Psychology and Play Therapy Australia

Psychology and Play Therapy Australia Psychology and Play Therapy Australia delivers supervision, training and consultancy services Australia-wide and internationally.

Our clinical services are based in Hobart, Tasmania, and available to those in other states by mutual arrangement.

Being strategic is important during times of change - which is especially relevant with the federal budget being handed ...
07/05/2026

Being strategic is important during times of change - which is especially relevant with the federal budget being handed down next week.

Look at the changing policies or regulations within your sector of work.

For example, that may be around minimum professional standards that enable you to access or provide services to a range of client groups.

If this is the case for you, looking at further training and upskilling could be helpful for you.

Safeguard yourself by making strategic choices and decisions within your business.

If you’re working for yourself in the private practice sector, you need to be thinking about yourself as a business - es...
06/05/2026

If you’re working for yourself in the private practice sector, you need to be thinking about yourself as a business - especially during times of change.

How are you safeguarding yourself as a business during changing policy and changing funding?

I recommend undertaking a SWOT analysis, as this can be really helpful.

What are your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to your practice? How do you mitigate the potential risks?

For example, if your practice is primarily made up of one income stream through NDIS clients, how can you broaden your scope so you have multiple income streams?

That’s one of the critical ways of mitigating the risk to your business and safeguarding your practice.

As clinicians, how do we plan and sustain ourselves through times of change?One of the most important parts is checking ...
05/05/2026

As clinicians, how do we plan and sustain ourselves through times of change?

One of the most important parts is checking in with ourselves - and developing effective ways to manage the things that come up for us during times of uncertainty is an essential element to that.

The technical term for what we’re going to be doing for ourselves is ‘change management’.

Change management is about making change more successful and easier - and don’t we all want things to be easier?

Hopefully your supervisors will be able to help you with this as well!

I’ve been preparing for the federal budget being handed down on the 12th of May - next week!While we don’t know at this ...
04/05/2026

I’ve been preparing for the federal budget being handed down on the 12th of May - next week!

While we don’t know at this stage what that’s going to look like, the current global and economic climate is likely to mean that it will be a tight budget.

This means potential changes for those across many sectors - including ours - and particularly within the context of the NDIS system.

Last week, our posts were focused around resourcing supervisors who are supporting clinicians through times of change. This week, our focus is very much around us all as clinicians ourselves, and how we plan and sustain ourselves through times of change.

Keep an eye out for our posts so that you can learn more about how you can do this too!

Have you registered for Play Therapy Supervision During Times of Change yet?Play therapy is currently experiencing a num...
03/05/2026

Have you registered for Play Therapy Supervision During Times of Change yet?

Play therapy is currently experiencing a number of changes across policy, funding, and professional standards.

These changes are not abstract. They are impacting day-to-day practice and are being brought into supervision conversations.

Supervisees are often trying to make sense of what these changes mean for their work, while continuing to support their clients.

Supervisors play a key role in helping them to understand and respond to this context.

This 3-hour online masterclass offers a structured way to explore these changes, and to consider how supervision can support therapists to continue their work in a sustainable way.

Learn more and register here: https://psychologyandplay.mykajabi.com/offers/JWsFiK4F/checkout

PPTA’s Play Therapy Supervisor competencies emphasise the importance of the capacity of the supervisor to support and fa...
02/05/2026

PPTA’s Play Therapy Supervisor competencies emphasise the importance of the capacity of the supervisor to support and facilitate ongoing development of the supervisee’s play therapy competencies.

This is to ensure the Australian public receives competent, safe, and ethical play therapy services from appropriately trained and qualified play therapists and supervisors.

As a key objective, PPTA’s Play Therapy Supervisor training is to ensure Play Therapy Supervisors are able to implement a competency-based, child-centred, and systemic model of supervision practice that holds the child client at the centre of clinical practice and decision-making.

While child-centred and systemic approaches are familiar to many Play Therapists and Play Therapy Supervisors, a competency-based model is less familiar.

Our upcoming intake for the 4 Day Play Therapy Supervisor Training program begins in June. Learn more and register here: https://psychologyandplay.mykajabi.com/offers/G3UaRDja/checkout

**FRIDAY FUNNY**This one never gets old!
01/05/2026

**FRIDAY FUNNY**
This one never gets old!

Supporting supervisee wellbeing is an important part of supervision practice.In times of change, this becomes even more ...
30/04/2026

Supporting supervisee wellbeing is an important part of supervision practice.

In times of change, this becomes even more relevant.

However, wellbeing in supervision is not only about encouraging rest or self-care strategies. It also involves understanding the underlying demands of the work, the systems therapists are operating within, and the impact of ongoing change.

That’s what we’ll be doing at the 3 hour Play Therapy Supervisor Masterclass: Play Therapy Supervision During Times of Change in May.

This masterclass will explore how supervisors can support supervisee wellbeing in a way that takes these deeper factors into account.

It will also introduce play-based supervision activities that can support supervisees to process and move through change.

Learn more and register here: https://psychologyandplay.mykajabi.com/offers/JWsFiK4F/checkout

Supervisors are currently holding both the clinical work and the broader context in which that work is taking place.This...
29/04/2026

Supervisors are currently holding both the clinical work and the broader context in which that work is taking place.

This includes navigating NDIS-related pressures, policy changes, and increasing complexity within systems.

Many supervisors are doing this without formal training in change management, yet are expected to support their supervisees through uncertainty.

That’s why we’re running a brand new 3 hour Play Therapy Supervisor Masterclass: Play Therapy Supervision During Times of Change.

This masterclass is designed to provide both a space for reflection and a framework for practice.

It will support supervisors to consider how they are responding to change in supervision, and how they can continue to support supervisees in a way that is clear, structured, and sustainable.

Learn more and register here: https://psychologyandplay.mykajabi.com/offers/JWsFiK4F/checkout

**SAVE THE DATE**I’m coming back to Albury/Wodonga, and - as requested - I’ll be running a couple of live training event...
29/04/2026

**SAVE THE DATE**

I’m coming back to Albury/Wodonga, and - as requested - I’ll be running a couple of live training events for my rural community.

Details are still being finalised, but make sure you save the following dates:
🦋 1 day training event: Monday 17th August
🦋 2 day training event: Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th August

Registrations will be opening soon, so keep an eye out.

PS. To all of my Albury/Wodonga rural folk - let’s do what rural folk do well, and please forward this through the rural grapevine of your networks to help this opportunity be available to as many people as possible!

PPS. If you’re not in Albury/Wodonga but are a key person in your local rural community who could help get a training event off the ground - I’m open to travelling and working with other communities! As a rural person myself, I know it works best when I work with the communities themselves, rather than trying to deliver something in isolation.

If you want to talk to me about a training opportunity in your rural area, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

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Hobart, TAS

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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+61361693104

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