Newcastle NSW / Hunter Region
Introduction to Play Therapy
With over 25 years experience counselling families, children & adolescents
"What children often can't say, they will play"
ABN 78 403 567 409
Check out my full resume at LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/grahame-williams-6380942b
Counselling children by using Play Therapy helps children communicate and work through various issues such as –anxiety, parental separation, trauma, death, illness, etc.
Through play therapy, children are able to express their experiences and feelings through a natural, self-guided & self-healing process. Children will be helped towards healthier and better social integration, growth and development.
A child's natural way of communicating is via play and via the trained play therapist they can process their issues, concerns, troubles and gain insight and mastery over the situation. I am trained in various modalities (Theraplay, Filial, Sandplay, non directive, directive, Autplay) and together we can work out which modality best suits your child.
I am a Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S) registered with the Australasia Pacific Play Therapy Association (APPTA) also a member of the College of Supervisors with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA - Level 4).
As a qualified counsellor and level 4 ACA member I am a NDIS provider.
Contact me and arrange a free 15 min phone consult to see if I am the right fit for you.
Now open Saturday mornings in Hamilton.
This is Starsky - he is a toy poodle in training to assist me help children. Most dogs are playful, accepting, social, present, and honest. These qualities are naturally inviting for children – particularly those who have been impacted by trauma, or mental/emotional barriers. Animal Assisted Therapy provides therapeutic opportunities for kids to experience unconditional, positive, and accepting relationships that may not have been able to be achieved with human-human interactions. Starsky only attends when it is deemed helpful for the client.
