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Children's Therapy Centre, Ballymore, Mullingar (2026)

22/03/2026

Having Dr. Sue Bratton facilitate for us was a wonderful end to our CPRT training, thank you so much to Dr. Sue, Cathy , Lisa and Liz for facilitating this wonderful course for us. And massive thank you to the wonderfully playful and engaged therapists who joined us for the course, it was great to have you with us! A very successful course indeed.

CPRT - Child Parent Relationship Therapy - is an evidence based Filial Therapy model. We are excited for all that lies ahead for the therapists who completed the training with us and for the families they are going to work with. We are also excited to plan the next course, if you are interested in completing our training in Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model for Groups please register your interest on our website - www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

14/03/2026

Our ever popular QQI Level 6, 15 Credit, Therapeutic Play Skills Certificate Course is starting in person in Limerick this April. This is our only in person Therapeutic Play Skills course taking place in Limerick the year so if you are keen to attend this training in person now is your time to do so!!

CTC’s Therapeutic Play Skills Certificate is a fantastic course for professionals working with children, or parents/carers, interested in developing new skills to make more therapeutic use of play within their current professional role. It is also ideal foundation level training for anyone considering applying for our MA course.

The Limerick course takes place in CTC’s Limerick premises and is facilitated by one of our fabulous MA trainers, Cathy O’ Byrne

Our Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills is offered on a part-time basis and equips participants with the relevant knowledge, skill and competencies to plan, deliver and evaluate both group and individual play-based interventions. The training is an interactive learning programme with experiential learning opportunities built in throughout. Participants engage in creative activities that enhance personal development, develop insight and awareness, and contribute to understanding, and meeting, the needs of all children including those living in adverse circumstances.

Course content includes coverage of many therapeutic play interventions, including creative visualisation, interactive play, use of puppets and creative storytelling, skills to support self-directed play and running groups for personal and social development. Directive and non-directive therapeutic approaches are addressed.

Places are limited so if you do want to join this training incredible training in Limerick make sure to get your application into us soon. You will find full details and online application on our website www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

11/03/2026

Excitement is building here for the start of our brand new Professional Diploma in Sandtray Therapy and Symbolic Expression, which is starting this May. Read on for full details on this IACP CPD Approved course (84 CPD Points).

This exciting Diploma course will bring you deep into the world of projective play and the use of symbols as therapeutic agents with psychotherapy and counselling clients. You will engage in experiential sessions utilising sandtray therapy, spectrograms, and the use of symbols. The training is relevant for therapists working with adults, adolescents, and/or children. Making use of right-brain processes and accessing implicit memories will deepen the therapy process and facilitate healing from unresolved issues that have their roots at any life stage. Accessing a direct route to the unconscious bypasses defences and maintains a felt sense of safety by providing dramatic distance from disturbing thoughts and feelings. This allows the social engagement system to stay active and protects the client from being triggered into a hyper- or hypo-aroused state. Creative expression, with a therapist who communicates strong safety cues, allows the player to experience a neuroception of safety even when processing difficult experiences. This is a blended learning course which makes the best use of the onsite training days for experiential learning, while facilitating your work/life balance by providing for a mixture of live online sessions, directed study tasks, and self-directed learning (including access to interactive learning opportunities for you to engage with at times to suit your own schedule.) The experiential nature of this course will support your personal and professional development, and you will acquire knowledge, skills, and competence that will enhance your clinical practice.

