Play Therapy - Παιγνιοθεραπεία

23/03/2023

Looking for fun & creative activities for your child during the Easter holidays? 🎉

Our Easter Camp will take place 10-11-12 & 19-20-21 April, from 7.30 to 13.30, in Paidiki Gonia Kindergarden. It's for children 3-8 y.o. and lunch is included. You can also book individual days.

We plan to have new activities every day, including sensory & messy play, art & crafts, cool science experiments, board games, group games & of course free play in nature, in the kindergarten's garden 🙂

I'm a playtherapist working with children and my friend Leandra is a teacher & we're doing this together.

Our main goal is to follow the children's interests & provide a space full of stimulating experiences where they can freely explore, have fun, relax and make new friends, in a loving and safe environment 🌸

If you need more information or you want to book your spot, please feel free to contact us 99925505 (Katerina) & 96335746 (Leandra) 🙏☺️

We proudly present Paidiki Gonias Easter Holiday Camp!

We are offering a creative and playful holiday time in our beautiful garden for children from 3 to 8 years old.

📍Paidiki Gonia KinderGarden Larnaca

📆 10.-12. & 19.-21. April 2023
Individual days can also be booked.

⏰ 7.30am to 1.30pm

💶 30€ per day
Special price for siblings and students of Paidikí Goniá

🍝 Lunch is included

☀️ Places are limited

📞 For further information or registration please don't hesitate to contact
Katerina (Greek and English) 99925505 or
Leandra (German and English) 96335746

05/02/2023

Great fun is hidden in the most simple play! 🎈🥁 Come and join us in our "Little Explorers" playgroup for children 1-3 y.o. with carers. Let's sing, make crafts, listen to stories, dance, explore with all our senses & play our hearts out 🍄🎡🎀

⌚every Wednesday:
morning group: 9.30-11.00
afternoon group: 4.30-6.00

This weeks theme: feelings 🔥💓⚡
For more info/registrations: 99925505.

02/02/2023

Come and join us for free in our first session of our parent course "Parent Effectiveness Training" of award winning clinical psychologist Dr. Thomas Gordon and see if this is something you want to invest your time & energy in ☺️ We begin tomorrow! 🎉 3 spots are left! Let's embrace the chaos of parenthood together 💪

1st group: every Friday 13.00-15.00pm
2nd group: every Saturday 9.00-11.00am

For more info: pm or 99925505 (Katerina)

21/01/2023

Our new Parent Groups in English begin! Join us!

☎️ For more info & registrations: 999-25505 (Katerina)

📆 Group 1: every Friday afternoon 13.00-15.00
Group 2: every Saturday morning 9.00-11.00

Consists of 15 2-hour weekly group meetings, February till May, starting on February 3rd.

👪 Useful for parents or carers with children of all ages!

💑 Childcare will be provided in collaboration with Paidiki Gonia kindergarten

💵 Investment: 120 euros (30 euros for registration & 6 euros for each session). It includes 30 hours of training, book, workbook & certification of participation.

!Special introductory price for this first time only -don't miss this one-time opportunity!

💪"Parent Effectiveness Training", is an intensive, pioneering program that has helped million of parents around the world since 1962! It was created by award-winning psychologist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr. Thomas Gordon. It consists of brief lectures, demonstrations, workbook exercises, role-playing, coaching and group discussion.

❤️Thought the magical and challenging parenting journey, no parent should be alone!

Being a parent is a really challenging job, often overwhelming! Every parent-child relationship is unique. However, being a parent doesn't always mean that you automatically know how to deal with every challenging situation with your child peacefully. Together we will learn useful communication skills to overcome the every day issues, that bring tension in your home and poison your relationship with your child.

Following Dr. Thomas Gordon's internationally recognised model (https://www.gordontraining.com/parent-programs/parent-effectiveness-training-p-e-t/), we will learn word-by-word new communication skills, useful for the difficult times with our children. The objective is to build a warm and strong relationship with our children, based on mutual understanding and respect.

🧠In this course we will learn:

*"My child has tantrums!"
We will learn how to handle children's challenging behaviours (aggressiveness, whining, fussiness, crying, defiance, rudeness).

