Institute for Play and Attachment
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‘Empowering practitioners to do more for the children and families they serve’.
The Institute for Play and Attachment is now in its fourth year. It delivers around 30 hours of expert CPD each year plus resources, research and self-care.
Our membership gives you access to expert teachers delivering high value learning which is relevant and engaging, to help you to grow your practice and to support you as a practitioner!
Our membership is open to any practitioner who works therapeutically with children and families.
Membership to the Institute for Play and Attachment is just £20 per month and we offer flexible membership! Join either as a monthly or annual member or access selected individual modules below.
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Individual Training Modules
Selected online training modules are available to access below.
Training Categories
Play and Creativity
- Attachment Across the Generations – Debi Maskell-Graham
- Attachment Games – Debi Maskell-Graham
- Power of Play – Debi Maskell-Graham
- Sandstory Therapy – Lara Kasza
- Storytelling with Soul – Mary Smail
- The BUSS Model – Sarah Lloyd
- An Introduction to Clay Conversations – Dr Lynne Souter-Anderson
- The Whole Child in and Out – The Power of Movement – Rachel Morse
Theory
- A Compassionate Approach to Supporting Anxious Children and Teenagers – Dr Maile Coyne
- Acceptance and Commitment Training – Shamash Alidina
- An Introduction to Eating Disorders – Bernie Wright
- An Introduction to Unconscious Bias in Play & Creative Arts Therapy – Natalie Palmer
- Compassion Education – Jimi Slattery
- Compassionate Self Care for Parents – Dr Malie Coyne
- Creating a Story of Safety – a Polyvagal Guide to Connection – Deb Dana
- Developing a Children’s Rights Approach to Therapeutic Practice – Beca Lewis-Jones
- Grief and SEND – Sarah Helton
- Suicide Bereavement – Dr Caroline Lloyd
- Understanding the Bereavement Experience within an Ecological Framework – Dr Caroline Lloyd
- The Whole Child in and Out – The Power of Movement – Rachel Morse
![Module 1 - Attachment Across the Generations for Stripe](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Module-1-Attachment-Across-the-Generations-for-Stripe.png)
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
![Module 5 - The Power of Play for Stripe](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Module-5-The-Power-of-Play-for-Stripe.png)
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
![Module 3 - Understanding the Bereavement Experience within an Ecological Framework](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-3-Understanding-the-Bereavement-Experience-within-an-Ecological-Framework.png)
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
![Module 31 - Suicide Bereavement](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-31-Suicide-Bereavement.png)
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
![Module 4 - Sandstory Therapy-2](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-4-Sandstory-Therapy-2.png)
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
![Module 8 - Creating a story of safety - a polyvagal guide to connection](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-8-Creating-a-story-of-safety-a-polyvagal-guide-to-connection.png)
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
![Module 12 - The BUSS Model-2](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-12-The-BUSS-Model-2.png)
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
![Module 10 - Storytelling with Soul](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-10-Storytelling-with-Soul.png)
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
![Module 9 - Acceptance and Commitment Training](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-9-Acceptance-and-Commitment-Training.png)
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
![Module 11 - Grief and SEND](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-11-Grief-and-SEND.png)
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
![Module 17 - An Introduction to eating disorders](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Module-17-An-Introduction-to-eating-disorders.png)
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
![Module 21 - Attachment Games](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Module-21-Attachment-Games.png)
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
![Module 23 - Compassion Matters](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Module-23-Compassion-Matters.png)
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
![Module 30 - Compassionate Self Care for Parents](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Module-30-Compassionate-Self-Care-for-Parents.png)
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
![Module 27 - Supporting anxious children and teenagers](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Module-27-Supporting-anxious-children-and-teenagers.jpg)
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
![Module 26 - Unconscious Bias (1)](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Module-26-Unconscious-Bias-1.png)
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
![Module 41 - The Whole Child in and Out](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Module-41-The-Whole-Child-in-and-Out.png)
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
![Module 7 - Developing a Children's Rights Approach for Therapeutic Practice](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Module-7-Developing-a-Childrens-Rights-Approach-for-Therapeutic-Practice.png)
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
![Module 38 - How to prevent and recover from burnout (1)](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Module-38-How-to-prevent-and-recover-from-burnout-1.png)
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
![Module 39 - An Introduction to Clay Conversations](https://clear-sky.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Module-39-An-Introduction-to-Clay-Conversations.png)
An Introduction to Clay Conversations
with Dr Lynne Souter-Anderson
£30
Module first published on IPA January 2023
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