Suitable Applicants This training is suitable for trainee and qualified play therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, expressive arts therapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals working within the range of psychotherapeutic modalities with clients of all ages.Full details and online application available at www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

07/03/2026

Last weekend in Athens!! It was an absolute privilege and a true delight to share my passion for the therapeutic powers of play with this incredible group in Athens last weekend. What a wonderful time we had playing, laughing, and learning together. It truly was a fabulous experience. Thank you for inviting me to facilitate for you and thank you to this incredibly creative and playful group for engaging so fully in the workshop. You are all wonderful! I hope that we will get to play together again 🥰🎉💫

27/02/2026

I had a gorgeous day exploring Athens today, it was wonderful! I am very grateful to be here and super excited to get to share my passion for the therapeutic powers of play over the next few days. A weekend of experiential training awaits. I am ready to play, I hope the course participants are too!! Happy weekend all, I hope you find time to connect with your playful side this weekend too. Siobhán ✨

26/02/2026

Time is running out to avail of our Early Bird offer the absolutely iconic Dr. Eliana Gil’s training event in Limerick this June. Eliana is a true pioneer in our field and rarely travels overseas to present so this really is a once in a lifetime training opportunity. If you work with traumatised children, teenagers or families you do not want to miss this incredible event!

💫Children’s Therapy Centre - 2 Day Training Event

🌟🌟Play Therapy with Eliana Gil🌟🌟

📍Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick 29th & 30th June 2026

⭐️A 2-day training in Post-traumatic play and working with children with sexual behaviour problems

This two-day training is designed to equip child therapists to facilitate healing play, and to make informed clinical decisions and utilise integrated approaches when providing therapy to traumatised children whose play remains stuck and where their behaviour may be problematic to themselves and or others. This will specifically include children where port-traumatic play may be retraumatizing and children who struggle with sexual behaviour problems.

❓Suitable for: This training is suitable for trainee and qualified play therapists, psychotherapists, counsellors, expressive and creative arts therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals working within the range of psychotherapeutic modalities providing therapy and/or assessment for children/adolescents and their parents.

🌟Standard Fee €340

🌟Early Bird Rate €310

Early bird places are limited! Book now with a €100 deposit and pay your balance by 1st May.

Tea/coffee and hot lunch provided on both days

You will find full details including detailed objectives, and online booking options, on our website www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

I am so incredibly excited for this! It is going to be AMAZING. I hope you can join us. Siobhán 💫

24/02/2026

We are currently processing applications for our 2026 Diploma in Creative Supervision - it is starting SOON!! There is a major shortage of creative supervisors available across the country, so we are super excited to deliver this training and have more creative supervisors working in the field.

Yet again,we are delighted to be able to deliver this training with input from international experts in the field:Joan Wilmot,Karen Jesnick, and Maggie Feran are all scheduled to teach modules. As are some of our very experienced staff team-Michelle Fahy, Majella Ryan and Emer McDonagh.

Creative Supervision includes the use of action methods and creative approaches in the supervision of therapists and other professionals involved in direct work with clients of all ages, utilising a variety of theoretical frameworks, and in a variety of circumstances.These strategies also prove useful in the mentoring and consultative roles that are part and parcel of many professional lives. This course focuses on utilising new and innovative approaches utilising the creative arts, lateral thinking, and playful activities in the supervision process. An aim is to facilitate supervisors to connect more fully with supervisees, and facilitate them in fully exploring and finding solutions to dilemmas in client work and in the management of clinical teams. There is a focus on learning to match supervision style and process to supervisee needs, ensuring that the continuum of needs of those with varying degrees of experience are responded to in an integrated manner. Central to this is the use of informed intuition to hypothesise, blended with advanced skills in understanding intrapersonal and interpersonal processes, and knowing when and how to apply diverse approaches.

This course is suitable to therapists adopting a variety of approaches in their work, regardless of the specific core training that they have undertaken. It is an experiential training with a substantial theoretical component and equips trainees to undertake the multiple roles of the supervisor.

Full details and online application available at www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

12/02/2026

15 years ago today I married a wonderful guy, one I first met when I was 15!! It was one of the greatest days of my life so far, topped only by the days we welcomed our incredible children into this world.

