Neo-Play Offering non-directive Play and Creative Arts Therapy and Counselling to Children and Young People, and their families and carers. Neo-Play Néo Heny, M.A.

These services may be accessed by adults seeking non-directive therapeutic processes offering the opportunity to explore dif Neo-Play Therapeutic Play Services
Neo-Play
Offering Play Therapy and Child and Adolescent Counselling Services for children who may benefit from long or short term support towards realising their potential and managing their feelings. Based in North Lincolnshire, Neo-Play o

ffers confidential individual or group play therapy services and counselling for children and young people in the North and North East Lincolnshire area. Background Information
Originally based on the client-centred work of Carl Rogers, non-directive play therapy as it is used today was developed by Virginia Axline and theories of child development, attachment and separation. Axline introduced non-directive play therapy as a process for offering children the opportunity to play out, express and explore their inner feelings in a safe and non-judgemental environment with the support of a qualified therapeutic practitioner. Why it Works
Play is a child’s natural medium for expression, which is particularly important to have access to when a child may find it hard to express themselves verbally. Children have a need to play or ‘act out’ their inner feelings to explore, and over time resolve, inner conflicts as well as to fully express themselves on any level of development. How it Works
Using a carefully developed tool kit that consists of a variety of materials and creative media, a child is given the opportunity to access and safely explore their inner feelings in a safe and supportive environment through the creative materials and with the non-judgemental support of the therapeutic practitioner. Over time the child is able to develop an inner resilience and build coping strategies to take with them into their future lives, thus enabling them to access and develop their full potential. (with distinction), B.A., Accredited Play Therapist (PG Dip with Distinction),
Welban House, Humber Bank West, New Holland, North Lincolnshire, DN19 7RY
Mobile: 07980897729
Email: neo@heny.eclipse.co.uk

For further information, please contact Neo Heny directly, or follow the links below:
Play Therapy UK (PTUK) - http://www.playtherapy.org.uk; PTUK Register of Play and Creative Arts Therapists - http://www.playtherapyregister.org.uk; The Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC) - http://www.apac.org.uk;Play Therapy International - http://www.playtherapy.org


“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in the child’s soul” Friedrich Foebel, in Lowenfeld, 1990

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OKAY. RANT WARNING: This is going to make some people angry, defensive. But enough is enough.

What happens when a description of behavior is elevated to a "syndrome" or even promoted as a "diagnosis"? Research shows that self-labels and the promotion of conditions as "permanent" do NOT help parents and children. It decreases esteem and promotes passivity. When kids and parents embrace a label, they actually do LESS to manage it. Doing less (or nothing) is the OPPOSITE of what kids that are struggling need to do. I see this frequently: get passive, feel hopeless, and watch depression creep right in.

Describing a PATTERN of behavior or emotional reaction is helpful; families can recognize it, predict it, and then learn/teach skills that are remarkably consistent. You can better understand yourself. But what I see is an embracing of ever-more specific labels, pseudo-diagnoses, and then a rallying around these labels in unhealthy ways. As if it's unique. Different. Support groups pop up. Coaches now embrace it as their "specialty."

This is a trendy field. I've been doing this for 35 years. I've seen this happen over and over and over.

For example, an article on Rejective Sensitive Dysphoria on parents.com starts like this: "If you’ve noticed that your child is exhibiting sudden emotional outbursts, crying, or even aggressive behavior when they feel rejected or criticized—often leading to social isolation—it’s possible that they are affected by Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)."

The article says that RSD is NOT a diagnosis, but really gets into the label. It then proceeds to describe well-known CBT strategies to address this RSD "condition," strategies that truly apply ACROSS THE BOARD to strong emotional reactions, rumination, stuck thinking, anxiety and of course rejection...nothing new to see here.

Sadly, the article that spends a good amount of space talking about solid strategies to help kids learn emotional management, and DOES say Rejective Sensitive Dysphoria is NOT a diagnosis, ends with the line: "If your child is diagnosed with RSD..."

Then concerned parents email me: "My child has social anxiety and we're working on it...but now I'm worried she might have undiagnosed RSD." Or another syndrome that's gaining traction on Facebook.

Listen, the struggle to manage emotions is big and real. But parents and children need big picture skills to help navigate, particularly if you have ADHD (or many other things, too, like OCD or social anxiety.) THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. A label disguising itself as some "new" diagnosis? Nope.

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