Child and adolescent therapy refers to a variety of techniques and methods used to help children and adolescents who are experiencing difficulties with their emotional regulation and or developmental progress.

Each session lasts for 50 minutes.
Length of therapy is individual and consist of a single session or weekly for months or years.

This therapy is dyadic in nature which means that the therapist works directly with the child. The therapist provides a play based approach which helps children & adolescents learn to communicate with others, express feelings, modify behaviour, develop problem solving skills and learn a variety of ways of communicating with others. Through the play children are able to explore unconscious processes and their thinking is challenged in a gentle, safe and nurturing environment. The therapy focus is to build a positive and supportive relationship with your child so they may then be able to go into the world to communicate and connect positively with others.

Some children and parents may need a period of time to adjust to the child being alone with the therapist and time is provided for parent and child to see the therapist together at the beginning. It is common for the therapist to have regular sessions with the parent to provide reflections on the therapy, education and feedback. The frequency of parent feedback sessions is dependent on the child and parents needs and will be discussed with the parent throughout the therapy

• Assistance with developmental milestones
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Forming Identity
• Body image
• Gender & sexual identity
• Processing emotions and experiences
• Processing emotions and experiences
• Autism
• Intellectual Disability
• Cognitive Delays
• Mutism
• Bullying
• Risky or illegal behaviour
• Trauma
• Assisting children & adolescents who are experiencing difficulties in the home environment
• Challenges with regulatory disturbances, such as crying, sleeping & eating
• Enhance communication skills2
• Conflict in the family home
• Conflict in out of home care
• Ability to play and learn
• Daily transitioning between activities
• Social Skills and Social Language
• Increased understanding of emotions
• Building relationships and connecting with others

• Psychodynamic Approach
• Psychoanalytically informed practice
• Play therapy
• Reducing symptoms of anxiety
• Increasing social skills, social thinking and social language.
• Emotional Exploration
• Mindfulness
• Reframing of experiences.
• Strength Based Approach
• CBT
• Trauma informed care
• An explorative play based and creative arts based approach.
• Play Therapy