*"I'm worried about my child..."
We will learn how to respond to feelings of shyness, phobias, anxiety and sadness in our children.

*"My child won't listen to me!"
We will learn how to help our children be more co-operative and responsible (cleaning, tidying-up).

*"My needs are never met!"
We will learn how to express our needs to our children and how to impose limits, without punishment, shouting ot time-outs.

*"My way is better!"
We will practice how to resolve conflict peacefully, without fighting or power struggles.

✏️Benefits for the children: At the same time, through the seminar the parents will learn how to help their children:

*Learn crucial communication skills for the school & their friendships.
*Gain self-esteem, self-respect and emotional intelligence.
*Managing their anger and assert their needs positively.
*Solving problems and become responsible.

About the facilitator: Katerina Pougounia is a certified P.E.T. Parents' Instructor (Gordon Hellas), a Person-Centered Mental Health Counselor (Strathclyde university) and a Play Therapist (Play Therapy International). She works with children for the past 8 years and she is the mother of two young children.

Παιγνιοθεραπεία

09/01/2023

New Parent Group in English!
📆 Every Sunday morning 9.00-11.00, February-May

For more info or registrations, please pm or contact 999-25505 (Katerina).

💵Special introductory price for this first group only -don't miss this one-time opportunity!

💪"Parent Effectiveness Training", is an intensive, pioneering program that has helped million of parents around the world since 1962! It was created by award-winning psychologist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr. Thomas Gordon. It consists of brief lectures, demonstrations, workbook exercises, role-playing, coaching and group discussion.

❤️Thought the magical and challenging parenting journey, no parent should be alone!

Being a parent is a really challenging job, often overwhelming! Every parent-child relationship is unique. However, being a parent doesn't always mean that you automatically know how to deal with every challenging situation with your child peacefully. Together we will learn useful communication skills to overcome the every day issues, that bring tension in your home and poison your relationship with your child.

Following Dr. Thomas Gordon's internationally recognised model (https://www.gordontraining.com/.../parent-effectiveness.../), we will learn word-by-word new communication skills, useful for the difficult times with our children. The objective is to build a warm and strong relationship with our children, based on mutual understanding and respect.

🧠In this course we will learn:
*"My child has tantrums!"
We will learn how to handle children's challenging behaviours (aggressiveness, whining, fussiness, crying, defiance, rudeness).

*"I'm worried about my child..."
We will learn how to respond to feelings of shyness, phobias, anxiety and sadness in our children.

*"My child won't listen to me!"
We will learn how to help our children be more co-operative and responsible (cleaning, tidying-up).

*"My needs are never met!"
We will learn how to express our needs to our children and how to impose limits, without punishment, shouting ot time-outs.

*"My way is better!"
We will practice how to resolve conflict peacefully, without fighting or power struggles.

✏️Benefits for the children:
At the same time, through the seminar the parents will learn how to help their children:
*Learn crucial communication skills for the school & their friendships.
*Gain self-esteem, self-respect and emotional intelligence.
*Managing their anger and assert their needs positively.
*Solving problems and become responsible.

👪 Suitable for parents or carers with children of all ages!

💑 Childcare will be provided in collaboration with Paidiki Gonia kindergarten!

About the facilitator:
Katerina Pougounia is a certified P.E.T. Parents' Instructor (Gordon Hellas), a Person-Centered Mental Health Counselor (Strathclyde university) and a Play Therapist (Play Therapy International). She works with children for the past 8 years and she is the mother of two young children.

07/01/2023

🤗Our mommy & me playgroups are waiting for you again, after the holiday break! 🖌️🤹🎈
*1-3 y.o. Wednesdays 9.30-11.00am
*0-1y.o. Fridays 8.30-10.30am 🥳
📞For more information/registrations, please pm or call 999-25505.

24/12/2022

New Parent Group in English!
💵Special introductory price for this first group only -don't miss this one-time opportunity!

💪"Parent Effectiveness Training", is an intensive, pioneering program that has helped million of parents around the world since 1962! It was created by award-winning psychologist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr. Thomas Gordon. It consists of brief lectures, demonstrations, workbook exercises, role-playing, coaching and group discussion.

