The Apple Tree Centre

Last chance to get an early-bird discount (no VAT!) on our 2-day 'Non-Directive Play Therapy' training in October, and our Level 2 'Certificate in Creative Counselling for Young People' for qualified counsellors and therapists. See our website for details, or please contact us with any questions.

Early bird tickets available for this two day Non-Directive Play Therapy: Principles & Practice workshop! Book before 20th July for a discounted rate:

Celebrating the success of the first ever cohort to complete our Certificate in Creative Counselling for Young People. So proud of our wonderful, hardworking, warm and creative students. We are now accepting applications for next year - see www.appletreecentre.co.uk/cpd for details.

We are now taking bookings for our next two day training event: Non-Directive Play Therapy Principles and Practice. This workshop is suitable for qualified or trainee counsellors and therapists, or practitioners working in a supportive role with children and young people. The course will provide an overview of the theoretical basis of Non-Directive Play Therapy, as well as an opportunity to experience practical skills and techniques.

What a fantastic day of learning about, exploring & making sense of how play changes the brain! Thank you Natalie Hadiprodjo for getting our neurons firing! Here we are making play doh brains:

We are recruiting! The Apple Tree Centre is looking for Associate Therapists with experience working with children and young people. We are particularly interested in hearing from counsellors providing talk-based therapy to adolescents, but we also have an increasing demand for work with younger children and families. All of our associates are contracted on a freelance basis, and full details are on our website.

For anyone who is interested in the way the brain is changed by play and creative activity, Natalie Hadiprodjo presents recent research.
This training is relevant for therapists, educators, parents, health and social workers and anybody working creatively. Please share with friends and colleagues!

Parents and carers, this is your last chance to join this term's Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) group. The course will give you a privileged insight into your child's inner world, as well as ways to increase their self esteem, self control, and ability to cope with big feelings.

Sparkle Sheffield have arranged an autism friendly hour at Meadowhall this weekend. Click on the link to register your interest.

There is just ONE place left on our upcoming training day, 'Working with Bereaved Children'. This will be an immersive and interactive workshop with lots of opportunities to explore approaches to working with this vulnerable client group. Book NOW through our website:

There are just two places left on our upcoming training day, 'Working with Bereaved Children'. This will be an immersive and interactive workshop with lots of opportunities to explore approaches to working with this vulnerable client group. Please book through our website:

SSENDIAS (formerly Sheffield Parent Partnership) offers confidential, impartial information, advice and support to parents & carers of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They have specialists who can advise and support on all matters relating to education as well as others who specialise in a range of disability issues that might impact upon parents, children and families, including funding and DLA. They offer the same service to children & young people up to the age of 25.

We are very excited to begin day one of our ten day Certificate training in Creative Counselling for Young People tomorrow! All the handbooks are printed .. We are ready for our eager students!

Another CPD opportunity in Sheffield: Working with Bereaved Children, on Tuesday 20th March. Details of this and all our current training are on our website.

As Christmas shopping enters panic mode, this article is a tongue-in-cheek reminder of the toys small children often enjoy the most.

A little blog post: some personal reflections at the end of the year.

Lots of parents have been talking recently about how hard it is for them not to know what's going on for their children, as they settle into their new classes at school. This article provides some interesting insights.

So lovely to have many of our wonderful Associate Therapists together. Happy Christmas from the Apple Tree Centre!

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting a training event, 'The Biology of Play Therapy', at Sheffield's Showroom cinema on 5th May 2018. This is primarily aimed at play and creative therapists, but may also be of interest to Occupational Therapists working with children. Full details on our website: