Welcome Parents to The Play Pod!
At The Play Pod, I understand the importance of providing a safe and secure environment for your child's therapy needs.
As Parents/Carers of children needing therapy I can emphasise with coming to terms of what emotions this may bring. I will aim to support you on this journey together.
A Strength and Difficult Questionnaire (SDQ) is completed to highlight your child's interactions with five main areas: pro social, hyperactivity, emotional, conduct and peer interactions. This SDQ will also be completed at mid review on week 8 and at the end of your child's therapeutic journey.
An initial parent conversation would also be arranged to discuss your child's background, timeline of events from pregnancy to birth and beyond and answer any questions you may have.
A service level agreement will be issued prior to sessions commencing.
Therapeutic Stages in Play Therapy
Below is a diagram that illustrates suggested stages that children may go through on their therapeutic journey. Every child's therapuetic journey is unique and individual to them.
I would be happy to explore this further with you.
Please use the contact details at the bottom of this page.

What is included in the Play Therapy Toolkit?
Head to For Children page which highlights what is included in a Play Therapy session and further answers to any questions you may have.
Useful links
PTUK website https://playtherapy.org.uk/
Challenging Behaviour | Parents Guide To Support | YoungMinds
Behaviour Support for Parents |Behaviour Support Resources (behaviourhelp.com)
Behaviour - Support for Parents from Action For Children
Support for parents | NSPCC Lots of good topics to click on
https://holesinthewall.co.uk/resources/leaflets-and-information-for-parents/
The Incredible years by Carolyn Webster-Stratton (book)
Helping my child with fears and worries by Cathy Creswell (book)
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel Siegel (book)
This free webinar is great, she also does free email newsletters with advice too
https://drvanessalapointe.teachable.com/courses/1422909/lectures/32681029
This is a fantastic Therapeutic training website I use for my Play Therapy CPD and they have great online training which I highly recommend

How to Schedule a Play Therapy Session
To find out more about the services I offer, there are two simple ways to get in touch:
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