❤️Thought the magical and challenging parenting journey, no parent should be alone!

Being a parent is a really challenging job, often overwhelming! Every parent-child relationship is unique. However, being a parent doesn't always mean that you automatically know how to deal with every challenging situation with your child peacefully. Together we will learn useful communication skills to overcome the every day issues, that bring tension in your home and poison your relationship with your child.

Following Dr. Thomas Gordon's internationally recognised model (https://www.gordontraining.com/parent-programs/parent-effectiveness-training-p-e-t/), we will learn word-by-word new communication skills, useful for the difficult times with our children. The objective is to build a warm and strong relationship with our children, based on mutual understanding and respect.

🧠In this course we will learn:

*"My child has tantrums!"
We will learn how to handle children's challenging behaviours (aggressiveness, whining, fussiness, crying, defiance, rudeness).

*"I'm worried about my child..."
We will learn how to respond to feelings of shyness, phobias, anxiety and sadness in our children.

*"My child won't listen to me!"
We will learn how to help our children be more co-operative and responsible (cleaning, tidying-up).

*"My needs are never met!"
We will learn how to express our needs to our children and how to impose limits, without punishment, shouting ot time-outs.

*"My way is better!"
We will practice how to resolve conflict peacefully, without fighting or power struggles.

✏️Benefits for the children: At the same time, through the seminar the parents will learn how to help their children:

*Learn crucial communication skills for the school & their friendships.
*Gain self-esteem, self-respect and emotional intelligence.
*Managing their anger and assert their needs positively.
*Solving problems and become responsible.

👪 Suitable for parents or carers with children of all ages!

📆 Consists of 15 2-hour weekly group meetings, starting on February.

💑 Childcare will be provided in collaboration with Paidiki Gonia kindergarten!

About the facilitator: Katerina Pougounia is a certified P.E.T. Parents' Instructor (Gordon Hellas), a Person-Centered Mental Health Counselor (Strathclyde university) and a Play Therapist (Play Therapy International). She works with children for the past 8 years and she is the mother of two young children.

14/12/2022

"Gardening for Children" Afternoon Activity, in Paidiki Gonia kindergarten!

🍅Planting fruit & veggies
🐛Collecting worms & composting
🌸Make a fairy garden
🦋Create spaces for insects & birds
🌞Built a diy greenhouse .. and so much more...

More info in the link below ⬇️

Something great is about to happen at Paidiki Gonia KinderGARDEN! 🤩

We will soon start our afternoon Garden Project which will be super fun AND educational at the same time!! 🧑🏼‍🌾🌻🐌🍓👩🏻‍🌾👏

We aim to spend as much time as possible outdoors while offering activities such as gardening, but also so much more.
Could this be just right for your child? 👧🏻

If so, we want to give you a little insight into the activities we are planning throughout the year:
🌱 planting beds for herbs, fruit and vegetables
🪱 dealing with composting, for example collecting worms, look at the composting processes and use the extracted soil, plus the education behind the process
☀️ build a DIY greenhouse
🦔 creating spaces for our existing insects and wildlife (birds, snails etc …)
👨‍🍳 processing, cooking and preserving food
🔎 experimenting
📚 educational topics like the importance of insects - what can we do to help
🧚‍♀️ fun and creative activities like making a fairy garden
🍏 enjoy the health and mind benefits of spending time in nature
🎒 nature excursions
… and sooo many more future plans ✨

Of course we welcome all children to join us, both children from Paidiki Gonia kindergarden and from all over Larnaca. 🤝

❗️If you want to join, please send us a message with your name, e-mail or phone number so we can organize groups and set the start date. 📩✅

We are very excited and are looking forward to hear from you and our future little nature explorers 🥳

Yiota and the Paidiki Gonia Team 🤗

12/12/2022

Η ενσυναίσθηση είναι το καλύτερο δώρο που μπορείς να κάνεις σε ένα παιδί 🎁!

