Our Courses
We offer a bespoke training model designed to meet the unique needs of your setting. Every partnership begins with a free, no-obligation consultation with one of our Co-Founding Directors, ensuring our training is tailored to meet the needs of your staff and clients.
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Our flexible training menu includes a wide range of specialist topics, which can be delivered as stand-alone sessions or incorporated into a broader development programme. Our training is specifically designed to enable staff to support clients immediately in 1-1 sessions, in groups, as part of a department, or as an organisational approach.
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All courses can be tailored to the needs of arts therapists, social workers, psychological or creative therapists. They can also be adapted for learning support assistants, teachers, pastoral and residential staff, and arts-in-health professionals. Courses can be designed for introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels of experience. Our comprehensive list is below, but we are also happy to consult with you to design a course specific to your area of interest.
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Our Offer
Creative therapeutic practice skills to support:
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Foundation Skills in Creative Therapeutic Practice
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Autism and neurodivergence​
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Suicidality & self-harm
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Primary, secondary & alternative education settings
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Emotional literacy – helping clients express themselves creatively
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Creative therapeutic techniques to support self-regulation
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Working sensitively and effectively with gender identity and LGBTQ+ clients
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Creative therapeutic approaches to safeguarding and non-verbal disclosure
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Developmental trauma
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Children & young people with medical conditions
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Creative life story work
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Creating a creative practice toolkit
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Child development
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Mindfulness, yoga & creative therapy
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Setting up and thriving in private practice
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Transitions across education settings – negotiating change and settling into schools and nurseries
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Sexual abuse
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Sexual exploitation
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Using creative therapy dolls to help clients tell their stories
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Working cross-culturally
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Working with rupture and repair in therapy
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Working collaboratively to co-create goals and outcomes with clients
Additional Support
In addition to training, we also provide staff support and consultation packages to help build reflective, resilient, and well-supported teams. These include:
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Creative self-care
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Wellbeing support
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We also offer customised packages for group bookings, ideal for education, NHS settings, the voluntary sector, or service providers seeking consistent, high-quality development opportunities across teams.
The minimum booking is for six places, and trainings will have no more than 12- 24 participants (depending on the course).
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To explore how we can support your setting or to arrange your free consultation, please contact us at hello@tcctp.org.
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Please see the sections below for examples of our course curriculum and the range of training we offer.
Foundation Skills and Diploma Courses
At TCCTP we are committed to delivering high quality and accessible training that supports practitioners to deliver effective and early help to children and young people. From practitioners wishing to embark on an intermediate course at foundation level or an advanced course at diploma level, our courses can equip practitioners with the knowledge and skills to make a positive impact in the lives of children and young people through creative therapeutic practice.
Foundation Skills in Creative Therapeutic Practice with CYP
Our Foundation Skills Course in Creative Therapeutic Practice for working with Children and Young People is a 6-week intermediate programme designed for qualified Arts Therapists, Counsellors, and Practitioners who wish to enhance their skills in creative therapeutic engagement.
This course offers a rich, experiential learning journey, combining theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical techniques to strengthen confidence and competence in practice.
L6 Diploma in Creative Therapeutic Practice for CYP
This CPCAB Accredited Level 6 Diploma is suitable for Children and Young People's Practitioners from a range of disciplines, as well as qualified Arts Therapists and Counsellors.
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It is well documented that there has been a steady year-on-year increase in the number of children and young people experiencing mental health challenges and/or undiagnosed autism, many of whom are placed on ever-growing waiting lists while their distress and symptoms worsen.
Through our work, we also meet many committed practitioners who are passionate about supporting children and young people through creative therapeutic approaches, but who face financial, geographical, and other barriers to advancing their training in this area.
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This Diploma has been designed to enable quicker access to safe and effective support for children and young people, while simultaneously reducing barriers to specialist training by strengthening the skills of this often invisible yet vital workforce.
If you believe that no child should have to wait for support, please click the link below to find out more.
Introductory Courses
Our Introductory Creative Therapeutic Practice Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Courses are tailored for practitioners from a range of disciplines who are seeking an introduction to creative therapeutic engagement with children and young people, as well as qualified Arts Therapists and Counsellors requiring a refresher. These courses address a range of relevant topics. Each course offers a hands-on learning experience, providing participants with 6 CPD hours.
Core CPD Courses
Our two-day Core CPD Courses are designed to strengthen the essential knowledge and skills required for Children and Young People’s (CYP) practitioners. These courses form the foundation of ongoing professional learning and reflective practice, supporting continued growth across key areas such as autism and neurodivergence, emotional literacy, safeguarding and developmental trauma.
Open to CYP practitioners from a wide range of disciplines—as well as qualified Arts Therapists and Counsellors seeking to enhance their creative and therapeutic engagement skills—each course offers in-depth, practical training and provides participants with 15 CPD hours of recognised professional development.
Specialist Courses
Our range of specialist courses, delivered by our Founding Directors and expert Associate Trainers, is designed for practitioners who wish to develop their creative therapeutic engagement skills with children and young people. They are also suitable for Arts Therapists and Counsellors.
Our highly experienced trainers, all of whom are currently practising in the field, share effective, evidence-informed approaches that equip participants with theoretical knowledge and safe, creative, and effective exercises to enhance their work.
Practice and Well-Being Support
We understand that the role of a children and young people's practitioner can be both rewarding and challenging. That’s why we are here to offer personalised support, helping practitioners navigate the complexities of their professional role while also prioritising their own well-being.
Whether you require supervision, well-being strategies, or guidance for professional and personal development, we offer a range of tailored support options designed to meet your needs.
