The Rainbow Tree Wales Play Therapy and Children's Wellbeing

26/08/2025

With Children's Commissioner for Wales – We just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

26/08/2025

Therapists at the Rainbow Tree are very experienced in working with children who have suffered or witnessed abuse and are also able to support parents and carers who are supporting these young people.

Abuse and violence, suffered or endured has an effect on a child emotionally, cognitively, socially and on their connection to self. Play therapy can support children in

* greater capacity to understand, articulate and regulate emotions. With better awareness of positive self expression of their emotions.

* processing their traumatic experiences, integrating these memories into self

* building their self esteem, self awareness and confidence to form identity, increase self efficacy and understand their worth

* gaining the ability to identify their own needs, self expression of those needs in a positive way and learning to rely on caregivers to meet their needs and reduce pseudo independence

* being able to understand and assert healthy boundaries in relationships, especially care givers where violence has been experienced or witnessed.

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20/08/2025

Abuse and violence, suffered or endured has an effect on a child emotionally, cognitively, socially and on their connection to self. Play therapy can support children in

* greater capacity to understand, articulate and regulate emotions. With better awareness of positive self expression of their emotions.

* processing their traumatic experiences, integrating these memories into self

* building their self esteem, self awareness and confidence to form identity, increase self efficacy and understand their worth

* gaining the ability to identify their own needs, self expression of those needs in a positive way and learning to rely on caregivers to meet their needs and reduce pseudo independence

* being able to understand and assert healthy boundaries in relationships, especially care givers where violence has been experienced or witnessed.

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02/07/2025

At The Rainbow Tree we have an outdoor area where children can connect with nature while being supported by an experienced play therapist to help them process and regulate their sometimes overwhelming feelings helping them to feel calmer inside.

01/07/2025

In the playroom children can explore without needing to be perfect, and without judgement or being directed. This can be really empowering for them and enable them to share in a way that haven't been able to before.

Art in play therapy allows children to flourish at their own pace.

Whether it’s painting their “safe place” or building with clay or play doh, they are telling stories of their experiences.

Art becomes the voice when words feel too big.

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11/03/2025

Play Therapy is about being there with the child whilst having empathy and acceptance alongside an understanding of the metaphor of play to enable the child to process things in safety.

08/02/2025

During International Play Therapy Week, we celebrate the incredible power of play in helping children navigate their emotions, process their experiences and build resilience.

For many children, words are not enough to express what they are feeling. But through play—their natural language—they can explore, communicate and heal in ways that feel safe and empowering. Play therapy provides that space, where every child is seen, heard and supported.

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23/01/2025

Children connect key events, experiences and ideas through different forms of play. Where children are allowed to lead and direct play, this is very powerful for them as a means of communication and as a way of working through their thoughts, feelings and wishes.

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19/01/2025

There are still a few spaces left on this course for anyone who is interested. This is an excellent opportunity to explore safeguarding from a creative therapy perspective. If you are based in a UK country outside of Wales you are still very welcome to join us and you will be signposted to any regulations where needed.

Safeguarding L3 training especially for Play, Art and Creative Therapists in Wales. email: admin@playfullifecic.org to book or for more details.

04/02/2024

Today marks the start of .

Child-centred play therapy provides a non-directive creative safe space where children can express an work through their difficulties using their natural language of communication play.

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04/02/2024

Give aged 3-5 a strong foundation for good & an excellent start to their learning & life with THE BIG 3 + ME.

Join this FREE workshop on THURS 8 FEB @ 3.45pm:
https://eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-big-3-me-workshop-tickets-798457677407?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/08/2023

Today is Playday – the national day for celebrating children’s right to play in the UK.

We are calling on everyone – parents, grandparents, carers, play and childcare providers -across Wales and the rest of the UK to help make this Playday, and every day, an adventure!

👉 https://play.wales/news_category/campaign-celebrates-childrens-right-to-play-in-wales/