Monika Jephcott opened the plenary session with an inspiring address. She spoke spontaneously from her heart showing her passion for helping as many children as possible and the need for professionalism in addition to therapeutic skills. Monika outlined how Play Therapy UK had grown from an introductory course, with 12 participants, held at Fern Hill, Fairwarp in 2000, to the largest Play Therapy professional organisation with a Register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority with over 1500 registrants. She thanked all delegates for their steadfast support over the years in making PTUK’s programme of continuous innovation possible and in particular the recent raising of our standards of implementation to give the children the quality of therapy that they deserve.
