As a valued member of our global consortium, you are invited to a unique event designed to honour your voice. IC-PTA Member-Only Event: “Honouring Cultural Perspectives in Play Therapy” 📅 Date: March 28, 2026 (11 pm Switzerland time) ⏳ Duration: 2 hours | 🌐 Online To ensure deep and authentic connection, this event will feature real-time translation in over 50 languages. Participate fully in your preferred language during both the keynote and your small networking group. Fe

Excitement is building for our upcoming IC-PTA Networking Event   “Honouring Cultural Perspectives in Play Therapy Around the World” March 28, 2026, 11pm Switzerland (or March 29, depending on time zone) Duration: 2 hours (CE/CPD Certificate will be awarded to Attendees) Guest Speaker: Eliana Gil, PhD, RPT-S, ATS   We are honoured and delighted to welcome as our guest speaker this year Dr. Eliana Gil. Eliana is a founding partner and senior clinical and research consultant i

It’s International Play Therapy Week! 🌈 We’re thrilled to celebrate from 1–7 February with a global tour of healing spaces around the world! 🌍We’d love for you to join in! 💫 This year, we’re going on a worldwide tour of healing spaces — and we want to see yours! 📸 Here’s how to join the fun: 1. Snap a photo or record a 30-second video of your therapeutic sanctuary — the place where magic, growth, and healing unfold. 2. Share your post on any the ICPTA Facebook or Instagra

📊 By the Numbers We now have: 9 Operating Members (National Play Therapy Associations) 207 individual members 5 Organizational members In 22 countries We are growing! You can help by recruiting like-minded colleagues to Join now . Together we’re building a transglobal Play Therapy community focused on integrity, quality, and accessibility for children and their families worldwide. 📅 Save the Date: Annual Social Assembly: Register by November 1 st !!! 🗓 November 8, 2025

The word cloud created at the end of the SA expresses individual members' positive and encouraging thoughts and emotions about the IC-PTA...

The Slovak-Czech Association for Play Therapy (SCAPT) “When Play Heals” was held last September 4-11, 2024. IC-PTA was instrumental in...

We are pleased to announce the formation of the Slovak-Czech Association for Play Therapy  (SCAPT). IC-PTA was instrumental in mentoring...

97% of us believe play is important yet one in three of us do not have the time to play. https://www.internationaldayofplay.org/ Play is...

On the occasion of International Play Therapy Week 2024, the Association for Play Therapy Italy (APTI) was pleased to launch its new FAQ...

The Irish Association of Play Therapy & Psychotherapy (IAPTP) celebrated International Play Therapy week both through public social media...

The Association for Play Therapy (APT) had several activities and posts in honor of International Play Therapy Week on social media and...

The International Consortium of Play Therapy Associations (IC-PTA) mission is to promote the quality and integrity of play therapy and...

The first Social Assembly of the IC-PTA was held online on December 2. The meeting was attended by Board Members, Operating Members, and...

The Social Assembly is the official annual meeting of the IC-PTA. It is a time to interact with other members, receive a report of the...

The Association of Play Therapy Kenya (APTK) joined the rest of the world in marking the International Play Therapy Week by holding a...

We are pleased that colleagues trained in Play Therapy in Slovakia and the Czech Republic shared pictures from their playrooms on the...

The Korean Association for Play Therapy (KAPT) shares the story of Jieun Baek, initially a school teacher, learns about Play Therapy,...

The Play Therapy Around The World activity organized by the Association for Play Therapy (APT) will be completed throughout the entire...

The Australasia Pacific Play Therapy Association (APPTA) is celebrating International Play Therapy Week by acknowledging the contribution...

In celebration of International Play Therapy Week, Learn to Play are running a competition for the most creative Play Therapy idea in a...