Play Plus Therapy

07/10/2025

It was such a pleasure to speak to Kids on the Coast - Gold Coast on Play Therapy, what it is and how it can help children and families.

If you still have questions on how it may help you or the child in your life, give us a call.

Play Therapy: Helping little hearts heal through play 🧩

Curious about play therapy? This powerful approach is growing fast as more parents discover the key to children’s wellbeing may lie in the playroom.



LEARN MORE: https://kidsonthecoast.com.au/health-wellbeing/play-therapy-helping-little-hearts-heal-through-play/

24/08/2025

When working with children, you are working with young families. Evidence shows the earlier the intervention, the less need for intervention in the adult years. Young families need financial support to access services for their children. Play Therapy needs to be available through Medicare.

20/08/2025

It’s not just about having toys in your therapy room 🧸 Play therapy requires specialised training, practice experience, supervision and registration

Play therapy is a distinct form of psychotherapy with its own:
✓ Theoretical model
✓ Evidence-base
✓ International play therapy education competencies and standards of practice https://www.ic-pta.com/

Children, adolescents, and families deserve expert care. So, if you want to incorporate play therapeutically…become a play therapist!

30/07/2025

Because sometimes the most profound conversations happen without words 🧸✨

This isn’t just a beautiful metaphor, it’s evidence-based practice. Research shows that play therapy helps children process trauma, develop emotional regulation, and build resilience in ways traditional talk therapy often cannot 📈

When we meet children where they are, speaking their natural language of play, healing happens ❤️‍🩹

19/05/2025

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET?

Play Plus Therapy is thrilled to be at this year's My Spirited Child ADHD Conference in Brisbane!

Grab your ticket https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1227976?fbclid=IwY2xjawKXVr1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtWW5zdDJUb2F0Q2xYWG1QAR4frmHb62iuHkQV7FP-qlPoq26nDqP4zrv-nqBQFWOiYPF5mQ7IerzI3OfJyQ_aem_FuIgJcdeqvGGKA4YWdAYMA

The 2025 Queensland ADHD Conference will be an incredible event aimed at parents, educators, carers, family members, professionals and those...

09/05/2025

I am a proud signatory of this open letter to the Australian Prime Minister

You can play ‘find the Play Plus Therapy logo’ if you like!! I just found Play & Filial Therapy

Please show your support!

22/04/2025

This is such an important read, and the headline had me think of 'Sesame Street' and HOW, Sesame Street producers were ahead of the game, developing the CTW, a system that INFORMED production, planning and evaluation, based upon COLLABORATIVE work between, producers, writers, EDUCATORS and RESEARCHERS! A media program that at its core, was that it was encouraging the social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing of its child viewers.
.."Leaders at Sesame meet regularly with early childhood educators, researchers, and policymakers to hear what these experts are seeing among children, and this input informs each season’s development process. Recently, they shared that children seemed to be losing their sense of wonder and curiosity because preschoolers are under increasing academic pressure, said developmental psychologist Rosemarie Truglio, PhD, senior vice president of curriculum and content at Sesame Workshop. Children are overscheduled, LOSING THE FREEDOM TO PLAY, and lacking independence and autonomy. “That was sad for me to hear,” Truglio said. “Children are more afraid to experiment and ask questions because they have a fear of failure.”...

As a society, we should consider with a critical eye, all media outlets that are purpose built to target the 'child audience', and, are they taking that same approach when planning their programs/applications. Particularly when we know that education is moving towards more online.

Take a read, and take a look at your child's devices with a critical eye.

(Stringer, H. (2025, April 1). Psychological science helps build digital educational media that capitalizes on how human brains learn. Monitor on Psychology, 56(3).)

Psychology researchers are shaping the educational media reaching millions of children throughout the world.

19/04/2025

The Great Dismantling

Play builds confidence, empathy, curiosity, leadership, and joy—everything we say we want for children. So why do we keep pushing it aside for things that matter less?

We claim to value creativity, yet we prioritize compliance. We say children need free time, then fill every hour. We talk about agency, then hand them charts, rules, and adult-led agendas.

This isn’t accidental. It’s systemic.
From early academics to behavior charts, structured activities to disappearing recess—each well-meaning intervention chips away at what children build naturally through play.

The result? A slow erosion of the foundation they need to grow into capable, connected humans.

Play builds confidence, empathy, curiosity, leadership, and joy—everything we say we want for children. Imagine what could happen if we made more space for it?

What if childhood wasn’t measured in outcomes, but in moments of wonder, connection, and discovery?

When we protect time and space for play, we’re not just honoring childhood—we’re planting the seeds of a more compassionate, creative world.

17/04/2025

Every child in Australia deserves the right to thrive. Yet, too many are denied their rights and lack the government support they need. Together, we can make Australia the best place in the world for children to grow up. We have a plan, but we need your voice. Join the Act for Children campaign toda...

17/04/2025

Heart warming to see our local MP is supporting awareness for Youth homelessness.

Youth Homelessness Matters Day

YOUTH HOMELESSNESS MATTERS DAY

Today is about acknowledging the every young person who has or continues to experience homelessness, especially when it’s at levels we’ve never seen before.

Last year, over 12,000 young Queenslanders aged 10 to 24 reached out to homelessness services for help.
Record demand means we need a record response.
We’re delivering more resourcing than ever before in a more coordinated way to help make sure we can better address this crisis.

We’re also expanding Youth Foyers across our state including the Gold Coast to house hundreds more young people and investing in targeted housing and homelessness services and supports.

Youth Homelessness Matters Day is also about acknowledging the efforts of the services, organisations and individuals working hard to support young Queenslanders who have nowhere else to turn.