About Us

Play and Creative Arts Therapy is a play-based method for helping children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems to help themselves. Unlike adult therapies where the focus is on talking, play therapy enables children to explore issues creatively using play, their natural form of communication and creative arts such as music, role play, art and craft.

Play Therapy has been clinically shown to benefit children and adolescents suffering from a range of distress and emotional disturbance. Play Therapy is suitable for all children including those with learning, physical and sensory impairments.  It can help alleviate many emotional and behavioural problems, including children who are:

· Not realising their full potential academically or socially

· At risk of being excluded from school

· Unhappy or having friendship problems

· Having nightmares or disturbed sleep

· Suffering as a result of trauma

· Victims of neglect or emotional, physical or sexual abuse

· Witnesses of domestic violence or substance misuse

· Autistic, have ADHD, life limiting illnesses or disabilities

· Experiencing transitional, behavioural or anger management problems

· Being bullied or are bullying

· Adopted or fostered

· Suffering because of separated/divorced parents

· Suffering from anxiety, stress, or phobias

· Suffering from low self-esteem

· Suffering from a loss or bereavement

1 to 1 Play Therapy and Group Therapy sessions available. Children attend sessions in their own school, ensuring that they feel safe and secure in a familiar environment. This also means that missed class time is at a minimum and prevents the need for parents/school staff to transport  children to another site.

Group Therapy sessions can be tailored to suit the school's needs.  Example themes are: anxiety, bereavement, children in care, low self esteem, problems with peers, behavioural issues, anxiety around SATs/transition to high school.