When funding is taken away from our most vulnerable and traumatised children and young people, you would have thought it would be headline news. But not when the Department of Education makes that announcement quietly
As a child therapist examining possible prenatal trauma, do you often contemplate how to compassionately support both the parent and child while addressing the complexities of in-utero experiences? Trauma in the womb (also known as
As child therapists we are often expected to have a myriad of knowledge and skills about so many client presentations, symptoms, disorders, the list is endless! However, if your initial child/play therapy focused on experiential
Nobody would deny that the intention of school dress up days is to create excitement, support imagination, enable some degree of self-expression, promote attendance and participation. Themes are endless, pyjama, pirate, animal, superhero, book characters.
How can something as simple as rolling dice or moving pieces across a board be of therapeutic value? One dice and counters for use in a board game Historically, most board games have been minimised
Adoption Matters: Post-Adoption Therapy in the UK The term “adoption-related issue” extends beyond working with individuals currently involved in the adoption process. It also includes providing support to adults who were adopted in the past,
“It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found”. Donald Winnicott All healthy mammals play across the lifespan, yet play is not always an easy thing to master. Within the first
Updated: Apr 27, 2023 ‘Polyvagal Therapy’ is one of the highest web search terms related to Stephen Porges’ theory and will likely have gained traction as the links between the autonomic nervous system and emotional
Updated: May 31, 2022 In 2014, Psychotherapist Pete Walker coined the term ‘Fawning’ in his book “Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving”. In his work, Walker observed that Fawning is the 4th Trauma response (along