Anna Outside Play Therapy

09/03/2026

Knowledge is everything and CPD for professionals is something I feel passionately about. We must know better to be able to truly support the MH needs of the children in our care. Allowing a 'practitioner' to support with someone who has experienced high levels of trauma is not ethical and it's time we started checking the quality of the support for Worcestershire's children.

07/03/2026

This young person was referred having battled with self-esteem issues following a neurodivergent diagnosis. Beginning to show more flexibility, acceptance of uncertainty and so much self-awareness. I can't to see where this journey will continue to take them.

Sometimes all it takes it being in the right environment to thrive 🌱

Nurturing Confident and Empowered Young People ~ Anna

07/03/2026

06/03/2026

As humans, it's normal to dysregulate. I love watching this mindset shift happen in the adults around the young people I work with.
Even as adults there are times when our emotions get the better of us, so why do we expect young people to hold it together all the time?
Anger isn't bad, we need to show them how to be angry, not hide it away.

Nurturing Confident and Empowered Young People ~ Anna

05/03/2026

Hearing feedback that the self-awareness is beginning to show outside of the Play Therapy Room and it's not even the end of this journey!

Nurturing Confident and Empowered Young People ~ Anna

04/03/2026

Parent Testimonial

03/03/2026

I spent some of my half term catching up with parents of clients that I've been working with. Each 6-8 weeks, we meet in person or online to put together 'both halves' of our views on what we're seeing happening for the young person I'm working with.
I can't begin to describe how important it is for both me and the parents to zoom out and compare the start of their journey to right now, noting any differences and changes in behaviour and circumstances in general.
I share useful resources and strategies when needed, but sometimes the best part is being able to accept and acknowledge the struggles of the parents too.

24/02/2026

In the right environment everyone can thrive. Sometimes all it takes is one person who listens and genuinely cares. Accepts without adding pressure, wanting them to change or 'fit in'. Someone who helps them to learn who they really are and share in their achievements and failures; all of life's ups and downs. Sometimes even a Play Therapist, who can gently uncover and reflect the some of the most uncomfortable parts and help them to heal. Every single child should have access to the right environment, whatever that looks like for them.

Nurturing Confident and Empowered Young People ~ Anna

23/02/2026

Just as the image says, if we want our young people to be able to regulate their emotions, first they need to feel and be able to connect with themselves.

Nature is the perfect environment to nurture these abilities.

With a Play Therapist alongside them this speeds up the process, allowing them to heal the parts they don't want to feel or are too uncomfortable, which then allows access to connection, the ability to reflect and then the ability to regulate comes.

Nurturing Confident and Empowered Young People ~ Anna

23/02/2026

Inside Parenting 💗

22/02/2026

By taking Play Therapy Outdoors, the expectations that young people have come to associate with being within 4 walls with a professional melt away.

Imagine a complete reset from daily pressures, within a 45 minute slot, alongside a high-trained Therapist who genuinely listens, cares and wants to hear their perspective. The weight that lifts from their shoulders and lets them breathe again.

Nurturing Confident and Empowered Young People ~ Anna