Monika Jephcott BA(Hons) Dip. Couns BACaccC/S
Key Skills
Establishing a Play Therapy Infrastructure – setting up the support structures, standards and training necessary for safe and effective practice of play therapy in Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, Malta, Spain and New Zealand as well as the UK
Play Therapy Training – currently responsible for the clinical and academic work of over 1200 students up to Master level worldwide. As such, is Europe’s most experienced play therapy trainer
Play Therapy Course Design – designing training programmes for specific cultures and needs using the Play Therapy Competency Framework
Play Therapy Training Accreditation – obtaining accreditation of post graduate courses from universities and professional organisations (including) BACP, APT, NBCC) and accrediting other providers’ courses through Play Therapy International and Play Therapy UK.
Balanced Course Content – delivering a balance of experiential, practical and theoretical content
Filial Play Coaching – developed and delivered a number of variant programmes including one for UNICEF to alleviate the problems of African children with severe malnutrition
Clinical Supervision of Play and Creative Arts Therapies – 12 years experience including the development and delivery of a specialist training course, approved at Post Qualifying level by Canterbury Christ Church University
Training Play Therapy Trainers – designed and implemented a training programme for Plat Therapy Course Directors and Facilitators. This has resulted in a faculty of 14 that trains world wide
Delegate/Student Support – responding to individual participants needs that arise as a result of experiential exercises using counselling and psychotherapy experience
Service Delivery Models – advisor to public authorities on the delivery of emotional, behaviour and mental health support services
EXPERIENCE – CLINICAL
20 years experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist, gained with a wide variety of clients and presenting conditions. Specialist skills working with couples, families and children.
Using and refining patient assessment techniques
Over 6000 hours direct counselling and play therapy experience with clients.
Provided 2500+ hours clinical supervision.
EXPERIENCE - PROFESSIONAL
Chief Executive and founder of APAC Ltd – 1998
Chief Executive and Clinical Director Play Therapy UK (PTUK) (Founding member)
Elected President of Play Therapy International (December 2002)
EXPERIENCE – MANAGEMENT & TRAINING
Play therapy training programme design, organisation & presentation – 50 major courses, 70 shorter workshops including a variety of cultural settings.
Currently developing a Filial Play Coaching/Mentoring Certificate programme.
Course Director, facilitator and clinical supervisor of play and creative arts therapies for children (800+ Contact Hours)
Place 2 B Project Manager 1997/8 - delivering therapeutic play services in a primary school.
Planned and project managed over 20 play therapy services for schools.
Project and line management. Set up and ran two innovative managed counselling services for over 300 000 adults in NHS Primary Care Group/Trusts for 40 GP practices. Recruitment and selection of Counsellors and Trainees. Supervised the Management of Trainee Counsellors. Consultations with and management, professional staff and therapists including wage negotiations. Financial management of counselling services keeping within strict budgets (£200 000 and £42 000) for the NHS.
Introduced and managed the use of clinical governance systems and specification of enhancements for adult counselling and therapeutic play.
Considerable experience of establishing contacts and liaising with voluntary associations and help groups.
Auditing the psychological services needs of public sector organisations
EXPERIENCE – RESEARCH/PUBLISHING
Developed an Integrated Counselling Service Delivery Model – used to achieve dramatic improvements in counsellor/therapist performance, quality of treatment, volume of referrals, equity of provision and implementation of national guidelines. Results published at BACP Research Conference (2001). Two papers written.
Jointly developed the “Therapeutic Play Continuum” – published in various forms in a number of journals including “The World of Children” and “Play Words”. Presented to the International Conference of Play Therapy (Wroxton - 2002)
Co-author of PTUK’s Ethical Framework. (2002)
Joint developer of the Profession Structure Model including the Play Therapy Competence Framework(for practitioners of therapeutic play. (2002)
Contributor of a chapter “The Future of the Therapeutic Play Profession” to the 2nd edition of “The Healing Path”.
Convenor and Clinical Adviser for the “2004 World Congress for Play Therapy”.
Convenor and Clinical Adviser for the “2005 UK Play Therapy Conference”.
Convenor and Clinical Adviser for the “2006 UK Play Therapy Conference”.
Convenor and Clinical Adviser for the “2007 UK & Ireland Play Therapy Conference”.
EXPERIENCE – EDUCATIONAL
Teacher (30 years) as Head of Modern Languages, Head of Careers, Head of Pastoral Care . Initiated a European work exchange project through the Leonardo programme.
6 years - Principal Examiner with SEG for the Foundation and Higher Levels
6 years - Principal Examiner for Oxford & Cambridge Board
5 years - Chief Examiner Welsh Board, German
EDUCATION, TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Mallinckrodt-Gymnasium (grammar school Germany - A-levels (1965)
Cert. Ed.University of Dortmund 1965-66
BA(Hons), Class II/1, London University 1970-74
DipI.Tefl, Tesol 1987
Cert. Co-Counselling 1988
Diploma Counselling, CAC 1989
Internationally recognised training in Transactional Analysis as Psychotherapist (clinical) 1993-97
Extensive training in Gestalt, Psychosynthesis, Play Therapy, Bio-Energetics, Couple, Family and Bereavement work 1986 – 1999
BACP Accreditation 1996
UKRC Occupational Therapist 1996
BACP accredited supervisor of individuals and groups 2001
Professor of Play Therapy (IBECPT) 2001
Recipient of “International Award for Contributions to the Field of Play and Child Psychotherapy – 2001”