*Δυσκολεύεσαι να διαχειριστείς τη γκρίνια ή το κλάμα του παιδιού;
*Το παιδί σου δε σε ακούει;
*Θες να βοηθήσεις το παιδί να αποκτήσει αυτοπεποίθηση;
*Θες να διδάξεις στο παιδί σου την ενσυναίσθηση;
*Πιστεύεις στη θετική διαπαιδαγώγηση;..Τότε αυτό το σεμινάριο είναι για σένα! 😊

Για γονείς & εκπαιδευτικούς: Στόχος μας είναι να αποκτήσουμε αυτοπεποίθηση, να μάθουμε να ανταποκρινόμαστε αποτελεσματικά στις δύσκολες στιγμές με τα παιδιά & να μάθουμε μυστικά από την παιδοψυχολογία και τις νευροεπιστήμες που θα κάνουν τη ζωή μας με τα παιδιά πιο εύκολη 💪

Θα πούμε:
*Γιατί η ενσυναίσθηση είναι το καλύτερο δώρο που μπορώ να κάνω σε ένα παιδί;
*Πώς μπορώ να βοηθήσω το παιδί μου όταν δυσκολεύεται;
*Πώς μπορώ να ανταποκριθώ με ενσυναίσθηση στις συμπεριφορές του παιδιού που με δυσκολεύουν;
*Πώς θα μάθει το παιδί μου να συμπεριφέρεται με ενσυναίσθηση;
*Γιατί συχνά δυσκολεύομαι να ανταποκριθώ στα ξεσπάσματα του παιδιού μου;
*Ενσυναίσθηση σημαίνει να κάνω ότι θέλει το παιδί;
*Μήπως η ενσυναίσθηση κάνει το παιδί μου κακομαθημένο ή αδύναμο;

Μάθε να μιλάς τη "γλώσσα της αγάπης" ❤️ σε αυτό το βιωματικό εργαστήριο για γονείς, εκπαιδευτικούς και φροντιστές.

Πότε: Σάββατο 16 Δεκεμβρίου, 10.00-11.30πμ.
Πού: Play Therapy, Λάρνακα
Κόστος: 8 ευρώ
Περιορισμένες θέσεις, η κράτηση θέσης είναι απαραίτητη.
Θα δοθεί βεβαίωση παρακολούθησης!

Εισηγήτρια: Κατερίνα Πουγούνια, Προσωποκεντρική Σύμβουλος Ψυχικής Υγείας, Εκπαιδεύτρια Γονέων ΕΑΓ, Παιγνιοθεραπεύτρια, μητέρα δύο μικρών παιδιών.

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείτε να στείλετε πμ ή να επικοινωνήσετε στο 999-25505.

11/12/2022

Mama/papa & me playgroup for ages 15 m.- 3 y.o.! This week's theme: Balloons 🎈🎈🎈

When: Wednesday 14 December
Time: 9.30-11.00 a.m.
Where: Play therapy Larnaca
Ages: 15 m.o.-3 y.o. with parent/carer
Fees: 8 euros

We're waiting for you & your little one to play, read, laugh, dance, get messy and have fun!🎨🎤🎉

For questions & bookings please dm or contact 99925505.

05/12/2022

"Empathy: the key to unlock your child's heart."

The first "Mission: Parenting" monthly workshop is here! Our mission is to give you confidence when dealing with the challenges of parenting & inform you about scientific hacks that will make your lives as parents easier! 💪

We will talk about:
*Why empathy is the best present I can give to my child?
*How can I help my child when he/she is having a hard time?
*How to respond with empathy to my child's more common challenging behaviours?
*How will my child learn to behave with empathy towards the others?
*Why is it sometimes so hard to be caring towards my child's difficult emotions?
*Does being empathetic means always agreeing with my child and doing what he/she wants?
*Will empathy make my child spoiled or weak?

When: Thursday 8 December, 17.00-18.30
Where: Paidiki Gonia kindergarten, Larnaca
Fees: 8 euros
Limited spaces, registration is necessary.

Speaker: Katerina Pougounia, Person-Centered Mental Health Counselor, PET Parents' Coach, Play Therapist, mother of two young children.

For securing your spot pm or contact 999-25505

30/11/2022

Let's ask ourselves: Will my child really benefit from yet another after school activity or class?...
Research shows that what children really need, is plenty of FREE TIME. To lose themselves in free, undirected play is what they primarily need in order to learn themselves and the world around them, grow and become happy & successful in life.

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