Play Therapy in Devon and Somerset
Disrupted sleep can be so exhausting for everyone in the household. It is also really important for our health and well-being to get enough sleep. Bed-time can feel very frightening for children who have lived through frightening experiences. We are most vulnerable when we are in the dark and alone; most of us would feel …
It is really important when working with vulnerable people, especially children or people with additional needs, that training and ongoing CPD is adequate. The old saying, ‘a little knowledge is a dangerous thing’ is apt. With inferior or inadequate training it would be possible to cause more harm to a vulnerable person’s mental health. In-depth …
Teenagers can be tricky. I know, I have three of them. Teenagers are amazing, they are growing up, learning to be independent and therefore beginning to make decisions, take chances and acquire life-skills. As they learn to be independent they start to rely on the advice and opinion of their peers, rather than the good-sense …
How am I keeping you safe? During the Covid-19 pandemic I am taking extra precautions to keep you, your families and communities safe. I take twice weekly Lateral Flow Tests and will self-isolate if advised by the NHS Track and Trace service or if myself or my family experience any Covid symptoms. I have received …
When adults get together they usually talk. When children get together they usually play. Play is a child’s way of being, their way of communicating. Play engages virtually every part of the brain and therefore builds connections and pathways in the brain. Talking, on the other hand, uses very little of our brain. Talking requires …
According to Play Therapy International, up to 71 percent of children referred to play therapy will experience positive change.
