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Guest Presenters

We are proud to bring leading professionals from around the world to the UK, offering innovative and inspiring training opportunities for practitioners. Our guest presenters are specialists in their fields, delivering fresh perspectives, evidence-based approaches, and practical tools to enhance your professional practice.

Each live, in person training event is carefully curated to introduce new ideas, deepen understanding, and support continued development within the therapeutic community.

Coming up...

Understanding & Supporting Children Impacted by Sexual Trauma & Exploitation

This one-day (7-hour) workshop with Dr Jodi Mullen is designed for professionals working with children and young people who want to deepen their understanding of sexual trauma and strengthen their capacity to support affected children with sensitivity and skill. Grounded in trauma-informed, attachment-based and neurodevelopmental perspectives, the training explores how sexual trauma impacts behaviour, relationships, learning and emotional regulation, offering practical strategies to help adults create safety and stability for the the children they work with.
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An Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy

Lisa Dion is joining us in the UK again to deliver the 3 days in person Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy. This is an exciting opportunity for you to engage in a comprehensive play therapy training, as Lisa takes you on a journey that explores the foundational skills of Synergetic Play Therapy.
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Past Presenters

We take pride in having hosted some of the foremost experts in child and adolescent mental health including:  

Rebecca Carr-Hopkins

Founder: Independent Social Work Matters, Experts in attachment with research level coder reliability in formally assessing attachment.

Jackie Flynn

Founder: Neuroscience of Play Therapy, Host: Play Therapy Community, Author: Play Is the Therapy

Dennis McCarthy, Author of If you Turned into a Monster & A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy, Helping Things Fall Apart, The Paradox of play

Dennis McCarthy

Author: If you Turned into a Monster & A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy, Helping Things Fall Apart, The Paradox of Play

Dr Joyce Mills

Creator of Storyplay®, Author: Therapeutic Metaphors for Children and the Child Within & Reconnecting to the Magic of Life

Dr Graham Music

Author: Respark & Nurturing Natures: Attachment and Children’s Emotional, Social and Brain Development

Dr Barbara Turner, founder of the Association for Sandplay Therapy

Dr Barbara Turner

Founder: Association for Sandplay Therapy, Author: The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy

Dr Janet Courtney

Founder: FirstPlay Therapy®, Author: Infant Play Therapy and Healing Child and Family Trauma through Expressive and Play Therapies

Karen Fried

Karen is the President of the Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation. She trains child and adolescent therapists in this model in the US and internationally.