Creative, Innovative, Evidence Informed CPD for Professionals. Shaping brighter futures for young lives through a relational and trauma informed lens.
We deliver accessible, jargon-free, accredited training that focuses on relational trauma, equipping professionals to better understand and respond to children’s needs.
All participants on our Accredited live courses receive 3-months of dedicated post-training support to confidently embed and apply their learning in practice.
We partner with leading experts in the field to offer training opportunities and events that explore cutting-edge insights and practical strategies.
At PIP Solutions, our mission is to empower child therapists with the skills and understanding needed to address relational trauma—the often complex and deep-rooted challenges stemming from disrupted or harmful relationships.
Founded by Karen O’Neill and Tara McDonald, PIP Solutions is built on over 20 years of experience in psychotherapy and training, with a shared commitment to transforming lives through intentional, relational, and trauma-informed practices.
We understand the profound impact of relational trauma on children’s lives—and the importance of equipping therapists with the tools and resources to address it. The PIP Experience is designed to support your professional journey, providing evidence-based training, practical tools, and a supportive community to enhance your therapeutic impact.
Explore our range of expertly designed CPD courses, tailored to empower child therapists with the skills and knowledge to navigate complex therapeutic challenges. From safeguarding practices to play therapy techniques, our training is here to support your professional growth.
At PIP Solutions, we are committed to providing clear, practical information to support your journey in understanding and addressing relational trauma. Below, we’ve answered some of the most common questions, so you can feel confident in choosing the right course for your professional growth.
Each training is designed to meet the needs of professionals who already have an understanding of working therapeutically with children and have a Certificate Level (or equivalent) training. Our courses attract a wide range of audiences, including child and adolescent psychotherapists, creative arts therapists, school counsellors, play therapists, head teachers, teachers, early years practitioners, social workers and other clinical practice staff who support children and young people with their mental health at different ages of development.
All our teaching and training courses are underpinned with theoretical knowledge and are relevant to professionals including those within a multidisciplinary team who work therapeutically with children, young people and their families. We strive to meet the needs of practitioners who work with children at different stages of their learning journey, whether a student is in the early phase of their child and adolescent mental health training or at post-graduate level training including therapeutic play skills practitioner or play therapist.
Trainings and courses are informed by child development theory, interpersonal neurobiology, regulation theory, attachment theory, polyvagal theory and intersubjectivity. We support all participants to develop and integrate learning and skills into their work, whether they are a creative therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist or a head teacher.
We offer three ways of accessing excellent CPD:
Join one of our Accredited Training Courses, rigorously certified to ensure quality continuous professional development to support professional registration for child and adolescent psychotherapists and other psychological professions offering therapeutic interventions.
On-Demand CPD
Enjoy the assortment of Pre-Recorded Webinars we have on offer. If time commitment is an ‘issue’ these webinars will allow you to develop your clinical work and skills through applying theoretical knowledge and therapeutic interventions to reflect on ways of developing emotional resilience for a particular client group whether working in early years, with a child, young person, parents, families.
Guest Presenters
Meet our incredible Guest Presenters whose backgrounds cross a broad spectrum of psychological professions. With them they bring their theoretical knowledge and extensive clinical work experience with children, parents, families. All have child development expertise supporting a range of child therapy training frameworks to deliver creative and inspiring workshops.
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