Serendipity Play Therapy

05/11/2025

In play therapy, toys aren’t just toys – they’re a child’s language. Each tool opens a different doorway into their inner world.

The sand tray becomes a landscape of emotions. A child might bury fears beneath the sand or build a safe place where things finally feel under control. Puppets allow shy voices to speak – stories that were silent can suddenly come alive on a small stage. With drawing and painting, colours take on meaning; anger may come out as sharp red lines, hope as a bright yellow sun.

Miniature figures and toys help children recreate their worlds – families, friends, or moments that feel too big to face head-on. Through these tiny scenes, they can process the past, experiment with change, and imagine something better.

Every tool carries quiet power. When a child plays, they’re not escaping reality – they’re rebuilding it, piece by piece, in a way that helps them heal.

🌐 Learn more about play therapy here: https://playtherapy.org.uk/

📌 For Ireland-based students: Did you know APAC course fees are eligible for tax relief under Section 473A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997?

Courses are delivered in partnership with University College Cork (UCC), a Revenue-approved Irish third-level institution, and appear on Revenue’s list of approved postgraduate programmes for the academic year 2025/2026.

For more information on tuition fee relief, see Revenue Leaflet IT31 – Tax Relief for Tuition Fees in Respect of Third-Level Education or visit: www.revenue.ie

✨ Support children, enhance your practice, and explore the transformative power of play.

22/10/2025

Great puppet finds in the charity shop today 🙂

17/10/2025

Today we recognise the profound impact that poverty can have on children’s wellbeing, development, and emotional health.

Living in poverty can bring daily experiences of stress, instability, shame, and uncertainty — all of which can affect a child’s sense of safety, confidence, and ability to thrive.

Play Therapy offers a vital space for healing.
Within the safety of a consistent therapeutic relationship, children can:

💛 Express difficult emotions through play rather than words
💛 Rebuild trust and a sense of control
💛 Experience acceptance, understanding and emotional attunement
💛 Develop resilience, self-worth, and inner resources to cope with life’s challenges

Play allows children to make sense of their world, process experiences, and find hope even in the face of adversity.

BAPT Registered Play Therapists® are trained to understand how social, emotional and environmental factors — including poverty — affect children’s development and mental health. Through the power of play, they help children reclaim their voice, confidence and capacity for joy.

14/10/2025

10/10/2025

For children, play is more than fun – it’s communication, expression, and healing.

This World Mental Health Day, we’re celebrating the power of play to support emotional wellbeing.

🎲 Play therapy helps children:
✨ Understand and express feelings
✨ Build confidence and resilience
✨ Develop emotional balance and self-awareness

When children play, they’re processing their world – one story, one feeling, one figure at a time.
Let’s keep making space for that healing language to be heard. 💙

Learn more about play therapy here: https://zurl.co/P2poo

04/10/2025

Happy World Animal Day! 🐾 Did you know animal puppets can act as “animal helpers” in play therapy?

Puppets allow children to express emotions safely and creatively. Using animal puppets, children can:

• Talk about feelings indirectly, through the puppet
• Role-play challenging situations
• Build empathy by caring for their puppet “friend”

Give your child or client an animal puppet and ask it to tell a story about a day in its life. Encourage them to explore different emotions – happy, scared, frustrated – through the puppet. This helps children practice recognising and expressing feelings in a playful, safe way.

03/09/2025

Advertising to schools, I bring my big orange suitcase (and knowledge) to you

08/08/2025

10/07/2025

Looking for a Play Therapist you can trust?

The Play Therapy UK Accredited Register is the first of its kind – independently overseen and accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) – https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/

To be listed on our register, therapists must meet strict clinical governance standards, including:

✅ A Level 7 postgraduate qualification in Play Therapy (https://apac.org.uk/)
✅ Membership with PTUK – a professional body regulated by the PSA
✅ Mandatory monthly clinical supervision
✅ Ongoing safeguarding training and yearly CPD aligned with play therapy
✅ GDPR compliance

This register provides peace of mind to parents, carers, employers, and commissioners.

📍 Find a practitioner who meets PTUK’s high-quality standards
👶 Children and young people deserve the highest standards – we go beyond the minimum.

📎 Learn more about PTUK’s register – https://playtherapyregister.org.uk/

04/07/2025

The power of Play Therapy ⭐️

22/06/2025

Tina Farr has put play-based learning at the heart of lessons at her Oxford primary – with ‘phenomenal’ results

13/06/2025

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So, another Headteacher into the ‘collection’, one who is awake to what childhood wants and knows that it pays a heavy price for drudgery.

Play loves Nick Styles, it loves his team and it loves his children. We need more HTs like him, we need more Play People, we need more play.

Children are not on this planet to do tasks for adults and neither do children need to prove themselves to them.

It’s wonderful to see Nick’s adventure with his team, and he’s wearing his ‘Play Loves You’ badge with pride.

Here’s to play and all of its love for you and you and you ❤️

Happy weekend, Play People!!

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