What is Play Therapy?

Play Therapy is a form of counselling​ or psychotherapy. It aims to build a child’s ability to develop healthy and resilient relationships, and to work though traumatic experiences. 

Pre-occupying difficult feelings can make learning at school or managing feelings impossible. 

Addressing difficult emotions through play provides a layer of story or metaphor to what is being shared and felt. Metaphor can provide a degree of removal from experience for the child.

 Children can play what they struggle to say, children can play to explain their way.  Through play children can discover and rehearse different ways of understanding and coping with difficult feelings.

I offer the child a range of play and creative materials, for them to express themselves in whatever way feels right. 

These include clay, art materials, puppets, sand and small world objects, role play, stories and games.

I work closely with every parent, carer and professional involved in the child's life, to ensure that the child or young person gets the best support possible.