I believe that always trying to be positive can be toxic but then so can always being negative! I started reading a book called coffee...

The importance of free play has been lost under the pressure to reach high academic success. But what is the cost to a child’s cognitive,...

I am a thinker, I like to think, actually I absolutely love to think. Not all my thinking is useful though and sometimes I think myself...

Out for a walk with my Grandson yesterday and we both looked to the sky, my Grandson said he saw a phoenix in the clouds so I took a...

When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them I get paid to play, but what I do is so much more than that. Play and creativity...

I was fascinated by the thinking about the brain and how early trauma can affect the growth of the brain. I knew that we weren't born...

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...