Ash Goes To Play Therapy Community

08/02/2024

💜💞 HAPPY NEW YEAR and INTERNATIONAL PLAY THERAPY WEEK 2024!!

To celebrate I wanted to offer a SPECIAL DEAL on my self published book, ASH GOES TO PLAY THERAPY, this week only! (while stocks last!)

If you’re in Australia and you’d like a copy or several copies to share with parents, carers, families, organisations and/or children go to Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com and claim your DISCOUNT of 40% off your total order!!

Simply type in the Discount Code: IPTW24 at the checkout towards the end of the order on the right hand side! (Sorry… Only available directly through the website and in Australia).

Feel free to also pass on these details to parents/carers and others who may be interested!

I feel so honoured and lucky to be a Play Therapist and to share in my passion with you also!

Have a wonderful week! 💜💜💞
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22/12/2023

💜 Christmas time can be a really challenging time for many people. Sending thoughts and love to all.

20/12/2023

💜 It is with so much excitement that I continue sharing Ash Goes to Play Therapy with children, caregivers, families and professionals in our world!

I have been so blown away by the support, interest and kindness offered, including people hoping to translate Ash Goes to Play Therapy into other languages, businesses wanting to stock it, professionals wanting to purchase bulk copies for those training and families they connect with, people wanting information about how they can also self publish and families and people outside of Australia finding ways to purchase copies.

I have also been so humbled by the beautiful sharing of photographs and feedback from children, families and professionals and want to thank you so much for your ongoing kindness and openness in receiving Ash Goes to Play Therapy with the spirit in which it was created.

FINAL ORDERS are available now in Australia directly through me via Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com until the end of this week (for 2023) as I spend some time enjoying time with my family between Christmas and New Year. Final orders will be posted Friday and limited stock is available!!

I hope that this period of time over the year is all you hope for for you and your loved ones and send love and peace to you all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your ongoing support all the way and STAY TUNED NEXT YEAR for package deals and incentives for purchasing and sharing Ash Goes to Play Therapy! 💜✨

19/12/2023

💜 As the year comes to an end and I reflect upon all that has happened and is happening, I can’t help but feel such a mixture of deep sadness and deep gratitude and happiness also.

I want to send love to all of those people and animals who have suffered and are suffering right now in our world. It has been and is a really hard time for so many and I want to acknowledge these struggles and the depth of pain and also the support and love that can also exist in the places of pains’ existence.

Again this year I have also been constantly reminded of the beautiful kindness, thoughtfulness, generosity, support and love that exists in our world and the depth of beauty and wisdom that exist within children, adults, families and communities.

I am honoured, humbled and beyond grateful to be connected with so many beautiful people in my life, personally and professionally and to have had the privilege and honour of recommencing therapeutic work privately and connecting once again with the most amazing clients, both children and adults, who constantly inspire and motivate me and who are always teaching me also.

Since returning to work in July this year (after a beautiful year at home with my family and baby girl) I have completed EMDR Training and commenced the provision of EMDR with adult clients under supervision, completed Clinical Supervision Training, completed a Masterclass training in Play Therapy Supervision, become an approved Registered Play Therapist + Supervisor (RPT-S APTA), renewed registration as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AASW) and self published my first children’s book “Ash Goes to Play Therapy”. I feel proud of what I’ve achieved in a relatively short time and want to thank you and my beautiful family also for the support and beautiful kindness every step of the way.

At this point in the year now I feel tired even though my heart feels full.

I feel deeply grateful and also disappointed.

I feel deeply happy and also deeply sad.

I feel courageous and strong and also afraid and anxious.

I feel all kinds of feelings and all at once right now as I switch between and remember all of the beauty this year has held but also all of the challenge and sadness still happening also in our world and the impacts of this for so many.

Thank you for your beautiful kindness and support this year. I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones peace and love during this time of year, no matter how you are feeling or what is happening. I hope that you have the chance to feel what you feel and be held safely in the support and love of those around you.

It’s okay to feel wonderful right now and it’s also okay to not feel okay. We are all in this together.’💜

18/12/2023

💜✨ As more people receive their copies of “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” I am receiving such beautiful support and feedback. Thank you so much for your continued interest and support. 💜

08/12/2023

💜✨ A huge thank you to Sarah at Nested Hearts Therapy for sharing this beautiful image of “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” in her waiting room, for sharing it with children and families and for her lovely review.

“Natalie’s book is in my waiting room and has been received so beautifully by the children I am already working with. After reading “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” all of the children agreed that “that’s what happens in here!”

“Congratulations Nat, for creating a book that so beautifully honours children and the Child Centered Play Therapy process. What a gift!”

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06/12/2023

💜✨💞 My heart is so full. The “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” BOOK LAUNCH (adult style) tonight was so beautiful.

A magical meeting of my beautiful family and local Therapists and community workers, a celebration of Play Therapy, an honouring of children and a sharing and celebration of “Ash Goes to Play Therapy.”

It was also a very special and emotional experience as my daughter, Layla read “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” to us all as a group. This took Layla a lot of courage and was a highlight of the night.

A huge thank you to Layla for being her beautiful bubbly and lovable self, for having the courage to challenge herself and put herself out there in such a vulnerable space with such grace and heart and openness and thank you to everyone who came along to share in this special time.

Now I can officially call myself an “Author” and I am so humbled by the beautiful feedback shared about “Ash Goes to Play Therapy.”🙏🏻

I hesitate to call “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” “my” book as I don’t feel it is. This book is all of ours. It is just as much yours as it is mine. It is my own childrens book and every child’s book. In my heart and intention “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” is one for the world. It is the message and heart in it that is to be shared not owned by me. Thank you for helping me share it with the world and children further.

Thank you… with so much happiness and so much gratitude 🙏🏻 Ash doesn’t only go to Play Therapy. Ash is now going out into the world! ☺️✨💜

# # I also can’t wait to do a book launch for children sometime soon!! 💞💞

05/12/2023

✨🙌🏻💜 It has been such an amazing, heart warming, at times challenging, but above all, beautiful process self publishing my own book! It has taken me a lot of passion but also a lot of courage to create my vision and also to begin to share it with the world.

I have challenged myself to open myself to my own feeling of vulnerability around judgement and other people’s perceptions and so now, with an open heart and mind and a lot of hope and trust in its purpose and intention, I have posted all of the books that had been pre ordered today!!

Tomorrow, in Australia “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” is officially on sale and 6th December is the official date it goes on sale worldwide!

Thank you so much for your continued support and kindness and for also receiving and trusting in my vision. I hope Ash Goes to Play Therapy is received in the heart with which it’s been created and shared.

03/12/2023

✨💜✨I’ve been lovingly and excitedly preparing each pre-ordered copy of “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” for shipping this week!! 🥰

I can’t wait to let you know when they’re on the way! 🙌🏻

Three more sleeps until “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” is released for sale.. on Wednesday 6th December!!

Available now via pre order in Australia Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com and
overseas via Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk and Barnesandnoble.com 💜✨

01/12/2023

💜✨💞 The moment I watched my 17 month old daughter pick up my book, say “Pla P”, lay down and begin “reading” it this morning… (with no prompt whatsoever from me!) I ran straight for my camera and took this photo! 😂 This was a beautiful moment for me. 💞

I also wanted to also check in to let you know that I am preparing each pre ordered book for shipping next week so if you haven’t already (and particularly if you’re in Australia) it would be wonderful if you’d like to purchase your copy/copies in Australia now!

This way I can send yours to you next week also!

Please visit Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com

If you’re outside of Australia please visit Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk or Barnesandnoble.com

I’m so excited! Have a beautiful weekend!!!💜✨

29/11/2023

💜✨ With the permission I am happy to share the REACTION OF A CHILD I connect with in Play Therapy after he read “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” recently.

This experience will forever be etched in my heart and mind. ✨💜

This beautiful reaction highlights parts of why I have self published this book. I want children to know that there are people out there who believe in their rights to be seen, heard and understood and I want them to know that in Child Centered Play Therapy there is a special space and relationship created that allows this to happen.

This boy knows already the experience and feeling for him in Play Therapy and to see, hear and feel his positive and excited reaction about the realism portrayed in “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” just filled and continues to fill my heart with absolute happiness.

My hope is that prior to attending Play Therapy also, children will feel a little of what it may be like for them too and thus feel more safe in accessing Play Therapy.

If you’d like to pre order a copy or copies please go to Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com in Australia or outside of Australia please do so at Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk and Barnesandnoble.com

On sale next Wednesday 6th December!! ✨💜

27/11/2023

💜✨EXCITING NEWS!!✨💜

I have received and opened the very first box of copies of “Ash Goes to Play Therapy!” ✨💞🥰

I can’t even describe how exciting it feels to see so many copies all together and to be preparing to post copies to those who have Pre- ordered!! 💞 Thank you so much ✨✨

If you’d like to pre order your copy in Australia please go to Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com or outside of Australia pre order your copy now via Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk or Barnesandnoble.com

I can’t wait for next Wednesday 6th December when Ash Goes to Play Therapy will be on sale!! ✨🙌🏻

26/11/2023

💜✨ Children most certainly are miraculous and our inner children are too!

It was my daughter’s 10th birthday on the weekend and it reminded me again of how beautiful it can be to be a child and to celebrate all things child like! Have a beautiful week! Thanks so much SARK for this beautiful sharing! 💞

And remember to LOVE the wonderfull child within you. 💗

You can find this and more WonderFULL SARK holiday gift ideas HERE: https://planetsark.shop/

26/11/2023

💜✨ My heart is full as I receive reviews from people, (children and adults) who have read “Ash Goes to Play Therapy.”

Thank you so much for your ongoing support. ✨💜

21/11/2023

💞💜✨ “ASH GOES TO PLAY THERAPY” is now AVAILABLE WORLD-WIDE!

My very first children’s book is now available for PRE-ORDER in Australia directly from me via my website

Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com

and also now available for PRE-ORDER at

Amazon.com Amazon.com.uk and barnesandnoble.com

ON SALE 6th December 2023!

I am so excited to share it with you and the children in our world!! Please pass on the word!

# # This is one of my favourite illustrations .. thank you to Helda Clara for helping bring my vision to life through the gorgeous illustrations 💞✨💜

18/11/2023

💜✨ 💜✨ As “ASH GOES TO PLAY THERAPY” is NOW AVAILABLE for PRE-ORDERS in AUSTRALIA on the website Ashgoestoplaytherapy.com I thought it’d be good to share a professional review! ✨💜

Part of my vision has always been to create a children’s book about Play Therapy that is Child Centered. My heart feels so deeply happy to receive this review as it reflects this hope beautifully. In every word and every illustration and every symbolic offering within “Ash Goes to Play Therapy” I have done my absolute best to ensure that a child’s perspective is captured and shared in relation to Play Therapy.

My hope is that it will touch the hearts of children in a way that helps them feel safe attending Play Therapy as it depicts the power of the therapeutic relationship and how this may feel for children and how this might benefit them also.

Thank you so much for extending your hand and heart to share this with children also. ✨💞