Why choose Play Therapy

Play Therapy is for children aged 3 to 18 years experiencing emotional, social, and behavioural difficulties and their families.

It is an effective treatment for children experiencing a variety of mental health and behavioural concerns. (Cavalcante et al., 2015).

“Play is the language of children” The Playroom is a safe environment where a child/ren shows the therapist the aspect of their lived experiences that needs healing and repair.

Play Therapy is also suitable for children on the below list

Useful Links

• Adoption Rights Alliance – http://www.adoptionrightsalliance.com/

• A Little Lifetime Foundation (ISANDS)isands.ie

• Aware – ie

• Alcoholics Anonymous alcoholicsanonymous.ie

• Black Therapist Ireland- blacktherapistsireland.ie

• Barnardos Ireland- barnardos.ie

• Childline childline.ie

• Connect – Connect is a free phone counselling service for any adult who has experienced abuse, trauma or neglect in childhood. The service is also available to partners or relatives of people with these experiences – connectcounselling.ie

• Focus Ireland- focusireland.ie

• Irish Association of Prevention of Cruelty to Children ispcc.ie

• Office for Internet Safety – webwise.ie

• Rape Crisis Centre – drcc.ie

• The Miscarriage Association of Ireland – http://www.miscarriage.ie

• The Samaritans – samaritans.ie

• The CARI foundation CARI.ie