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Child-Centered Play Therapy

22-25 September 2025

Child-Centred Play Therapy (CCPT) is a therapy method that supports children in expressing, understanding, and finding solutions to their emotional distress. In this approach, play is used as a tool that allows the child to express their inner world. The therapist allows the child to take direction, provides guidance, and observes in a safe environment. Through play, the child explores their feelings, makes sense of their problems, and develops emotional resilience.

Filial Play Therapy

26-27 September 2025

Filial therapy is a family-based therapy approach that aims to deepen the parent-child relationship. In this method, parents are taught how to interact effectively with their children through structured play sessions. Through this process, parents can better understand their children's emotional needs and develop a supportive relationship.

How is Filial Play Therapy Applied?

Filial therapy aims to strengthen family communication, increase emotional security, and reduce conflict. Parents learn to approach their children with greater sensitivity and understanding, which strengthens family bonds. This method offers a particularly effective solution for families experiencing communication difficulties and helps children meet their emotional needs in a healthier way.

Trauma-Focused Integrative Play Therapy (TFIPT)

3-5 November 2025

Trauma-Focused Integrative Play Therapy (TFIPT), developed by Eliana Gill, is a structured therapy model specifically designed for children who have experienced trauma. It was created to support children coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and similar traumatic symptoms.

This therapeutic approach helps children make sense of their difficult experiences and express them safely. Sessions structured with play and creative expression techniques support children’s emotional resilience and contribute to the healing process.

Key Features of TFIPT

Play-Based Intervention

Play, one of the most natural ways for children to express themselves, is used as a primary tool in this therapy. Through play, children have the opportunity to indirectly express their emotions and traumas.

Holistic Perspective

TFIPT works with a multidimensional approach that considers not only the child’s psychological but also physical and emotional processes. This approach supports recovery by focusing not only on symptoms but also on the child’s overall needs.

Trauma-Focused Structure

This therapy model is specifically structured to reduce the impact of traumatic experiences on children. TFIPT helps children process their past experiences safely.

Safe Therapeutic Space

Children feeling safe is a fundamental element for the therapy process to progress effectively. TFIPT provides a secure environment where children can openly express themselves.

Collaborative Relationship

The empathetic and supportive relationship established between therapist and child forms the foundation of the therapeutic process. The therapist responds sensitively to the child’s needs and shapes the therapy accordingly.

Play Therapy for Children with ADHD

9-10 November 2025

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by distractibility, hyperactivity, and impulsive behaviours. Play therapy helps children with ADHD increase their attention span, better express their emotions, and develop positive behaviours. This therapy process contributes to the development of self-esteem, increased social skills, and strengthened emotional regulation skills. The program is tailored to each child's individual needs and implemented under the guidance of a therapist.

Expressive Therapies

12-15 December 2025

Expressive therapies encompass a variety of techniques, including sandbox exercises, story-based play therapy, puppet therapy, and art therapy. These methods can be used effectively in therapeutic work with children, adolescents, and adults. The training aims to teach how to incorporate these techniques into the therapeutic process and integrate them into sessions.

Developmental Touch Therapy

16-17 December 2025

Developmental Touch Therapy, developed by Viola Brody, is a therapeutic approach designed to support the emotional and physical development of infants and young children. This approach is based on the transformative effect of touch on child development.

In Brody’s model, touch is not only a physical act but also a fundamental form of communication that fosters trust, attachment, and emotional healing. The aim of the therapy is to help children establish a secure emotional foundation and develop healthy relationships.

Core Principles of the Therapy

Building Trust Through Skin-to-Skin Contact

Skin contact increases the child’s bodily awareness and helps them form emotional bonds. This type of touch facilitates the child’s ability to establish trust with their environment.

Active Involvement of Parents and Caregivers

Viola Brody emphasizes the importance of physical closeness with the child. Holding, hugging, caressing, and being emotionally present make the child feel valued and safe.

Child’s Self-Expression Through Touch

Developmental Touch allows the child to express their needs and boundaries through physical contact. This approach supports the child in recognizing both their body and emotions.