Treehouse Practice

22/12/2025

Too many children are asked to retell their story every single time they meet a new professional. At Treehouse Practice, the team actively gathers insight from teachers, carers, and past supports and shares them with our integrated, multi-disciplinary team, so the child doesn’t have to fill the gaps themselves.

By building on what others already know, Treehouse creates continuity – a steady thread that follows the child across different environments. This joined-up understanding reduces pressure, strengthens trust, and leads to clearer planning for families navigating complex needs.

18/12/2025

Treehouse takes time to listen to everyone who plays a role in a young person’s life. Teachers, parents, carers, and professionals are invited into the process – creating a fuller, more accurate picture of what’s supporting the child and where the gaps are.

As Laura explains, this wider circle of insight helps the team understand what’s actually working day-to-day, and how to build on those strengths. 

Real progress happens when the whole network pulls in the same direction.

17/12/2025

Children involved with multiple systems are often assessed in bits and pieces. At Treehouse Practice, those pieces are brought together.

Sarah O’Byrne and the team work from a single shared lens, drawing on multiple disciplines to understand a child’s needs in context – not in isolation. This integrated view helps children feel seen as whole people rather than separate challenges to solve. 

A unified approach builds stability, clarity, and confidence for families navigating complex journeys.

16/12/2025

We’re hosting a FREE online information session on how multidisciplinary teams identify and assess FASD (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder).

📆 On 27 January at 12pm, our clinicians will walk through what an MDT approach looks like in practice, why it matters, and how joined-up assessment leads to clearer understanding for children and families.

To register, email training@treehousepractice.ie and Maire will reserve your place.
Spaces are limited – early sign-ups are encouraged.

12/12/2025

Small moments of comfort create big feelings of safety. When a child’s world feels gentle and predictable, their nervous system begins to settle – and healing can finally take root.

09/12/2025

Loss touches children more deeply than most people realise. It isn’t always dramatic or visible – sometimes it shows up in quiet ways, hidden beneath emotions they can’t yet name.

For many young people, loss can look like anger, withdrawal, overwhelm, or clinging tightly to what feels familiar. Even changes to a child's circumstances that we might see as “positive” can stir up grief for a child when it means leaving behind something safe, known, or predictable.

When we meet loss with gentleness, curiosity and steady support, children feel understood instead of alone. Naming their experience helps them make sense of their feelings, and gives them the safety they need to heal at their own pace.

Walking beside a child through loss isn’t about fixing it – it’s about helping them feel held, seen, and supported.

05/12/2025

When caring adults and skilled clinicians work together, children feel held by a whole community. Collaboration brings clarity, wisdom and steadiness – the kind every child deserves.

03/12/2025

Every outburst, every shutdown, every ‘why won’t they listen?’ moment has a story beneath it. When we pause, stay curious, and meet the need – we help a child feel understood.

27/11/2025

A child’s needs are rarely one-dimensional. Their emotions, sensory world, relationships, history and environment are all interconnected – shaping how they behave, how they communicate, and how they cope.

One behaviour can have many possible meanings. What looks like defiance may actually be overwhelm. What seems like anxiety might be sensory overload. What appears like “won’t” may truly be “can’t”.

No single professional – or single viewpoint – can hold the full picture. When specialists work together, we gain clearer insight into what a child is experiencing and how best to support them.

This collaborative, whole-child approach is powerful. It means we don’t just react to behaviour – we understand it. And from that understanding, we build more meaningful and effective support.

26/11/2025

A multidisciplinary team means your child is never seen through just one lens.
At Treehouse Practice, psychologists, psychotherapists, play therapists and behavioural specialists work together to build a full picture – emotional, neurological, sensory and relational.

When children have experienced trauma or are neurodivergent, this joined-up thinking matters. It means faster insight, fewer gaps, and support that feels coherent rather than fragmented.

Your child is more than a diagnosis – and their care should be too.

14/06/2025