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Children's Therapy Centre, Ballymore, Mullingar (2025)

08/12/2025

UPDATE DATES!!! A curveball came my way today…

29th & 30th June 2026 - get these dates in your diary.

You definitely don’t want to miss this one!!!

If you have listened to my stories you can probably tell that I am just a little excited 🤭🤩🥳💫

03/12/2025

A few photos from our absolutely phenomenal training event with Paris Goodyear Brown ! These two days were beyond special. Paris shared herself, her heart, her humour, and of course her truly amazing TraumaPlay model with us all in the most engaging and playful way possible. In addition to Paris’s all round brilliance we were joined by an equally brilliant group of participants. The combination led to an extra special event, one that has filled my heart with joy and gratitude.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and engaged so fully, and thank you to the one and only Paris Goodyear Brown for making this magic event possible. Paris, I am so grateful to have you as a friend and a colleague. And as for our ever growing CTC crew, my gratitude is ever growing for you all too!! I am one very lucky lady! 💖

P.S. Extra magic happened at our CTC Christmas celebration too!! More photos of that to follow. 🥰💫🥳

30/11/2025

What a day!!!! Eileen and I are beyond delighted to be hosting the INCREDIBLE Paris Goodyear Brown in Limerick. From the very first time I heard Paris speak I knew how phenomenally gifted she is. It is a total delight to be be able share her with so many dedicated professionals here in Limerick.

Massive thanks to the one and only for travelling to share herself with us, and of course thank you also to all who have joined us for this training. The atmosphere here is wonderful thanks to you all! Special thanks also to the amazing team at the Castletroy Park Hotel for looking after us all so well. More photos to follow, for now though I need to get ready for a little CTC Christmas gathering tonight. Fun, fun, fun!!! My heart is happy. ❤️

25/11/2025

We are currently filling the final places on our next intake for our Practitioner Certificate in Multi-Sensory Trauma Processing and EMDR Principles across the lifespan – starting 6th December 2025.

💫Multi-Sensory Trauma Processing (MTP ©) and EMDR Principles Across the Lifespan Practitioner Certificate

💫 Facilitator: Linda McGuire MA, MIACP, EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner and both an Adult and a Child and Adolescent Consultant, and Certified Trainer of MTP

💫 This exciting training programme, utilises two core models to address and resolve trauma. As this is a practitioner award, engagement in 20 clinical practice sessions, and 5 supervision sessions, are required. This supervision is included in the course. This course is designed to equip participants to utilise the MTP model and EMDR principles in their work with traumatized clients throughout the lifespan. The training will weave techniques from EMDR phase II into the MTP model as a necessary part of a client’s readiness to process traumatic experience.

Both modalities are designed to assist with the processing of unresolved issues and to activate the client’s internal healing processes. Treatment may be a single session or may span multiple sessions. It may also be incorporated as an ongoing or intermittent part of the treatment being provided. Clinical decisions are made in accordance with the complexity of issues that the client is struggling with. The course is designed for professions working with adults, adolescents and/or children over three years who have experienced traumatic events and are exhibiting PTSD symptoms.

💫 Suitable for:trainee & qualified play therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, expressive arts therapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals working with clients of all ages.

💫 Course Fee: €1200

Full details & online application at www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

24/11/2025

I can hardly believe that in less than one week we will be gathering in Limerick for Paris Goodyear-Brown’s training!! This is your absolute final chance to book yourself in.

Paris is one of the most sought-after play therapy trainers in the world right now, she is amazing! This training is a must for anyone working with traumatized children and teenagers.

🤩TraumaPlay℠: A Flexibly Sequential Play Therapy Model for Treating Traumatized Children

🗓️30th November & 1st December 2025

📍 Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick

Learn how to use this playful, components-based, evidence informed treatment with traumatized children and teens. On 30th Nov and 1st Dec 2025, Paris will share her flexibly sequential model, identifying specific treatment goals with corresponding interventions. TraumaPlay℠ views all change through an attachment focused, neurobiologically informed lens. The training will differentiate between trauma treatment goals that are best accomplished through non-directive methods and goals that are best served by integrating parents as partners, and utilizing somatic grounding interventions, cognitive-behavioral play therapy interventions, expressive therapy techniques and playful ways to complete trauma narrative work. Participants will leave with an overarching paradigm for trauma treatment, an expanded toolkit of interventions and a revived sense of excitement about the process. Come prepared to play!

⁉️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 for children/adolescents and their parents.

