Puppetry for Therapy

Join UKCP Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist and Puppeteer Alison McGowan for day of therapeutic puppetry training. Alison McGowan is a freelance UKCP accredited Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience as a professional puppeteer in theatre, film and television. This practical one-day course for therapists, counsellors and professionals working relationally with children and families, introduces puppetry skills and techniques linked to relevant theory, to build confidence in using therapeutic puppetry in your practice. Cost: £100 - including materials for a puppet to make and take away. Participants on this course will: • Practice attunement through puppetry and learn how to help children identify, express and regulate emotions by connecting with puppets using their bodies and breath. • Experience the projective power of puppetry to externalise and transform problems using a range of puppets and materials. • Explore using puppetry as a pathway to connection with hard-to-reach clients through experiential exercises and playing ‘in the metaphor’. • Take-away practical tips and ideas for using puppetry for different ages of children and stages of therapy. • Learn puppet-making techniques to use with clients and create a puppet to play with and take away. • Gain a certificate for 5 hours of CPD For further info contact [email protected]