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Child and adolescent therapists and play therapists are clinical practitioners who promote positive mental health and wellbeing. Hayley Rice. MA MIAHIP MIAPTP

Child Psychotherapist MA
Play therapist
Join the membership https://www.hayley-rice.com/membership
FREE tantrum toolkit https://www.hayley-rice.com/free-ebook They are required to undertake extensive training, supervision and personal therapy. They use appropriate media and interventions to enable the child to communicate their inner worlds. Therapists often use play and creativity as a means of helping children to overcome specific issues associated with ADHD, ASD, sensory processing, speech and language and learning difficulties. Children may be referred to a play therapist for a range of needs including:
Behavioural issues
Communication difficulties
Delayed development
Educational delays
Relationship difficulties
Parental separation/ divorce
Family disruptions
Trauma
Bereavement/ loss
Abuse/ neglect
Anxiety
Bullying

I have additional training in parent-child relationship therapy and provide parent support via 1- off sessions and long term coaching.

01/02/2026

🤣🤣 Anyone else?

❤️Play isn’t about getting it right though. Tracking and being present is enough

✅Hit follow for play therapist led parent support and insights

30/01/2026

😭🤣🤣 Anyone else?
🤣Some Friday fun for you ❤️
😅The antics at bedtime
🤣Tonight jt was “happy birthday to you”🙈🤣

❤️Share this with a friend and tell me some of the bedtime antics in you house below

27/01/2026

❤️❤️If this resonates… join us for the F.I.R.M. Approach for Teachers and go away with

✅A practical 4 step approach to anchor you, even during the most challenging days
✅Behaviour strategies that hold accountability but do not use shame, fear, rewards or punishments
✅Our approach that will be your guide for long term positive change without you getting burnt out

❤️comment YES for the link to book
❤️The replay will be sent out after, so don’t worry if you can’t make jt on the night

🩷And share this with a fellow teacher 🥰

26/01/2026

❤️So much happened that year. It took me on a huge journey.

❤️The F.I.R.M. Approach for Teachers webinar is literally years in the making. It’s a solid approach that you can apply to any situation combined with essential tools that take the stress out of the hard days. We cannot wait to share them with you

❤️Comment YES to secure your ticket and don’t worry if you can’t make the webinar live-
We will send the replay out to you after 🎉

25/01/2026

❤️This is coming from me as someone who spent years with rewards charts, punishments, shouting…you name it.. al because I did not know what else to do!!

❤️It felt stressful and awful

❤️I started my psychotherapy training while I was still teaching and immediately things changed. I started to implement a relational approach and focus on felt safety- while holding really firm boundaries and accountability

❤️Fast forward 10 years and myself and are so excited to share our framework with you- join us for the F.I.R.M. Approach for Teachers and get the 4 steps that will be your anchor for any situation in the classroom

❤️€30 with replay to everyone after (you don’t have to attend live)

❤️Comment YES for the link to book

24/01/2026

❤️This is the tip of the iceberg! ❤️❤️

❤️What would you add?

❤️We cannot wait to finally share our F.I.R.M. Approach with you ❤️

❤️Comment FIRM for the link to book and don’t worry if you can’t make it on the night- you’ll get the replay emailed after 🙌

22/01/2026

❤️This was me most days when I was teaching. It’s so hard to keep it all going and know what to do with big emotions too 🥹

❤️Without a framework to anchor in to you can feel lost and like you’re going around in circles

❤️Myself and have created the F.I.R.M. Approach for Teachers for you!
It’s everything that we wish we had when we were teaching. We are bringing our play therapist training and our teaching experience together so you can get all the insights

🗓️Wed 28th Jan, 7pm, €30
REPLAY to all after so don’t worry if you don’t make it live

Spend an hour with us and walk away knowing how to:

✅ Respond with our practical, 4 step approach, even during the most challenging times

✅ Support children without shouting, threats, guilt or shame based strategies

✅ Anchor yourself into the 4 steps of The F.I.R.M.™ Approach and apply it to any situation

✅ Use The F.I.R.M.™ Approach to guide your practice for long-term positive change and avoid burnout

We can’t wait 🥰

14/01/2026

❤️I hope this is a help guys ❤️

❤️Comment pod for our full episode on this or search Is It Just Us? On Apple or Spotify

❤️And thank you to our podcast sponsors the amazing for sponsoring this episode ❤️

11/01/2026

🤣🤣🤣 A lol for you this Sunday eve
🥹I live for the little, random chats though ❤️

❤️Did you spot the in there! A staple for us!

I couldn’t find the original creator to tag them x

10/01/2026

🤣1 week in and it feels like much longer 😅

❤️If you were too hectic to start the reset last week- join us now! It’s all recorded and available anytime- do it at your own pace. 10 min listens each day that will inspire you, connect you and give you really solid tools to make changes right away!Yay!

5 Day BEHAVIOUR RESET Challenge
❤️Day 1: Regulation.
❤️Day 2: Routines
❤️Day 3: Boundaries
❤️Day 4: Connection
❤️Day 5: Responding

❤️Comment RESET now and I’ll send on the link x

🤣🤣And… any guesses on what my tash is for? 🙊

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http://www.hayley-rice.com/

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