Upcoming Events
Data Protection Office Webinar
Friday 27th March 2026
9.30 to 11.30
FREE to ALL Play Therapists
Join us for an insightful session exploring the unique data protection challenges in the field of child focused therapy.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is hosting a dedicated webinar tailored to the specific concerns of those working within the child play therapy industry. The webinar will cover various data processing matters and concerns facing child therapists as a sector. Hosted by Emer Bennett, a Regulatory Investigator within the DPC’s Consultation and Supervision function, this informative webinar will look at the GDPR broadly as well as offering guidance in the specific areas of data security measures, transparency obligations, the processing of children’s personal data and rules around access to data.
IPTCA Annual Conference 2026
Supporting Transformational Change in Play Therapy
with Margot Sunderland
11–12 April 2026
In-person | Dunboyne Castle, County Meath
A two-day immersive conference with IPTCA, exploring how transformational change happens in play therapy with anxious, withdrawn, and hard-to-engage children and teenagers.
The training focuses on early therapeutic engagement, building psychological safety through attachment play and emotion cards, and responding to both indirect expression (play, metaphor, image) and direct expression (talk).
Key interventions include: big empathy drawing, therapeutic stories, sandplay, art and play for anxiety and depression, structured parent–child sessions, and effective parent interviews.
Practice is grounded in Emotion-Focused Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Therapy (PACE), attachment and trauma theory, and the work of Freud, Winnicott, and Bowlby, illustrated throughout with powerful audio-visual case studies.
Pricing
Early bird (until 6 March): €295 members | €345 non-members
Full price: €335 members | €385 non-members
Monthly Events
PEER SUPPORT & SELF-CARE HOUR
Open to all Play therapists both Members of IPTCA and Non-members.
A forum to discuss professional challenges with other Play Therapists.
Dates will be announced
on what’s app group.
A link will be emailed each month
Online via Zoom:
7.30pm - 8.30pm