Therapeutic Clown Course
Discover how therapeutic clowning can alleviate anxiety, aid emotional regulation, and foster connections in medical settings. Tailored for psychology professionals, this course provides hands-on tools, safety guidelines, and research-backed play methods specifically for paediatric care, enhancing your ability to support young patients through humour and play.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with practical tools for delivering structured, evidence-based clown visits in healthcare environments. You'll master visit planning, trauma-sensitive communication, and ethical practices for engaging children and families safely. Develop expertise in improvisation, nonverbal clowning, and short therapeutic play sessions, alongside skills in assessment, documentation, and reflective practices to ensure compassionate and effective interactions.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Therapeutic visit planning: design short, targeted clown interactions for hospital settings.
- Trauma-aware play techniques: employ humour to help manage emotions, grief, and treatment-related stress.
- Healthcare team communication: calm situations, actively listen, and partner effectively with medical staff.
- Ethical clowning standards: implement protocols for safety, consent, and cultural awareness.
- Nonverbal clown skills: utilise mime, objects, and rhythm to reduce anxiety in all age groups.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses come with a certificate?
Are the courses free?
What is the duration of the courses?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an online course and how does it work?
PDF Course