Training - what’s up next?
Training Dates 2025
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Key Skills for Child-Centred Relationships with Children (1 day): A professional development workshop which holds credits towards Stage 1
Nelson: 10 October
Wellington: 17 October
Dunedin: 24 October
Auckland: 31 October -
The Art of Relationship: A Child-Centred Way of Being with Children I&II: Stage 1 (5 days total - 3 days in person & 2 days online. The in-person workshop is prerequisite to the online workshop)
North Island Training (3 days): 26-28 March 2025 - In-person practicum, Taupo (Part I)
South Island Training (3 days): 8-10 April 2025 - In-person practicum, Christchurch (Part I)
Online Training (2 days): 29th April & 1st May - Online theoretical consolidation for North and South Island trainees combined (Part II)
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Stage 2A (5 days: 2 days online & 3 days in-person)
Online: (2 days) 17 & 19 June
In-person - Taupō: 24-26 June (3 days)
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Stage 2B (5 days: 2 days online & 3 days in-person)
Online: (2 days) 2 & 4 September
In-person - Taupō: 16-18 September (3 days)
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Stage 3 (5 days: 1 day online & 4 days in-person)
Online: 11 February (1 day)
In-person - Taupō: 18-21 Feb (4 days) / Wānaka: 3-6 March
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Module 7 - Online in 2025 (August and September - dates tba).
Training Calendar
An Introduction to Child Centred Play Therapy - Cambridge
This popular 3-day professional development workshop offers course participants an introduction to Child-Centred Play Therapy, with this being a very unique, deeply heartfelt, relational way of being with children. This workshop also holds credits for Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who wish to apply and who meet the entry criteria.
Stage 2B: 3-day in-person intensive - Taupō
ESTABLISHING AND CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE
Stage 2b: Issues in Clinical Practice (3-day in-person intensive - Taupō)
This 5-day workshop is comprised of a 2-day online workshop (26-27 August) and a 3-day in-person intensive (4-6 September in Wānaka or 18-20 September in Taupō). The online workshop is prerequisite to the in-person intensive.
Included in this 5-day workshop:
Typical problems and issues in CCPT
Advanced play therapy practice development
Determining therapeutic process
Group role plays
Case material, DVD material
Experiential and personal reflective activities
Stage 4, Module 7 - Presentation 3
Stage 4, Module 7: The Emergent Child-Centred Play Therapist (online/long distance)
Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran present their excellent series of three 90-minute interactive presentations 'Working with Relationship-Resistant Children'. Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
Stage 2B: 3-day in-person intensive - Wānaka
ESTABLISHING AND CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE
Stage 2b: Issues in Clinical Practice (3-day in-person intensive - Wānaka)
This 5-day workshop is comprised of a 2-day online workshop (26-27 August) and a 3-day in-person intensive (4-6 September in Wānaka or 18-20 September in Taupō). The online workshop is prerequisite to the in-person intensive.
Included in this 5-day workshop:
Typical problems and issues in CCPT
Advanced play therapy practice development
Determining therapeutic process
Group role plays
Case material, DVD material
Experiential and personal reflective activities
Stage 2B: 2-day online workshop
ESTABLISHING AND CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE
Stage 2b: Issues in Clinical Practice (2-day online workshop)
This 5-day workshop is comprised of a 2-day online workshop (26-27 August) and a 3-day in-person intensive (4-6 September in Wānaka or 18-20 September in Taupō). The online workshop is prerequisite to the in-person intensive.
Included in this 5-day workshop:
Typical problems and issues in CCPT
Advanced play therapy practice development
Determining therapeutic process
Group role plays
Case material, DVD material
Experiential and personal reflective activities
Stage 4, Module 7 - Presentation 2
Stage 4, Module 7: The Emergent Child-Centred Play Therapist (online/long distance)
Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran present their excellent series of three 90-minute interactive presentations 'Working with Relationship-Resistant Children'. Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
Stage 4, Module 7 - Presentation 1
Stage 4, Module 7: The Emergent Child-Centred Play Therapist (online/long distance)
Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran present their excellent series of three 90-minute interactive presentations 'Working with Relationship-Resistant Children'. Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
Stage 2A: 3-day in-person intensive - Wānaka
Stage 2a: Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5-day workshop intensive)
This workshop comprises of a 2-day online workshop (4-5 June) followed by an in-person 3-day workshop (12-14 June in Taupō or 24-26 June in Wānaka) The online component is prerequisite to the in-person workshop.
Applications to begin supervised practice are able to be submitted after completion of this workshop.
Stage 2A: 3-day in-person intensive - Taupō
Stage 2a: Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5-day workshop intensive)
This workshop comprises of a 2-day online workshop (4-5 June) followed by an in-person 3-day workshop (12-14 June in Taupō or 24-26 June in Wānaka) The online component is prerequisite to the in-person workshop.
Applications to begin supervised practice are able to be submitted after completion of this workshop.
Stage 2A: 2-day online workshop
Stage 2a: Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5-day workshop intensive)
This workshop comprises of a 2-day online workshop (4-5 June) followed by an in-person 3-day workshop (12-14 June in Taupō or 24-26 June in Wānaka) The online component is prerequisite to the in-person workshop.
Applications to begin supervised practice are able to be submitted after completion of this workshop.
'Trauma & Attachment' - 1-day online professional development workshop with Dr.Wendy Kelly
A 1-day Seminar with Wendy Kelly (PhD), Clinical Psychologist (live online presentation). This online seminar will focus on the impact of trauma on early attachment relationships and how this affects children’s view of themselves and other people, their development, and their social and emotional well-being. The seminar will be presented in a live, online, interactive format with time for questions and participation factored in.
Stage 3: 4-day in-person intensive: Taupō
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Stage 3: Issues in Advanced Clinical Practice (4-day in-person intensive)
This workshop will comprise of a 1-day online workshop (22 January 2024) and a 4-day in-person workshop to consolidate practice. The online workshop is prerequisite to the in-person workshop.
Included in this workshop are two in-depth presentations:
ChildPlayWorks presents their model for working with parents/caregivers and their child together in the playroom to strengthen their relationship.
Dr Bill Nordling presents his series of three 90-minute interactive presentations ‘Working with Parents’ and these form a solid foundation for the all-important aspect of developing effective, supportive working relationships with parents/caregivers.
The Wonderful World of CCPT - 2-day online workshop
This is the 2-day section of our wonderful 5-day professional development workshop, which is also Stage 1 of our full training programme. The 3-day in-person workshop is prerequisite to this online training.
This workshop is of interest to counsellors, social workers, teachers, early childhood educators, psychotherapists, psychologists, creative art therapists, and others who work with children, as well as students who are training in these areas.
Participants take away with them a broad range of facilitative and relational responses, as well as an understanding of the philosophy behind these, to use in their daily interactions with children.
This workshop offers participants a glimpse into the fascinating world of CCPT. Workshop participants learn ways of communicating with children which are focussed on their relationship and which enable the child to know they have been fully heard and understood. There is a focus on emotional regulation and ways of responding to and being with children which will enable this, as well as the building of their self-esteem and the facilitation of change of negative internal working models.
This workshop will comprise of a 3-day in-person workshop (25-27 March 2024), followed by a 2-day online workshop for North & South Island trainees combined (8-9 April 2024).
Further details can be found here.
The Wonderful World of CCPT - Stage 1 - Wānaka
This wonderful 5-day professional development workshop is also Stage 1 of our full training programme.
This workshop will comprise of a 3-day in-person workshop (25-27 March 2024), followed by a 2-day online workshop for North & South Island trainees combined (8-9 April 2024).
This workshop is of interest to counsellors, social workers, teachers, early childhood educators, psychotherapists, psychologists, creative art therapists, and others who work with children, as well as students who are training in these areas.
Participants take away with them a broad range of facilitative and relational responses, as well as an understanding of the philosophy behind these, to use in their daily interactions with children.
This five-day workshop offers participants a glimpse into the fascinating world of CCPT. Workshop participants learn ways of communicating with children which are focussed on their relationship and which enable the child to know they have been fully heard and understood. There is a focus on emotional regulation and ways of responding to and being with children which will enable this, as well as the building of their self-esteem and the facilitation of change of negative internal working models.
Further details can be found here.
The Wonderful World of CCPT - Stage 1 - Cambridge
This wonderful 5-day professional development workshop is also Stage 1 of our full training programme.
This workshop will comprise of a 3-day in-person workshop (25-27 March 2024), followed by a 2-day online workshop for North & South Island trainees combined (8-9 April 2024).
This workshop is of interest to counsellors, social workers, teachers, early childhood educators, psychotherapists, psychologists, creative art therapists, and others who work with children, as well as students who are training in these areas.
Participants take away with them a broad range of facilitative and relational responses, as well as an understanding of the philosophy behind these, to use in their daily interactions with children.
This five-day workshop offers participants a glimpse into the fascinating world of CCPT. Workshop participants learn ways of communicating with children which are focussed on their relationship and which enable the child to know they have been fully heard and understood. There is a focus on emotional regulation and ways of responding to and being with children which will enable this, as well as the building of their self-esteem and the facilitation of change of negative internal working models.
Further details can be found here.
Stage 3: 4-day in-person intensive: Wānaka
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Stage 3: Issues in Advanced Clinical Practice (4-day in-person intensive)
This workshop will comprise of a 1-day online workshop (22 January 2024) and a 4-day in-person workshop to consolidate practice. The online workshop is prerequisite to the in-person workshop.
Included in this workshop are two in-depth presentations:
ChildPlayWorks presents their model for working with parents/caregivers and their child together in the playroom to strengthen their relationship.
Dr Bill Nordling presents his series of three 90-minute interactive presentations ‘Working with Parents’ and these form a solid foundation for the all-important aspect of developing effective, supportive working relationships with parents/caregivers.
Stage 3: 1-day Online Workshop
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Stage 3: Issues in Advanced Clinical Practice (1-day online workshop component)
This workshop will comprise of a 1-day online workshop (22 January 2024) and a 4-day in-person workshop to consolidate practice. The online workshop is prerequisite to the in-person workshop.
Included in this workshop are two in-depth presentations:
ChildPlayWorks presents their model for working with parents/caregivers and their child together in the playroom to strengthen their relationship.
Dr Bill Nordling presents his series of three 90-minute interactive presentations ‘Working with Parents’ and these form a solid foundation for the all-important aspect of developing effective, supportive working relationships with parents/caregivers.
Stage 2B Cambridge
ESTABLISHING AND CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE
Stage 2b: Issues in Clinical Practice (5-day workshop intensive)
Included in this 5-day workshop:
Typical problems and issues in CCPT
Advanced play therapy practice development
Determining therapeutic process
Group role plays
Case material, DVD material
Experiential and personal reflective activities
An Introduction to Child Centred Play Therapy - Wānaka
This popular 3-day professional development workshop offers course participants an introduction to Child-Centred Play Therapy, with this being a very unique, deeply heartfelt, relational way of being with children. This workshop also holds credits for Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who wish to apply and who meet the entry criteria.
Stage 3B, Module 7 - Presentation 3
Stage 3b, Module 7: The Emergent Child-Centred Play Therapist (online/long distance)
Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran present their excellent series of three 90-minute interactive presentations 'Working with Relationship-Resistant Children'. Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
An Introduction to Child Centered Play Therapy - Cambridge
This popular 3-day professional development workshop offers course participants an introduction to Child-Centered Play Therapy, with this being a very unique, deeply heartfelt, relational way of being with children. This workshop also holds credits for Stage 1 of the ChildPlayWorks Clinical Play Therapy Training Programme for those who wish to apply and who meet the entry criteria.
Stage 3B, Module 7 - Presentation 2
Stage 3b, Module 7: The Emergent Child-Centred Play Therapist (online/long distance)
Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran present their excellent series of three 90-minute interactive presentations 'Working with Relationship-Resistant Children'. Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
Stage 3B, Module 7 - Presentation 1
Stage 3b, Module 7: The Emergent Child-Centred Play Therapist (online/long distance)
Nancy Cochran and Dr Jeff Cochran present their excellent series of three 90-minute interactive presentations 'Working with Relationship-Resistant Children'. Nancy H. Cochran and Dr Jeff L. Cochran, alongwith Dr Bill J. Nordling, co-author one of our required texts Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
Stage 2B Wānaka
ESTABLISHING AND CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE
Stage 2b: Issues in Clinical Practice (5-day workshop intensive)
Included in this 5-day workshop:
Typical problems and issues in CCPT
Advanced play therapy practice development
Determining therapeutic process
Group role plays
Case material, DVD material
Experiential and personal reflective activities
Stage 2A Cambridge
Stage 2a: Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5-day workshop intensive)
In this 5-day workshop we host Dr Wendy Kelly (Clinical Psychologist) as she presents her very popular 1-day professional development workshop The Effects of Trauma on Children's Attachment Relationships.
Applications to begin supervised practice are able to be submitted after completion of this workshop.
