“Practical Play Therapy Training” Starts at IGU

Speaking about Play Therapy Training in cooperation with Boğaziçi Mental Health Association and Istanbul Gelisim University, Child-Centered Play Therapy Specialist Clinical Psychologist Pelin Hazer said: “We aim to ensure that trainings are used by experienced practitioners and students working with children”.

“CHILDREN'S WORLD WILL BE EXPLORING THE WITH CHILDREN'S MIND”

Stating that play therapy covers a large number of theoretical orientations around the World, Psychologist Hazer said: “With these trainings, we aim to help educated play therapists to prevent or resolve children's psychosocial problems and to achieve ideal growth and development. We aim to create a space for the interpersonal process that they benefit from the therapeutic power of the game”.

Psychologist Hazer continued her speech as follows:

“We think that the main task of mental health workers is to make sense of the symptoms produced by children and to enable them to express their feelings through toys and to express their feelings. Participants will be able to explore the child's world through the child's mind and experience opportunities through practical studies to make sense of the spiritual development that extends to the adult world.”

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM APPROVED BY HIGHER EDUCATION COUNCIL (YÖK)

Director of the IGU Continuing Education Center (SEM) who stated that the trainings will start soon added: “At the end of the  Practical Child-Centered Play Therapy Training, the participants will take written and practical exams. Passing the exams they will get Applied Child-Centered Play Therapy certification approved by the IGU, which has international accreditations, the Higher Education Council (YÖK) and Boğaziçi Mental Health Association.”