Faye Oakley Play Therapy

Faye Oakley Play Therapy Helping Children Heal Through Play
Dedicated to supporting emotional growth and resilience in children through creative therapy.

One to One Therapy sessions privately or at school.
💛Play is a child’s natural language—and healing begins there. 🌈

26/09/2025

Somatic Experiencing International & The Embody Lab 💛

26/09/2025

The Therapist Parent 💓

30/08/2025

Express, Explore, Heal: Drawing & Painting in Play Therapy 🎨

Did you know that drawing and painting are not just fun activities – they can actually help children process complex emotions? In play therapy, art provides a safe space for children to explore feelings like fear, sadness, or joy that they might struggle to express in words.

✨ Benefits of Art in Play Therapy:
• Helps children communicate emotions safely
• Encourages self-expression and creativity
• Supports emotional regulation and coping skills
• Builds confidence and self-awareness
• Can reveal underlying thoughts or concerns that adults might not notice

Through their creations, children tell stories, work through challenges, and learn to make sense of their experiences. Every brushstroke and sketch becomes a window into their inner world.

🌈 Art in play therapy is more than colouring – it’s a pathway to understanding, growth, and healing.

Discover more about play therapy here: https://zurl.co/yAOrH

Explore Play Therapy courses: https://zurl.co/iyXO5

21/08/2025

Some children may need extra support for educational, social, or emotional reasons. While many challenges can be supported in everyday environments, sometimes more specialised help can make a real difference. That’s where Play Therapy comes in.

💡 Play Therapy sessions – individual or group – provide children with a safe, creative space to understand and manage their thoughts and feelings.

🎨 Individual Play Therapy: Weekly sessions allow children to express themselves through play, art, and creativity. The relationship with the therapist provides a safe framework for exploration and self-understanding.

🤝 Group Play Therapy: Children explore and share experiences in a supportive group setting, addressing challenges such as loss, bullying, low self-esteem, or difficulties forming friendships.

👪 Filial Coaching: Supports parents and children together, helping families listen, understand, and strengthen relationships through guided exercises and tasks at home.

To learn more or find a qualified Play Therapist, visit: https://playtherapyregister.org.uk/

Explore Play Therapy courses: https://apac.org.uk/

19/08/2025

Sarah R. Moore, Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting 💜

19/08/2025

We chase the big picture —
the future, the plans, the legacy.

But children live in the now.

They remember how it felt to wake up to warmth,
to be seen in the little moments,
to laugh at the dinner table,
to feel safe when the day ends.

Don’t get so focused on giving them a good life
that you forget what it’s built on — a hundred ordinary days, stacked with presence, patience, and love.

Because in the end, it’s not the life we gave them they’ll carry — it’s the way we made them feel living it. ❤️

Quote Credit: Unknown❣️

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06/08/2025

Primal Trust Academy & Community with Dr. Cathleen King 💗

06/08/2025

Responsive Parenting Inspirations 💕

06/08/2025

🌱 Why Play Matters

Play is a child’s natural way of experimenting, learning, rehearsing, and blending reality with imagination.

It supports healthy development across physical and cognitive domains and remains an important part of all our lives, at any age.

Through play, children can express what they struggle to say – they can “play to explain.”

🎭 Play allows children to explore feelings, test out ideas, and find safe ways to understand and cope with difficult emotions.

It’s not just fun – it’s a vital path to growth, healing, and a healthier way of being.

Endings are bittersweet, I have to say I shed a tear reading this today, so sweet, and so true…. ‘I made a difference to...
18/07/2025

Endings are bittersweet, I have to say I shed a tear reading this today, so sweet, and so true….
‘I made a difference to that one’ ⭐️

17/07/2025

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