Time being Therapy
Designed by Teresa O'Connell
Teresa uses a wellbeing tool box personally prescribed to support each child
express their feelings, regulate and develop the skills they need.
Play Therapy
Teresa is a qualified Play Therapist .Play Therapy offers a way of helping children express their feelings and deal with their emotional problems, using play as communication with:
o Art – Drawing, Painting, Clay
o Therapeutic storytelling
o Sand tray
o Music, Dance and Movement
o Drama and Puppets
o Masks
And play play play!
AutPlay
Teresa is a qualified AutPlay practitioner. Autplay Therapy is appropriate for children age 2-18 with ASC or social skills difference. Autplay uses structured play based interventions that can be both therapist and parent / carer led to help improve skills related to social functioning , emotional regulation and relational connection
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.
In addition to her training in Play Therapy, Teresa has trained with EMDR London and integrates trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR principles and techniques, within her creative arts and play therapy sessions. EMDR approaches combine naturally with Play Therapy, and through this integrated and child-led framework, Teresa supports children in understanding and managing the effects of traumatic or distressing experiences.
Therapeutic Life Story Work
Teresa is trained to deliver Therapeutic Life Story Work which is a way of helping a child to develop a coherent narrative and integrate their past into the present, which in turn will help them to be ready to move into the future. Play Therapy alongside Therapeutic Life Story Work creates a secure base looked-after or adopted children to begin to explore their past, present, and future, which supports them to internalise a positive sense of self.
Wellbeing
Teresa is an EFT practitioner, Laughter Yoga teacher and experienced Special Needs Teacher . With 25 years experience of working with children Teresa is able to create a personal prescription for wellbeing that support your Childs needs. Teresa is also trained in clinical and safeguarding supervision, offering schools a service that values and supports teacher wellbeing
Clinical / Creative Supervision
I offer Supervision where we can develop an open and non-judgemental relationship in which you can experience a safe and supportive thinking space alongside creative process, challenge and learning to facilitate exploration and growth and to clarify thinking within the ethics and principles of PTUK
School Breathe Breath Coach
Different breathwork techniques can help children of all ages deal with stress, anxiety, confidence, energy levels and relaxation. Having completed the School Breathe Breath Coach training I now offer breath techniques as part of my wellbeing tool box, teaching young people the power of breath as a supporting technique for managing different emotions.
Therapeutic Parenting Coach
Teresa is a qualified Therapeutic Parenting Coach. Therapeutic Parent Coaching offers a safe and supportive space to explore, new ways of responding to parenting challenges and to strengthen the connection between parent and child. Parent Coaching is not therapy or counselling, but a collaborative process focused on reflection, building awareness, learning practical skills and therapeutic techniques that can be used in everyday family life.
Child and Parent Relationship Therapy
Teresa is trained to facilitate and supervise parents' play sessions in the 10 session filial therapy model CPRT. Child and Parent Relationship Therapy aims to enhance and strengthen the parent-child relationship, improving family interactions and problem solving strategies - increasing trust.
Availability
Current availability Fridays and Saturdays.
Referral Process:
Following an initial assessment session with parents/carers, your child will be offered 12 sessions of Play Therapy. Each session lasts 45 minutes. Every child is different and after 6-8 a weeks a review session with parents/carer will determine a planned ending or extended intervention
