B.Sc, MA, Postgraduate Dip)Title of courseName of University or College/awarding bodyDates (give months and year) Expected Start/Completed 
    What qualifications do you hold or expect to obtain at the end of your present period of study? Please start with most recent one.
  • Please provide a brief description of your Play Therapy experience. Include total completed Play Therapy hours to date, include clinical reviews and meetings.
  • Give a brief description of the theoretical framework that informs your Play Therapy practice (for example: Child Centred Play Therapy, Integrative Play Therapy, Gestalt Play Therapy, Prescriptive Play Therapy, Filial Therapy, etc.).
  • Only if you are applying for level 4. Give a brief description of supervision training received, including the amount or hours/days, the theoretical framework that informs your Supervision practice (for example; humanistic, expressive, psycho dynamic, gestalt, etc.) Also describe how many years of experience in supervision and the field your supervisees are working in. Please list your supervisor for supervision practice.
  • What is your current average number of attended clinical supervision hours per month?
  • To date, how many hours of Play Therapy Supervision have you received?
    May we contact your supervisor to confirm supervision hours?
  • To date, how many hours of personal therapy counselling / psychotherapy / creative therapy have you completed?
    Are you currently in regular personal therapy counselling / psychotherapy? (please tick). * If approved provisional membership you have 2 years to complete the remaining 25 hours of personal therapy.
    Are you practising in private practice?
    If yes: Do you have professional indemnity insurance?
    Registered with a professional body other than APPTA?
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