Alloway Therapy Services

05/21/2020

We're hiring a Child Therapist professional to join our team.

We're a multi-disciplinary therapeutic team of certified child play therapist professionals. We offer services to individual children, to their caregivers and families and to organizations working to promote children’s well-being.

To apply and learn more about this position, click the link.

09/17/2019

Fifty percent of teenagers in the world are addicted to their smartphones, and 84% of these kids have said they can’t go a day without checking their phones. [1] Children are more malleable than adults, being at that stage of life where their brains are still rapidly developing. Bad habits can eas...

08/06/2019

Pediatricians are now writing prescriptions for PLAY. The benefits of play for children are endless – ensure you integrate play into your child's day.

The “Prescription for Play” PSA campaign by The Genius of Play features a unifying theme of playless days for an overscheduled child. The young boy, Luke, is...

07/26/2019

Kindness leads to success--in business, life, as a human being.

07/20/2019

Social anxiety disorder is characterized by intense self-consciousness and fear of embarrassment that goes beyond common shyness, causing a child to go to great lengths to avoid social interactions.

07/08/2019

Great strategy list!

Some great ideas!

04/11/2019

EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS APRIL 15, 2019

If you're a therapist or clinician wanting to increase your skill set in attachment focused treatment, register for our DDP – Level 1 Training with Dr. Sian Phillips in Winnipeg.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is based on the principles of Attachment Theory and Intersubjectivity Theory. DDP uses interpersonal neurobiology to support children to feel secure in their parent-child relationship and to resolve early traumatic experiences. Participants will learn how to....

03/28/2019

Books can be a helpful resource for parents trying to manage their kids anxiety and worry.

It's hard to know where to begin, but these titles can help.

03/27/2019

Losing Touch: Revisiting the Importance of Touch and Physical Play in Childhood Development

Touch and physical play are instrumental to healthy child development in many domains, but in recent years lines between the healthy aspects of physicality and harmful aggression appeared to have blurred.

03/18/2019

Learn some new skills! Visit our website to check out and register for our three upcoming workshops:

1. Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy – Level 1 Training 
2. The 3Rs: Relationship, Relationship, Relationship
3. Theraplay® Level II Training

02/28/2019

You still have time to register for our workshop – Mixed Signals: How to balance healthy activity and screen time – with Cris Rowan tomorrow (Friday, March 1).

Mixed Signals raises awareness about the impact of technology on children’s physical, social, mental and cognitive development and provides tools and techniques to balance technology use with the activities that children need for healthy growth and development.

According to the US Census Bureau (2016) after one hour a day of use, children and teens who spent more time on screens were lower in psychological well being: