Workshop One:

• Introduction to Play Therapy Models
• Developing the therapeutic relationship with the child
• Boundaries and Containment - when to say yes and no!
• Using and exploring the medium - having fun & allowing ourselves to play.

• Developing my sense of self as a creative therapist
• Play and Attachment
• Working with trauma and the abused child
• More exploration of the play therapy methods

• What happens to me when I work with a child who ‘presses my buttons"?
• When is play no longer therapeutic?
• Working with silence
• Closure and Endings
• Continued exploration of the medium.

Workshop facilitator:
Nadine Littledale is a person-centred psychodrama psychotherapist, social worker,
trainer and supervisor. She has over 35 years experience in social work and
psychotherapy working with children and adults in both government services and private
practice. Since arriving in Australia in 2006 she has worked for Queensland Health in
Children and Youth Mental Health Services and in private practice. She regularly uses
play therapy in her work with children with severe and complex needs.

These workshops are suitable for anyone working with children in a therapeutic or community context and who wish to develop their skills, understanding and awareness of how to work creatively with children.

Attendance at all 3 workshops is included in the price. This time together contributes to the emergence of a group identity which also assists in the experience of learning.
What:      Experiential workshops, combining theory and practice.
When:     26 Feb, 8 March, 15 March 2010.
Where: Moreno Collegium for Human Centred Learning, Research and Development.
Coorparoo. Brisbane (full address on
confirmation).
Time:       9.00 am to 4.30 pm
Cost:  see attached.