I2WE

I2WE i2we presents a variety of therapeutic services aimed at the empowerment of children (2-18yrs) to build resilience to cope with everyday life challenges.

i2we is a therapy center providing therapeutic services to children, adolescents and adults. i2we also provides training for professionals.

10/02/2026

Screen time expectations, aka the modern parenting puzzle 📱 Instead of arbitrary rules that lead to battles, what if we involved kids in creating boundaries that make sense for everyone?

Find more solutions: https://livesinthebalance.org/

04/02/2026

“Children are not responsible for making things easy for us. They are here to learn what living is all about.” — Fred Rogers

This is a gentle but important reminder in a world that often asks children to adapt to adult timelines. 🤍

Children aren’t here to be efficient, compliant, or convenient. They’re here to explore, practice, feel deeply, and learn through experience.

Learning how to live takes time:
• time to try and fail
• time to ask questions
• time to move, play, and imagine
• time to build emotional regulation and self-understanding

When we rush children to meet adult expectations, we risk missing what development actually requires — patience, presence, and relationship.

Slowing down doesn’t mean we aren’t guiding them.
It means we’re respecting the pace at which real learning happens.

Save this as a reminder:
Children don’t need to grow up faster — they need space to be children 🌱

04/02/2026

The “Why Play Therapy?!” Series - Day 4 – The Therapeutic Relationship is the Primary Healing Agent

“The Relationship is the Therapy.” - Dr. Garry Landreth

Neurobiological research consistently identifies safe, attuned relationships as central to emotional healing. For children, the therapeutic relationship provides a regulated external nervous system, before internal regulation in their own nervous system is possible. Through consistent attunement, responsiveness, and acceptance, the Play Therapist supports co-regulation and fosters neural integration, which then aids the healing process.

This relational safety allows children’s stress-response systems to settle, creating the conditions necessary for exploration, emotional processing, and developmental growth. Healing occurs not through directive instruction, but through repeated experiences of being emotionally supported and understood. In that way, and as Lisa Dion states: “the therapist is the most important “toy” in the playroom”. A trained, experienced, and possibly also Registered Play Therapist™️ has the clinical expertise, training, and knowledge to form a trusting therapeutic relationship with the child, to facilitate the healing process, in an age and developmentally appropriate manner, and according to the unique needs of every child.


04/02/2026

The “Why Play Therapy?!” Series - Day 2 – Why Research Matters in Play Therapy!

Parents often ask: “How do we know play therapy actually works?”
That’s an important question—and one worth exploring.

Play therapy is not based on guesswork or intuition alone. It is supported by decades of research showing positive outcomes for children experiencing anxiety, trauma, grief, behavioral challenges, and difficulties with emotional regulation, to name a few. Many play therapy modalities have been studied using evidence-based standards.

If you’re someone who likes to look at the research behind the work, here are a few highly reputable and reliable organizations that collect, review, and publish play therapy outcome data:

🔹 Center for Play Therapy at the University of North Texas
https://cpt.unt.edu/research-and-publications

🔹 Association for Play Therapy (APT)
https://www.a4pt.org
(Research & Publications section)

🔹 Evidence Based Child Therapy
https://evidencebasedchildtherapy.com

🔹 Child-Centered Play Therapy International (CCPT-I)
https://ccptinternational.org/research

🔹 Sandplay Therapists of America
https://www.sandplay.org/jst-article/sandplay-therapy-an-evidenced-based-treatment/

These organizations compile peer-reviewed studies and clinical research that guide ethical, and effective Play Therapy practice.

Play Therapy may look simple on the outside—but it is grounded in science, specialized training, and intentional clinical care, by a trained and experienced Play Therapist who is also a Mental Health Professional holding at least a Master’s Degree and also holding the highest and independent level of licensure in their State of practice in the USA (Requirements may differ based on other countries). Play Therapy is designed to meet children exactly where they are developmentally and emotionally 💛


03/02/2026

Ever ask your tween “How was school?” and get nothing but “Fine”? 😅
You’re not alone! Getting kids aged 9–12 to open up can feel tricky, but the secret often lies in timing, approach, and creating the right after-school vibe.
Our latest ParentTV blog shares simple, practical ways to spark real conversations and help your tween transition smoothly from school mode to home mode.
Small changes = big connection 💛
👉 Read it here: https://zurl.co/GAUCS

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2 Nerina Street, Gardeniapark
Bloemfontein
9301

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 13:00

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082 371 5467

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