If you have ever tried to join a group of children at play and then watched as they gradually melt away and resume their game elsewhere,...

I used to talk about behaviour management all the time - how the adults manage the behaviour of children and use strategies to change...

We hold many identities in life. Some because of our relationships (like child or parent), some because of the roles we take on socially...

The highly technical world of waterproof outdoor clothing baffles me. I want something that will keep the rain out, the warmth in and...

Do you enjoy playing hide and seek? It’s a favourite childhood game. The game can take many different forms- from objects hidden in the...

What if I told you there was a way you could increase your optimism, find more gratitude, experience more joy and exuberance? Not to...

New Year: an opportunity to renew intentions, rekindle enthusiasm, refresh ideas, approaches, appearances. I have used some of my break...

Do you remember the sensation of sand trickling through your fingers? The wonder of watching the grains fall like rain, disappear through...

This second of three blog posts picks up the remaining four of Virginia Mae Axline's eight principles, which serve as guideposts to my...

I'm often asked what play therapy is, and my answer varies from a few to a few thousand words. To begin to answer this, I think it helps...

So the academic year is over and we pull our boats out of the sea for a few weeks for rest and repair. Often, the boats we sail in are...

It feels as if trauma is all around us at the moment. Recent events have traumatised individuals, communities and the country as a whole....

Do we even know what our minds are? We are used to thinking of our minds as located in our brain, separate to our bodies and separate to...

We live in uncertain times. Certainty is an illusion - what happens to us from the moment we are conceived is dependent on such a complex...

We see them all over rocks around our sea shores, the limpet. Its name has become a metaphor - clinging on like a limpet. It suggests...

It is the Spring Equinox today, which has prompted me to have a peek in the garden and see what is happening. A couple of years ago, I...

When was the last time you had to tolerate the discomfort of simply not knowing what was going to happen? So often, we seek certainty. We...

Safely on board? The boat has left the harbour. This weekend, I have been learning more about being a play therapist. In an exhausting...

As William Faulkner so wisely says, it's hard to work towards the future when you are still holding onto the past. This week, the shore...

Can you feel it? The curiosity, the anticipation, the fear? When we are on the brink of any new experience or venture, we often have a...