Institute for Play and Attachment

Welcome to our online learning hub

Watch the short film below to find out more

What’s included in your membership? 

 Your unique membership dashboard includes unlimited access to:
  • Pre-recorded video workshops, live trainings or webinars on topics that will be highly relevant to your practice – watch the list grow as new training is released
  • Q&A support from our expert guests to help you understand and embed your learning
  •  Supportive resources to help you implement your learning into practice straight away
  • Access to bespoke resources to share with families
  • Bonus self-care videos and materials
  • Links to relevant and engaging research
  • The opportunity to network with colleagues from around the world through
  • Training that you can count towards your personal development and learning CPD hours
  • ​Discounted ticket for our Power of Play Conference

‘an extremely useful resource and community’ 

Members of the Insitute will also have the option to license and deliver a range of proven and effective Clear Sky training products including our Playful Parents Groups, Space to Shine INSET training to schools and Space to Shine mentoring to school staff as well as the whole suite of attachment play CPD accredited trainings

How to join

Our next membership window to join the Institute for Play and Attachment will open in January 2025. Please sign up to be the first to find out more.

If you would like to explore some of the learning on offer, selected modules are available to purchase below.

Individual Training Modules

Selected online learning modules are available to purchase below.

How does it work?
1) Search through the training modules either by category (on the right-hand side) or view the full programme below
2) Select the training you wish to complete
2) Click on ‘buy now’ and pay 
3) You will be directed to the online module page where you can watch the module and download the accompanying resources
4) Once you have completed the module complete the feedback form and we will email you a CPD certificate
5) You can re-watch the module as many times as you like 

Attachment Across the Generations

with Debi Maskell – Graham

£30

Debi Maskell-Graham, researcher, author and Play Therapist who specialises in the role of play within attachment. Debi shares an insightful 1 hour learning on how attachment transmits down generations and what we can do as practitioners to support secure attachment relationships between parents/caregivers and children.

Module first published on IPA September 2019

The Power of Play

with Debi Maskell- Graham

£30

Debi Maskell-Graham, researcher, author and Play Therapist who specialises in the role of play within attachment. In this module, Debi introduces The Power of Play.

Module first published on IPA January 2020

Understanding the Bereavement Experience within an Ecological Framework

with Dr Caroline Lloyd

£30

Dr Caroline Lloyd shares her knowledge on Understanding the Bereavement Experience within an Ecological Framework based on her PhD research around grief.

Module first published on IPA November 2019

Suicide Bereavement

with Dr Caroline Lloyd

£30

Dr Caroline Lloyd explores why is suicide bereavement different, trauma and grief, communicating with the suicide bereaved, supporting the unique needs of the suicide bereaved and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the suicide bereaved.

Module first published on IPA March 2022

Sandstory Therapy

with Lara Kasza

£30

Lara Kasza presents this module on Sandstory Therapy and shares understanding of how clients tell their many-layered stories in the sand using symbols.

Module first published on IPA December 2019

Creating a Story of Safety – a Polyvagal Guide to Connection

with Deb Dana

£30

Deb Dana shares the science of connection; the science of feeling safe enough to fall in love with life and take the risks of living…

Module first published on IPA April 2020

The BUSS Model

with Sarah Lloyd

£30

Sarah Lloyd, Specialist Occupational Therapist and Play Therapist intrdocues The BUSS Model  – Building Underdeveloped Sensorimotor Systems in children who have experienced developmental trauma.

Module first published on IPA August 2020

Storytelling with Soul

with Mary Smail

£30

Mary Smail, Dramatherapist and Psychotherapist, presents Storytelling with Soul – an introduction to embodied imagination through the Sesame Approach.

Module first published on IPA June 2020

Acceptance and Commitment Training

with Shamash Alidina

£30

Shamash Alidina, co-founder of the Museum of Happiness and author of ‘Mindfulness for Dummies’ shares his biggest passion Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT). 

Module first published on IPA May 2020

Grief and SEND

with Sarah Helton

£30

Sarah Helton of BackPocketTeacher shares with us her experiences as a teacher of supporting both the children, teachers and whole school community using appropriate strategies, tools and language.

Module first published on IPA July 2020

An Introduction to Eating Disorders 

with Bernie Wright

£30

Bernie Wright, an eating disorder specialist, provides an introduction to working with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, obesity and compulsive overeating.

Module first published on IPA January 2021

Attachment Games

with Debi Maskell-Graham

£30

Debi Maskell-Graham, researcher, author and Play Therapist who specialises in the role of play within attachment shares a suite of wonderful Attachment Games!

Module first published on IPA May 2021

Compassion Education

with Jimi Slattery

£30

Jimi Slattery, Executive Director at The Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion introduces the centre’s Compassion Matters project and share research and ideas that you can use in your day-to-day therapy work.

Module first published on IPA July 2021

Compassionate Self Care for Parents

with Dr Malie Coyne

£30

Dr. Malie Coyne is a Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Psychology Lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway. Malie shares why Compassionate Self Care for Parents is vital for both parents and children.

Module first published on IPA February 2022

A Compassionate Approach to Supporting Anxious Children and Teenagers

with Dr Maile Coyne

£30

Dr. Malie Coyne is a Clinical Psychologist and author of “Love in, Love Out – a compassionate approach to parenting your anxious child”. This modules explores what is compassionate parenting, how anxious plus compassion equals resilliance and the causes of anxiety.

Module first published on IPA November 2021

An Introduction to Unconscious Bias in Play & Creative Arts Therapy

with Natalie Palmer

£30

Natalie Palmer, Play Therapist and founder of The Playful Therapist explores unconscious bias in Play & Creative Arts Therapy: working in schools, with families and in the therapy room.

Module first published on IPA October 2021

The Whole Child In and Out – The Power of Movement

with Rachel Morse

£30

Rachel Morse is a play therapist, personal trainer and blogger. In this training Rachel explores how our bodies react to and mange in various situations; how we respond to stress and the impact that has on us and those around us. This training inc 4 x bonus exercise videos .

Module first published on IPA April 2023

Developing a Children’s Rights Approach to Therapeutic Practice

with Beca Lewis-Jones

£30

Beca Lewis-Jones is a Dramatherapist, Therapeutic Life Story Practitioner and trainer working in adoption and foster care. This module covers: Making links between Rights and Wellbeing, Which Rights apply to your role?, What is a Children’s Rights Approach?, Developing a Children’s Rights Approach to Therapeutic Practice, Creating Individual Menus for Change

Module first published on IPA March 2020

How to Prevent and Recover from Burnout

with Nicola Jane Hobbs

£30

Nicola Jane Hobbs is a psychologist, therapist and researcher specialising in mental health, nervous system regulation and burnout. She has a research interest in feminist psychology and women’s relationship with rest. Divided into 3 bite-sized sessions, this training will explore what burnout is, the psychophysiological mechanisms of burnout and simple strategies to prevent and recover from it. 

Module first published on IPA December 2022

An Introduction to Clay Conversations

with Dr Lynne Souter-Anderson

£30

Dr Lynne Souter-Anderson is a Fellow of the National Counselling Society, an accredited Senior Supervisor with PTUK and registered Consultant Sandplay Therapist with the AST. In this module Lynne will share how how she came to be interested in using clay in conversations and therapy with children and adolescents, individually and in groups.

Module first published on IPA January 2023

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