Our Purpose and Mission
Our Mission
Play Therapy UK exists to further the good practice of
therapeutic work with children. As a result of our pioneering work, our
Register of Play and Creative Arts was the first in its field to be accredited
by the Professional Standards Authority in April 2013 and is the largest
register of Play Therapists in the UK.
Further evolution needs to happen. PTUK intends to lead the way in improving the
quality and safety of practice of therapy with children in line with the
principles of Right Touch Regulation, the foundation of Government’s health and
social care policies.
We will continue to:
1. promote the use of play, creative arts therapies and
filial coaching as ways of enabling children to reach their full potential by
alleviating social, emotional, behaviour and mental health problems and improve
child / parent relationships, where they are deficient;
2. maintain and further develop methods of clinical
governance (quality assurance) to protect the children, ensure the credibility
of our registrants and provide guidance and support for them to improve the
quality of their practice;
3. increase the number of registrants required to meet the
demand by accrediting training programmes throughout the UK that fulfil the
requirements of the accreditation of our Register by the Authority;
4. provide support for commissioners of Play Therapy and employers
to offer a safe and cost effective service to their clients;
5. carry out research covering the professional management
of practice and communication as well as updating the evidence base.
