Using Creative Digital Tools Therapeutically: Live, Bespoke, Online or In-person Training

Curious about how technology can expand your therapeutic toolkit?

This live, bespoke group training introduces a wide range of creative digital tools that can support emotional expression, storytelling, and connection in therapeutic work with children, young people, and adults. Whether you're new to digital resources or looking to deepen your understanding, this training offers practical, thoughtful guidance to help you explore new possibilities with confidence.

Ideal for teams or organisations, the training blends demonstration, discussion, and reflection, with opportunities to try out tools in a supported space. It can be adapted to suit your setting or service.

What You'll Learn

By the end of the training, you will be able to:

  • Identify a broad range of creative digital tools and their suitability for therapeutic use with children, young people, or adults

  • Evaluate the strengths and limitations of different tools, considering their relevance to your client group and practice setting

  • Understand key security, safeguarding, and data protection considerations when using digital tools in therapy

  • Assess how various tools can support therapeutic goals, including communication, emotional regulation, storytelling, and creative expression

  • Reflect on experiential exercises and demonstrations to build confidence in exploring digital resources within your practice

  • Develop a personalised plan for integrating creative digital tools into your own therapeutic work in a safe, ethical, and effective way

What’s Included

  • A live, interactive training session tailored for your team or group

  • Demonstrations of digital tools and platforms with therapeutic applications

  • Opportunities for discussion, questions, reflection, and hands-on exploration of digital tools

  • Comprehensive handouts

  • Flexible delivery options – online or in person

Who It's For

This training is suitable for:

  • Helping professionals, including counsellors, therapists, social workers and support workers

  • Staff teams in schools, hospices, charities, and community services

  • Professionals supporting children, young people, or adults who may find traditional forms of therapy unengaging

  • Organisations seeking to upskill their team in safe and ethical digital practice

No prior technical experience is required – just openness to exploring new ways of engaging clients creatively and meaningfully.

What Others Are Saying

"Ellie was able to pitch the training just where it was needed, with the right balance between explanation, demonstration and practice."
– Justine Hey, Selenos

"Informative and thorough training in an area I was completely unaware of. Useful to consider its application within my profession."
– Participant

"I found the training really helpful. As I work in administration and have no clinical background, it was perfect in understanding more of how the therapists work to engage with the child. I am a mother of young sons, and was amazed at how the technology can be used, and will be using it to help my own children understand their emotions and how to express them."
– Fiona, participant

Details at a Glance

  • Format: Live bespoke group training

  • Delivery: Available online or in person

  • Duration: Customisable depending on your group’s needs

  • Cost: Group pricing available on request

  • Who it’s for: Teams or organisations working in health, mental health, education, or community settings

To discuss a group booking or arrange a training for your team contact Ellie.

Ellie Finch

Ellie Finch, MA MBACP (Accred), is a clinical supervisor, counsellor, and social worker specialising in support for neurodivergent clients and families of children with additional needs or complex conditions.

Her work is rooted in a neurodiversity-affirming approach, which values neurodivergence as a natural variation in human experience and focuses on building supportive, respectful environments rather than 'fixing' difference.

Ellie is known for her innovative use of creative digital tools and videogames like Minecraft in therapy to create accessible, engaging support. She is founder of PlayMode Academy, a non-profit social venture that trains professionals in the therapeutic use of creative digital tools.

PlayMode® Academy is part of Ellie Finch Counselling, Consultancy and Training Ltd, a non-profit company limited by guarantee (a structure often used by social ventures in the UK).

Ellie is also part of the University of Cambridge research team behind Bridging the ChASM: Creating Accessible Services using Minecraft - a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) that explores the therapeutic potential of videogames and how they can be used to create more inclusive mental health support.

NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT SERVICE. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT

https://www.playmodeacademy.org
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