Therapeutic Services

Play Therapy

Play Therapy is increasingly recognized as an effective psychological intervention for children. Like other therapeutic treatments, play therapy may be used with a multitude of childhood difficulties. The British based play therapy is involved in working with issues of abuse, disability, separation, loss and trauma.

Play Therapy is Defined by BAPT as:

“…the dynamic process between child and play therapist in which the child explores at his or her own pace and with his or her own agenda those issues, past and current, conscious and unconscious, that are affecting the child’s life in the present. The child’s inner resources are enabled by the therapeutic alliance to bring about growth and change. Play therapy is child-centred, in which play is the primary medium and speech is the secondary medium.”

Where appropriate there is the potential for some children to receive free therapeutic input for a period 8 sessions. We are able to offer further sessions which will incur a standard fee.

Counselling For Teenagers

Where appropriate we are able to offer young people 8 sessions of Integrative counseling free of charge. This type of counselling uses a variety of tools and techniques that match the young person’s needs.

Preparation for Adoption work

We are able where necessary and appropriate to offer this service. We are able to undertake story and puppet work with the child. Add additional pages to the ‘memory book’ with photographs etc. Devise an age appropriate calendar for the child showing the plan for introductions.