I don’t remember this photo being taken - I do know that it was before the glorious mayhem of breakfast with the girls, laughter over make up and hair, and the formal photos began. But, I do remember my thoughts as I sat looking out into the world this day 15 years ago. I remember thinking how lucky I was to be marrying such an incredible man, how lucky we were to be getting ready to celebrate our wedding day with our wonderful crew of family and friends. I remember my gratitude in that moment, and I remember my excitement for all that was yet to come.

15 years later, I am beyond grateful that yet again I am feeling lucky and grateful. Lucky in life that the great guy I married 15 years ago is still my great husband and more than that he is also the greatest father to our two loves. I literally could not have wished up a better Dad for our children, even with a magic wand! The past 15 years have brought many experiences our way, not always easy ones to navigate, life has a way of doing that! We have had our ups and downs, turns, twists and everything in between - and we have made it through together! 15 years on since we married, and a few more again since we met, I sit here today on our 15th wedding anniversary and send the same wishes into the world as I did 15 years ago - let us be happy, let us be healthy, let us laugh and live and love in the company of those we hold dearest to our hearts. Thank you in advance, universe. In return we will do our very best to put only good stuff into this wonderful world of ours. Siobhán 💫

08/02/2026

It was a wonderful weekend at CTC Limerick! Our first cohort of students on our Child Parent Relationship Therapy: CPRT: A 10-Session Filial Therapy Model for Groups training course had a fabulous time playing and learning together. Thank you all so much for joining us for this incredible training.

Massive thank you to our talented trainer Cathy O’ Byrne for organising so much behind the scenes and leading the group in day one of their training. Cathy really did go above and beyond on this one, she is a true gem. Special thanks also to UK based experts in the field Lisa Gordon Clarke and Liz Hancock for travelling to us to make this whole training possible. We are so grateful to you both! Roll on next month when the group gets to experience the one and only Dr. Sue Bratton!!! This truly is a very special training, we are honoured to be able to facilitate it. Well done to everyone involved, students and trainers alike. Siobhán 💫

06/02/2026

Hello and Happy Friday!! As International Play Therapy Week draws to a close, I come sharing very exciting news! The absolutely iconic Dr. Eliana Gil is coming to Ireland this June to deliver a two day training event for us. Eliana is a true pioneer in our field and rarely travels overseas to present so this really is a once in a lifetime training opportunity. If you work with traumatised children, teenagers or families you do not want to miss this incredible event!

💫Children’s Therapy Centre - 2 Day Training Event

🌟🌟Play Therapy with Eliana Gil🌟🌟

📍Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick 29th & 30th June 2026

⭐️A 2-day training in Post-traumatic play and working with children with sexual behaviour problems

This two-day training is designed to equip child therapists to facilitate healing play, and to make informed clinical decisions and utilise integrated approaches when providing therapy to traumatised children whose play remains stuck and where their behaviour may be problematic to themselves and or others. This will specifically include children where port-traumatic play may be retraumatizing and children who struggle with sexual behaviour problems.

❓Suitable for: This training is suitable for trainee and qualified play therapists, psychotherapists, counsellors, expressive and creative arts therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals working within the range of psychotherapeutic modalities providing therapy and/or assessment for children/adolescents and their parents.

Fees: Standard Fee €340

Early Bird Rate €310

Early bird places are limited! Book now with a €100 deposit and pay your balance by 1st May.

Tea/coffee and hot lunch provided on both days

You will find full details including detailed objectives, and online booking options, on our website www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

I am so incredibly excited for this! It is going to be AMAZING. I hope you ca join us. Siobhán 💫

04/02/2026

We are very excited here about our upcoming live online course “Post-Traumatic Growth in Children and Teenagers: Healing Through the Therapeutic Powers if Play” facilitated by UK based Sonia Murray. Sonia has vast experience working with children, teenagers, families, and various professionals, she also has a wealth of experience facilitating and presenting trainings so we are definitely in for a treat with this one! This is a super training opportunity for anyone working closely with children or teenagers. Add the date to your diary and get yourself booked in, this is definitely one you do not want to miss!

Full details, and online booking, on our website www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

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