Stage 3A, Cambridge
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Stage 3a: Issues in Advanced Clinical Practice (5-day workshop intensive)
Included in this workshop are two in-depth presentations:
ChildPlayWorks presents their model for working with parents/caregivers and their child together in the playroom to strengthen their relationship.
Dr Bill Nordling presents his series of three 90-minute interactive presentations ‘Working with Parents’ and these form a solid foundation for the all-important aspect of developing effective, supportive working relationships with parents/caregivers.
'Trauma & Attachment' - 1-day online professional development workshop with Dr.Wendy Kelly
This online seminar will focus on the impact of trauma on early attachment relationships and how this affects children’s view of themselves and other people, their development, and their social and emotional well-being. The seminar will be presented in a live, online, interactive format with time for questions and participation factored in. The morning session will cover how children form attachment relationships, the different types of attachment, traumatic stress, and complex trauma. Attachment and trauma will then be looked at together through the Relational Learning Framework (RLF). The RLF was developed by the trainer to understand what children learn about themselves and other people from traumatic experiences, maltreatment and/or disruption of care. We will then consider how to develop a treatment plan to help the child change any negative beliefs they may have about themselves or others, based on the trauma they have experienced. This seminar will cover theory and provide ideas and techniques for understanding the issues facing maltreated and traumatised children and a practical method of working out what the child needs to learn from current relationships, both caregiving and therapeutic. The types of therapy useful for this population will be outlined but the seminar will not cover how to deliver specific therapy.
Wendy Kelly is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the child protection and mental health fields for 35 years. Wendy first began working with trauma at the Wellington Sexual Abuse Help Foundation in 1985 and subsequently worked for Child, Youth and Family (now Oranga Tamariki) in both employed and contracted roles for 15 years. Wendy runs a private practice specialising in child maltreatment/foster care and adult trauma and is a supplier and provider for ACC sensitive claims counselling. Wendy is also a Clinical Practice Advisor with the clinical psychology program at Victoria University and completed her PhD in 2015 on the topic: ‘Looking after children in care: What psychological factors affect the foster parent--child relationship’. She published a book entitled ‘Understanding children in foster care: Identifying and addressing what children learn from maltreatment’ in 2017. Wendy has been providing seminars throughout the country for Compass Seminars since 2003 and provides workshops for a variety of agencies including Werry Workforce Wharaurau, Oranga Tamariki and Explore Services.
Further information can be found here
Stage 3A, Wānaka
ADVANCED PRACTICE
Stage 3a: Issues in Advanced Clinical Practice (5-day workshop intensive)
Included in this workshop are two in-depth presentations:
ChildPlayWorks presents their model for working with parents/caregivers and their child together in the playroom to strengthen their relationship.
Dr Bill Nordling presents his series of three 90-minute interactive presentations ‘Working with Parents’ and these form a solid foundation for the all-important aspect of developing effective, supportive working relationships with parents/caregivers.
The Wonderful World of CCPT - Stage 1 - Cambridge
This wonderful 5-day professional development workshop is also Stage 1 of our full training programme.
This workshop is of interest to counsellors, social workers, teachers, early childhood educators, psychotherapists, psychologists, creative art therapists, and others who work with children, as well as students who are training in these areas.
Participants take away with them a broad range of facilitative and relational responses, as well as an understanding of the philosophy behind these, to use in their daily interactions with children.
This five-day workshop offers participants a glimpse into the fascinating world of CCPT. Workshop participants learn ways of communicating with children which are focussed on their relationship and which enable the child to know they have been fully heard and understood. There is a focus on emotional regulation and ways of responding to and being with children which will enable this, as well as the building of their self-esteem and the facilitation of change of negative internal working models.
Further details can be found here.
Stage 2A Wānaka
Stage 2a: Deepening and Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship (5-day workshop intensive)
In this 5-day workshop we host Dr Wendy Kelly (Clinical Psychologist) as she presents her very popular 1-day professional development workshop The Effects of Trauma on Children's Attachment Relationships.
Applications to begin supervised practice are able to be submitted after completion of this workshop.
Stage 2B Cambridge
ESTABLISHING AND CONSOLIDATING PRACTICE
Stage 2b: Issues in Clinical Practice (5-day workshop intensive)
Included in this 5-day workshop:
Typical problems and issues in CCPT
Advanced play therapy practice development
Determining therapeutic process
Group role plays
Case material, DVD material
Experiential and personal reflective activities