Course Fee €335

Tea/coffee and hot lunch provided on both days

💻 Book in on www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

This is going to be AMAZING 🤩 🥳

21/11/2025

A day of magic at CTC!!! What a day I had with our Y3G2 MA students. I don’t think we wanted it to end 🤣 Thanks for a wonderful day of play, connection, laughter, shared joy, and stories. I am finishing my week on a high. Oh how I love our CTC crew. 💛🌟💫

30/10/2025

I am delighted to let you know about the next live online workshop in Michelle Fahy’s series of CPD trainings for us. On Saturday 15th November, Michelle will facilitate a heartfelt, intimate, and reflective, live online workshop exploring love, loss and grief. Michelle designed this workshop “A Joint Journey Towards Healing: Navigating Love, Loss and Grief” specifically for therapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals, and it promises to be a unique and fulfilling experience. Through group discussions, theory and self-reflection this workshop will equip you with practical tools and insights to foster healing – for both your clients and you. Join us on the 15th November to navigate this shared human journey with empathy, connection, and growth.

💫A Joint Journey Towards Healing: Navigating Love, Loss and Grief
💫Facilitator: Michelle Fahy
💫Saturday November 15th 2025
💫Live Online 10am-5pm
💫Fee: €120

This reflective and interactive workshop is designed for therapists, counsellors, and other mental health professionals working therapeutically with clients of all ages, who are seeking to deepen their understanding and enhance their therapeutic skills and awareness in addressing the interconnected themes of love, loss and grief across different life stages. Participants will explore the various types and theories of love, loss, and grief, and how these experiences evolve from childhood to older adulthood. Interactive exploration of group experiences and strategies for integrating this knowledge into therapeutic practice, will foster personal and professional growth through self-reflection and dialogue to consolidate learning which aims to provide effective, empathetic, and developmentally appropriate attunement to clients navigating these complex emotional experiences.

Suitable For: Trainee and qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, play therapists, expressive arts therapists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals working within the range of psychotherapeutic modalities with clients of all ages.

You can book your place on our website www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

28/10/2025

Happy Tuesday!! If you are planning on applying for either of our 2026 MA intakes now is the time to get your application in. One cohort will start at the start of July 2026, and the second cohort will start in August 2026. We will formally process the applications at the start of December though, so it is necessary to submit it before then. The final deadline for receipt of applications is 30th November.

CTC’s Master of Arts in Creative Psychotherapy and Play Therapy is the first accredited programme of its kind here in Ireland to offer a comprehensive, experiential training in Play Therapy as part of a fully professionally recognised MA qualification as a Psychotherapist with a major emphasis on the practice of Play Therapy. Our focus on younger clients is unique in a humanistic and integrative psychotherapy training, as is our intense focus on utilising creative, action methods that bring neuroscientific learning and interpersonal neurobiological concepts into the heart of developmentally appropriate clinical practice. Graduates will be ideally placed to work as therapists with children and young people presenting with emotional difficulties that may be mild or severe in nature) our MA graduates practice as psychotherapists specialising in play therapy. This course incorporates both professional and academic training. The MA is awarded by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). It is an IAPTP recognised course - the only Play Therapy & Psychotherapy training in Ireland to receive this status. Graduates are eligible for accreditation with IAPTP as both a Play Therapist and a Psychotherapist. Our MA is also directly recognised by the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP).

CTC is the longest established, and foremost provider of training in this field here in Ireland. We are very proud of what we do! MA Application time is a very exciting time for us. We are very much looking forward to working our way through the applications and meeting lots of you at interview stage!

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

An exciting journey awaits. Siobhán 💫

25/10/2025

If you are interested in learning more about the field of Play Therapy, we have the ideal short course for you. Our 1.5hour Live Online Course “An Introduction to Play Therapy” is on again on the 12th November. This is the final time we will run it this year so if this has been on your to do list now is definitely the time to book in!

💫CTC Training Course: Specialised Courses for Parents, Carers and Professionals
💫An Introduction to Play Therapy
💫Live Online Course
💫Course Fee: €35
💫Course Date: Wednesday 12th November 2025
💫Session Time: 4:30pm-6pm

This live online course will provide participants with a great introduction into the world of Play Therapy. This experiential workshop is a hands on, skill building session that will allow the participants to experience the therapeutic powers of play in action. The workshop will demonstrate non directive therapeutic play, explore play skills and how to set up a non-directive play session. A range of therapeutic play techniques will be engaged in which will encourage expression and communication. Adult led activities and therapeutic play tools will be explored. Relaxation and regulating activities will also be practiced and developed. Participants will learn how to use play as a communication method, explore creative ways to resource children and explore difficulties that they are experiencing in a child centered way. During the workshop participants will:

· Experience the therapeutic powers of play in action.
· Learn about non directive therapeutic play, explore necessary play skills and learn how to set up a non-directive play session.
· Learn therapeutic play techniques which will encourage expression and communication.
· Explore adult led activities and therapeutic play tools.
· Learn about and practice relaxation and regulating activities.

We look forward to welcoming new faces to CTC!

You can book in at www.childrenstherapycentre.ie

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