Roots: Creative Therapy Services

Roots: Creative Therapy Services Freelance Creative Arts Therapist based in Worcestershire

15/07/2025

In play Therapy, the playroom is not a place to fix or control, but a space to honour the innate wisdom already unfolding within the child. When we truly listen, we discover that children are often our greatest teachers.

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⭐️Weekend 3 of my play therapy diploma training⭐️How am I already on weekend 3 😱?!Today was all about sand trays. I abso...
04/07/2025

⭐️Weekend 3 of my play therapy diploma training⭐️

How am I already on weekend 3 😱?!

Today was all about sand trays. I absolutely love the powerful nature of the sand and the different possibilities and perspectives it can offer.

The sand tray in the play room invites children to explore their thoughts and feelings using symbols and miniatures in the sand if they wish to. This provides containment, the ability to safely explore experiences, process emotions and have the freedom to express themselves. The use of symbolism offers alternative ways of communicating other than relying on words which can feel hard to put together for children to truly express themselves. (I even find the use of words as expression difficult as an adult!)

As well as all of the above…. Sand tray therapy can
⭐️ground us
⭐️help to calm and regulate our nervous system
⭐️identify and understand different emotions
⭐️enable us to have a greater understanding of self and others

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02/04/2025

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📸: This really demonstrates the power of meeting someone with empathy, non-judgement and openness. When we feel safe an...
31/03/2025

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This really demonstrates the power of meeting someone with empathy, non-judgement and openness. When we feel safe and heard we are more likely to continue to let others into our space.

📸: Child Bereavement UKSome helpful thoughts around what can be such an emotional day and time for so many.
29/03/2025

📸: Child Bereavement UK

Some helpful thoughts around what can be such an emotional day and time for so many.

📸: Dandelion Play Therapy
27/03/2025

📸: Dandelion Play Therapy

📸: A big misconception about having therapy is that the therapist has all the answers. The answers are within you, but ...
19/03/2025

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A big misconception about having therapy is that the therapist has all the answers. The answers are within you, but trauma has such an impact on our bodies that it might not feel safe enough to explore some of these feelings, so therapy provides the safety, containment and connection to explore these.

📸: When a child is experiencing overwhelming feelings, they will struggle to listen, communicate or follow instructions...
18/03/2025

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When a child is experiencing overwhelming feelings, they will struggle to listen, communicate or follow instructions. Allowing them to regulate first will provide a sense of safety enabling them to then hear what’s around them. Offering connection isn’t “giving in” it’s supporting their body’s needs to an emotional reaction.

17/03/2025

Our response to this weekend's media coverage.

📸: Monday morning reminder. It’s ok if you’re not going into the week feeling “fresh” or a “new week, new start!” I mea...
17/03/2025

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Monday morning reminder. It’s ok if you’re not going into the week feeling “fresh” or a “new week, new start!” I mean that’s also ok if you’re feeling like this, but it’s also ok to feel sad, or anxious, perhaps you’re experiencing the Monday blues. Whatever you’re feeling this Monday morning is completely valid.

📸: thanks for sharing this! Let’s talk about connection seeking… it’s completely natural for us as humans to want conne...
15/03/2025

📸: thanks for sharing this!

Let’s talk about connection seeking… it’s completely natural for us as humans to want connection and there seems to be so much shame around it. Let’s start wondering why we’re feeling like this rather than dismiss it as attention seeking. Be curious, notice what we’re feeling in ourselves or how we can be with others too. It’s ok to seek connection 🙌🏼

📸: Such a powerful image and meaning too! It takes a huge amount for us to go against what we have always known. Even i...
14/03/2025

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Such a powerful image and meaning too! It takes a huge amount for us to go against what we have always known. Even if it hasn’t been particularly healthy; there would have been a feeling of safety in that because that’s all we’ve known. However, a change of perspective and further exploration can give us the freedom to change direction 🐠🐠🐠

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