Welcome to Play Therapy and Mindful Growing in Wanaka.

Child-centered play therapy services are available for children aged 2.5 years to 12 years and
counselling and psychotherapy services are available for adults.

Parenting support can be provided through individual consultation, or through attending a Mindful Parenting workshop, or a Good-enough Parenting support group.
The next workshop will begin early 2020. Contact us to register your interest.
Child-centered play therapy is a respectful, specialised and unique way of working with children. Based on solid theory, it is one of the most thoroughly researched models of play therapy. It is just like talking therapy is for an adult. Play therapy enables communication with a child who needs help, and is an ideally suited intervention for children with emotional and developmental difficulties. This may include experiences such as moving school, house or country; bereavement or loss of a care-giver, grandparent, friend or pet; prenatal or birth trauma; experiencing an operation or witnessing an accident; sibling rivalry, difficulties at school such as bullying or with schoolwork; disability or chronic illness in the family.

If your child is experiencing behavioural or emotional difficulties, child-centered play therapy can support them to gain resilience and peace through developing awareness, insight, problem-solving and coping skills.

You are welcome to phone or email me with any questions you may have before making an initial appointment.

Referrals from GPs, MCOT and WINZ are welcome.