Monika Jephcott, CEO of Play Therapy UK, is pleased to announce that the PTUK Conference 2016 will be held at The Beaumont Estate, Old Windsor, Berkshire. The conference starts on 18th June 2016.
After the success of the first certificate course in Greece, that ended on 6th of September 2015, Play Therapy Greece runs the second certificate course in Athens. The new course starts on 25th of September 2015, full with 18 participants, and will be completed on 3rd of April 2016.
Monika Jephcott CEO of PTUK is pleased to announce the latest research results. They show that the average improvement is 77% of children receiving Play Therapy to PTUK/PTI standards and there is no difference worldwide.
For those studying one of our accredited courses Monika Jephcott is pleased to announce that ALMS has been updated with a new look and method of downloading course content and resources.
Post graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play
‘This is an extremely well organised course. The teaching is clear and straightforward. The materials are available, lots of experiential role play and practice.’ MT
‘A beautiful location with wonderful energy. Superb care was given by all the staff. I am extremely grateful to have attended this life changing course. Many, many thanks to the whole team.’ PW
‘Monika – thank you for being a life example and inspiration, your vision and passion to help children all over the world. I pray and I believe that the seeds that you and Jeff plant will continuously grow, thrive, blossom and be harvested everywhere.’ A
PG Diploma in Play Therapy
‘Fantastic, intensive experience, which is largely experiential meaning your learning is really deep, as is the processing.’ T
‘Thank you for an amazing course which is leading and continuing my journey into becoming a Play Therapist.’ G
Monika Jephcott, APAC CEO, would like to thank all those who attended the Summer School at La Mouline, France this year. All students successfully completed their training and the feedback was excellent on both learning and environment. Many had according to the final feedback was a life changing experience.
Monika Jephcott, Chief Executive of Play Therapy UK announced a major revision of PTUK’s Demand Model for the UK showing the need for 23370 therapists to work with children.
PTUK’s demand model was originally constructed by our Research Department in 2003 with data for 8900 local areas. It has served our Registrants well. Reports for 340 different areas have been produced, some of them used by many different Registrants. They have incorporated the data showing the estimated demand (need) for therapists in their local area into their presentations to school staff and other professionals and commissioners of services with good effect.
In addition to presenting the data by localities it is now also available for your local NHS Commissioning Group and your MP’s constituency.
The overall demand for Play Therapists has risen in England and Wales from 16377 to 19495 an increase of 19%. This is mainly due to an increase in the number of children in the overall population and the average number of sessions required increasing from 12 to 15.17.
Estimated demand for Play Therapists by UK country:
| Country | N | % total |
| England | 18487 | 79% |
| Wales | 1008 | 4% |
| Scotland | 3278 | 14% |
| Northern Ireland | 597 | 3% |
| Total UK | 23370 | 100% |
The new model shows a considerable variation in the estimated number of therapists required by each Local Authority because of the idiosyncratic way in which geographical boundaries are set. Some have very much larger populations of children than others. The five LA’s showing the need for the largest number of therapists are:
| Birmingham | 455 |
| Leeds | 252 |
| Bradford | 227 |
| Sheffield | 187 |
| Manchester | 181 |
(London data is broken down into a large number of Local Authorities)
It is not possible to make a direct comparison with the previous model, that dates from 2003, for every Local Authority because of boundary changes. However in the 313 English LAs where it is possible: 288 show an increase with Haringey, Hackney, Hammersmith, Fulham and Halton heading the list, 8 LAs show no change and 16 show a decrease, due to population changes.
We are pleased to announce that all Post Graduate Certificate and Diploma students attending the Summer School at the National University of Ireland (Galway) completed their training successfully.
APAC CEO Monika Jephcott is pleased to announce a brand new one day introductory course at Epiphany House in Truro, Cornwall, on the 5th December 2015. Click for details
Monika Jephcott welcomed students on the Post Graduate Certificate and Diploma courses from 20 countries at La Mouline, France for the Intensive 15 days Play Therapy Summer School training. A truly culturally diverse training group.
