Meet Barbara
Barbara has worked in primary education, a career which has spanned thirty years. Her passion for supporting emotional competence in children inspired her to undertake a Master’s Degree in Education (Student Wellbeing) and a Master’s Degree in Counselling.
Barbara has also completed the Child-Centered Play Therapy Online Course, the Trauma Informed Coaching Certificate, and Facilitator Certification in the Lego Serious Play Methodology – Therapeutic Applications course. Barbara adopts a Humanistic and Child-centered play therapy approach and values creating a warm and compassionate therapeutic space within which children are free to communicate and work through life’s challenges. Barbara can support children with communication and social development challenges, anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), phobias, adjustment disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression, school refusal, separation anxiety, and trauma.
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Founder, Principal Practitioner
Empowering Growth Through Play and Compassionate Counseling