I don't think we can ever read too many books about the brain. This book really got me to thinking about the young people I work with. ...

Supervision is not just about monitoring and checking that my work is ethical, safe and appropriately focused on the client, it is also...

I am re-reading Play Therapy by Virginia M. Axeline. Though some of it is a little out-dated the 8 principles of Play Therapy are a good...

I will be fifty next year and have only just started to feel comfortable in my skin. I still have moments when I look in the mirror and...

I was asked yesterday how play in therapy works. I have got so used to play as a communication that I found it hard to explain. Often...

As a counsellor I believe when we allow children and young people to engage in messy play we are metaphorically showing them that we can...

This month I have been working on myself rather than thinking of anyone I am working with. This has lead me to a couple of books I feel...

I love, love, love this book! As a child and adolescent counsellor who uses play, role-play and arts to provide therapeutic interventions...

This morning I was thinking about what children and young people might have missed out on in the past couple of years with schools having...

I am a qualified Creative Counsellor, based in Walthamstow, who is a registered member BACP. I have a current DBS, appropriate...

Not like me! She leaned across and looked at me; I stared into her eyes, T’was like looking in a mirror, only she was in disguise. My...

Exploring how Effective and Compatible Creative Interventions are when Combined with Talking Therapy (Creative Counselling)...

Reflecting on session 6 of our Reflective Practice Group: Includes feedback from some of the participants and plans for the future. The...

I have first hand experience of the difficulties that can arise when a relationship with a partner breaks down but both of us still have...

I have been thinking a lot about my own self-care, what helps me to look after myself when faced with such challenging times as we are at...

Science fascinates me but rarely have I found a book so full of long words and yet so easy (ish) to comprehend. I already had some...

Being a supervisor does not mean that I have all the answers, being a supervisor does not mean I am better than anyone but that I have...

Oh how I wished this book was available when my children were small. I have learned much of what Philippa Perry shares in this book...

(image from 'The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy and colours added by Marta Badia) Marta reflects This week's...

Children often behave differently with each parent or caregiver, this is often high-lighted when relationships split up and the children...