The Child and Family Place

21/06/2024

Sand and water play based therapies at the Child and Family Place 🐢

02/06/2024

🐢 Clinical child and family practitioner 🐢

Are you or your child looking for a therapy but want to avoid talking therapies?

The Child and Family Place could offer you high impact therapy without the need to find the words to work through!

Contact us via Facebook or email to get started! 🐢

01/06/2024

Some creative therapies to support our children and young people 🐢

🐢 In school sand, water and play-based therapies available on request

🐢 Therapeutic parenting support

🐢 Family therapy

🐢 Independent child and family assessments

🐢 Consultations available for schools, parents and carers

🐢 Legal support services and report writing

01/06/2024

🐢 Free family resolution offer for Greater Manchester and surrounding areas🐢

Are you going through a difficult family issue and considering legal action?

If you meet the criteria below, please contact us for more information about a trial we are running. Applications will be considered on a first come, first served basis 🐢

Are you:

🐢 Disagreeing with your child's other parent about their care (including meeting their additional needs)
🐢 Worried about their wellbeing and this is affected by yours and/or their relationship(s) with key adults in their lives
🐢 Considering traditional mediation or are using other expensive legal services
🐢 Currently experiencing or have you experienced domestic abuse making communication with the child's other parent/ key adults difficult and/or unsafe
🐢 Willing to engage in a medium-term intervention free of charge that takes a whole-child and family approach
🐢 Currently living (and the child) in the Greater Manchester and surrounding areas

Then please inbox or email us for more information 🐢

22/05/2024

🐢 The natural world of play 🥰

🐢 Play and arts- based therapies available to all ages
🐢 Family therapy and building key relationships with children
🐢 Mediation alternative offered for families going through separation and disputes about their children
🐢 Social stories and social and emotional learning
🐢 School based interventions as well as office based
🐢 I will come to you*
🐢 Specialist assessments and plans to help children and their families
🐢 Contact supervision and reports
🐢 Free 30 minute consultation

Request a free consultation today to see how the Child and Family Place can help you 🐢

*Within 30 miles of the Child and Family Place

28/04/2024

What was it like being a teen? What IS it like being a teen?

Sand and water play therapies are especially effective for developmental trauma and unresolved issues from our childhood.

Contact me for more information and a free initial consultation and assessment 🐢

11/04/2024

This is exactly what it looks like with my ADHD child and sometimes with a bit of extra effort 🩵

GoZen: Anxiety Relief for Children

19/03/2024

Flexible boundaries help us to maintain our standards, achieve and be compassionate when something needs to give 🐢


From 5 years old to adults, sand and water therapies are effective, research-based ways of dealing with past and current issues 🐢

Contact me for further information and to start your journey today 🐢

- emotional regulation
- additional and SEND needs
- 1:1 and group sessions
- family therapy
- childhood trauma
- anxieties and phobias
- intrusive thoughts and nightmares
- non direct, non verbal options

13/03/2024

From 5 years old to adulthood, sand and water therapies are effective, research-based ways of dealing with past and current issues 🐢

Contact me for further information and to start your journey today 🐢

- emotional regulation
- additional and SEND needs
- 1:1 and group sessions
- family therapy
- childhood trauma
- anxieties and phobias
- intrusive thoughts and nightmares
- non direct, non verbal options

10/03/2024

Happy Mother'S Day! The day where we are verbally given permission to 'stop' but you can't/ won't/ don't.

Shout out to mums who have also just spent their mother's day morning scraping the not comb through their child's hair 😂

07/03/2024

Reading to our children is one of the easiest bonding experiences and has huge developmental bonuses...

Some parents struggle with finding the headspace, patience and energy for reading so consider an audiobook and chat about the story as it goes... It's then a relaxing experience for you too!

We all love CBeebies star-studded Bedtime Stories, as reading to your child is so good to help develop their speech. We've put together a few ways for you to bring the magic home and supercharge your bedtime stories!📚 ✨

🎨:

World Book Day (UK & Ireland)

06/03/2024

When someone asks you how you are, do you feel stumped? If yes, you're not alone.
The Feeling Wheel was designed by Gloria Willcox (1982) and is a great starting point for those who find it challenging to identify their emotions 💚

03/03/2024

'The bad guys were winning but I made them lose'

A 9 year old boy on a journey of resilience, experience and self discovery 🐢

21/02/2024

This has been my biggest achievement as a parent whose experience of being parented was very rigid

I spend a lot of my time with other parents coaching them on setting effective boundaries against their natural instincts in some cases

One of the things I repeat to my parents is 'how would you react if someone said that to you?'

There is a misconception that if a parent changes their mind that they are showing weakness or they don't hold boundaries. That simply isn't true. Sure we need boundaries and yes, if a boundary needs to stay, then keep it. But if you have had a conversation with your child, been curious about their side and when you listen, see that maybe you should change your mind, then that is okay. It will actually help your child to feel heard and valued. It will teach them that as we gain more information, we can change our minds, and what a great skill to have.

More information in my book

Guidance from The Therapist Parent

Available on my website www.thetherapistparent.com and Amazon

15/02/2024

Just seen this on Facebook, if your a parent, might be worth trying to get a free place, especially for those who are unable to get any funded support.

12/02/2024

Mindful Monday ✨✨✨

12/02/2024

Good morning! Happy Monday!

Sand play is an exercise in unconscious self-discovery and repair for adults and children alike

Message us for more details and for a free assessment 🐢

06/02/2024

I love this because additional need is often seen as ended when someone reaches adulthood and they should all of a sudden be able to deal... If we're honest, who is really dealing anyway 🤷‍♀️