Know what to do when a child won't talk.
An integrative, evidence-based framework for early career counsellors and psychologists – so you stop reaching for the technique you know, and start matching the method to the child in front of you.
Walk into your next silent session knowing your next move.
You left university rich in theory and unsure what to actually do.
The gap between knowing the models and knowing your next move is where early career clinicians get stuck. This training closes it.
A seven-year-old sits down, won't say a word, and the clock is ticking.
You reach for what you know best - not necessarily what this child needs.
Plenty of activities, no clear thread linking them to how children actually change.
Leave with a repeatable way to decide - not a bag of activities.
Three trusted bodies of work, woven into one clear map.
Integrative doesn't mean a grab-bag. It means a coherent map of how children change, onto which specific methods are placed on purpose.
The map of change
The Cycle of Therapeutic Change and the SPICC model - how change unfolds in a child, and the order to support it in.
Safe emotional release
The feeling-level engine: how to let held emotion move - expressed, witnessed and brought safely to completion.
The expressive bridge
Gestalt-expressive work - drawing, clay, puppets and play - that helps children make contact with what they feel.
Method follows formulation. Understand the child the intervention becomes clear.
“Where is this child stuck?”
Two children can look identical on the surface and need completely different next steps. The block tells you which.
They can't yet put it into words.
The task isn't insight - it's safe expression. Give the feeling a route out.
They understand but still can't do it.
The task is behavioural rehearsal. Build the bridge into real life.
Everything you need to use on Monday morning.
Your place includes the live training and a complete set of take-home tools - designed so the framework leaves the room with you.
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The live 3.5-hour trainingNine modules, two presenters, real cases and hands-on practice.
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Participant workbookWorksheets, fill-in frameworks and an action plan you complete as you go.
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Take-home planning templateA reusable formulation-to-method tool for any child on your caseload.
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Referenced PowerPoint slides & reading listThe full framework with an APA-7 reference list to back your practice.
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Certificate of completion3.5 CPD hours for your professional development log.
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Pathway to the CPRC Integrative Therapies for Children and Adolescents certificationThis webinar is a recognised pathway toward the full certification - your first step to certified competence.
Made for clinicians in their first years with children.
This is for you if…
- You're a provisional or early career psychologist, counsellor or social worker.
- You work with children and want a structure, not just activities.
- You freeze a little when a child shuts down and want a confident next move.
- You want your choices to stand up in supervision.
Good to know
- It's a practical framework day, not a sandtray certification.
- It complements - never replaces - your clinical supervision.
- No prior expressive-therapy experience needed; you'll practise on the day.
- Evidence is presented honestly, including where it's still emerging.
Three and a half hours, nine modules. October 8 at 1:00pm
Learn from clinicians who've supervised this work for years.
Dr Anna Cohen
Co-founder of Kids & Co Clinical Psychology, with close to three decades of clinical practice with children and families.
Isabel Fraser
Co-founder of the Clinical Psychology Resource Centre, with many years supervising clinical practice.
Evidence-informed and honest about it.
You'll see exactly where the literature is strong and where it's still emerging, so you can practise with confidence and integrity.
Large overall effect across 93 controlled studies.
Alliance predicts youth outcome across every model.
Encouraging effects - a smaller, emerging base.
Strong, well-replicated; exposure is the key ingredient.
Sources include Bratton et al. (2005); Shirk, Karver & Brown (2011); Wiersma et al. (2022); Holliman & Foster (2023); James et al. (2020). Full APA-7 reference list provided to every participant.
Made for years one to five.
If you're provisional or newly registered, your next few years will shape how you practise for the rest of your career. Most early career clinicians spend those years collecting activities. This training gives you the decision framework instead - the thing that usually takes a decade of supervision to build.
One day that changes how you work with children.
You'll sit across from a child who won't talk again this term. The question is whether you'll be guessing or formulating. Reserve your seat for the next cohort.
Per participant - everything below included.
- Live 3.5-hour CPD training
- Participant workbook
- Take-home planning template
- Referenced PowerPoint slides & reading list
- Certificate of completion (3.5 CPD hrs)
Limited places per cohort · secure your seat early
One day teaches the framework.
The masterclass makes it second nature.
Confidence comes from reps, not notes. The Coaching Masterclass Series is six live coaching masterclasses - demonstrations, supervised practice and real feedback across the expressive media - so the framework becomes the way you actually work with children. Add it today with your live webinar and it's $1,795 - $200 off the $1,995 standard price.
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6 × 2-hour live masterclassesTwelve hours of advanced, hands-on coaching in a small cohort.
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Live demos + supervised practiceSee sandtray, symbol, drawing, puppets and story modelled, then practise with feedback.
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All recordings, advanced workbook & certificateKeep everything — 12 CPD hours for your log.
Coaching Masterclass Series
This training is your first step toward the full CPRC Certification.
Integrative Therapy with Children is pathway one of the CPRC Integrative Therapies for Children & Adolescents certification - assessed competence in the integrative model across parents, children and adolescents, signed off by a board-approved supervisor. Take this day on its own or commit to the whole credential in one go and save $1,850.
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Integrative Child TherapyWebinar + Coaching Masterclass - the pathway you're looking at today. You're starting here
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Regulated Parenting Model™Webinar + Parent Coaching Masterclass - coaching parents as the agent of change.
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Integrative Adolescent TherapyWebinar + Coaching Masterclass - expressive work and the bridge into CBT.
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12 months of supervised practiceApply the method on your own caseload in the fortnightly group.
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Competency assessment & supervisor sign-offAssessed against seven domains, then listed on the CPRC register.
The full certification
Prefer to spread the cost? An optional payment plan is available at $12,850 by application. A $1,000 competency assessment fee applies. The credential certifies competence in the CPRC method; it is not a registration or protected title.
Sign up now — add to my booking → Or explore the certification in full first →Good to know before you book.
What if I can't attend live?
I'm newly qualified / still provisional. Is this right for me?
Do I need experience with sandtray or expressive therapies?
Do I get a certificate and CPD hours?
Is it online?
Can my practice or employer pay?
Does this replace clinical supervision?
How does this fit with the full CPRC Certification?
The next child who won't talk is already on your caseload.
The only question is whether you'll meet them with a guess or a plan.
Reserve My Seat - $695