Play and Emotion - Christchurch Course
Mon, 09 Feb
|71 Beresford Street
A Experiential deep dive into this wonderful Neufeld Institute Course
Time & Location
09 Feb 2026, 9:00 am NZDT – 11 Feb 2026, 12:30 pm NZDT
71 Beresford Street, 71 Beresford Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
Guests
About the event
This course will be Monday 9 February. - Wednesday 11 Feb ( Monday/Tuesday 9am - 3.30pm and Wednesday 9am - 12.30pm
You can attend this course for yourself, or as a parent, teacher, youthworker, socialworker, therapist, etc
Dr ,Neufeld puts the puzzle pieces together to reveal true play as Nature's way of taking care of emotion. This realization makes sense of the trouble we are now in, as the culture that was meant to take care of play has largely been lost.
When we don’t have the emotional “playgrounds” that culture used to naturally provide, our feelings can quickly get confusing, overwhelming, and hard to manage. This course takes these parts of being human that are often brushed aside and shows how essential they really are for growing, healing, and developing.
These ideas come from the latest thinking in developmental science, and they matter now more than ever, especially when…