WELCOME TO PLAY STORY WORKS
Quality Play Therapy and Life Story Work
"Play is a medium for expressing feelings, exploring relationships and self-fulfilment."
Gary Landreth
ALL ABOUT PLAY & CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY & LIFE STORY WORK
Play & Creative Arts Therapy
Play & Creative Arts Therapy is a form of psychological support for children and young people that allows them to use play, music, movement, drama, therapeutic storytelling, art and sand play to explore and process difficult feelings and memories. Many children and young people struggle to verbalise their experiences and Play & Creative Arts Therapy offers an age appropriate way to work through them.
Who can Play Therapy Help?
Children who are suffering from or who have experienced:
Family Breakdown
Loss and Bereavement
Illness
Problems with peers or siblings
Anxiety
Stress
Bullying
Attachment Issues
Trauma
Emotional Behavioural Issues
Communication Problems
Life Story Work
Life Story work is a directive piece of work that allows a child or young person in care to explore their life history and that of their family. Within the playroom and integrating Play & Creative Arts Therapy techniques the child or young person can explore their life history using a variety of mediums. Life Story Work can also be used in conjunction with Play & Creative Arts Therapy in order to allow a young person to build a therapeutic relationship and process their thoughts and feelings in a non- directive way whilst also establishing coping mechanisms and building resilience in preparation for demands of Life Story Work.
A Life Story Book can also be made as part of the child or young person's Life Story Work both in session with the young person or in addition to depending on the young persons needs and wishes.
COST
Play & Creative Arts Therapy
Play therapy is run on a 1:1 basis in blocks of 12 sessions with a review at 8 weeks.
Individual - £60
Life Story
Life Story sessions usually run between 12 - 20 sessions depending on the child or young person. These can be commissioned alongside the making or updating of a Life Story Book or individually if the child or young person already has a book.
Life Story Session - £60
Life story admin fee to be agreed depending on the information needed.
Life Story Book - Price upon request.
ABOUT CHARLOTTE
Charlotte holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy with PTUK, accredited by Leeds Beckett University and a BSc (Honours) in Psychology.
Charlotte has worked with children and young people with complex trauma for over fourteen years in a various roles and was most recently a member of Clinical Team for a specialist mental health school and residential setting for four years working with children and young people with developmental trauma.
Charlotte was also a Life Story Worker with Buckinghamshire County Council for four years whilst she finished her psychology degree and trained in Play Therapy.
Play Story Works delivers Play and Creative Arts Therapy and Life Story Work to children and young people across Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire
Member of PTUK
Full Enhanced DBS
Full Indemnity Insurance
PLAY & CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY
LIFE STORY WORK
TESTIMONIALS
"Charlotte has proved herself to be an exceptional practitioner. Her impact with the children and families she works with has been invaluable, and has led to the children who have experienced 'Toy Time' sessions, developing the skills they need to engage in school life. She works effectively with staff at school, liaising carefully to ensure the children she works with have the most appropriate support. For some children, play therapy sessions are the highlight of their week!"
Jo Dormer, Deputy Head, Cranfield Church of England Academy
"Charlotte Lopez Ellis has worked with us at HIllcrest Steps for the last 3 years in her capacity as a Life Story Worker. Charlotte is reliable and trustworthy. Charlotte has the ability to make meaningful relationships with the young people she works with. She is creative and tailors her sessions to the needs, interests and abilities of the young people. The work she produces is of the highest standards, recording the early years experiences in a sensitive and accurate manner."
Sadie Dangerfield, Home Manager, Hillcrest Steps
"The home funds life story work with children that is skilfully undertaken. This ensues that children are helped in a sensitive way to learn about and come to terms with their life history...An exceptionally skilled worker carries out life story work with the children and they develop a clear understanding about their situation. This understanding prepares them well to make the best of the next stage in their lives."
OFSTED Report, Hillcrest Steps, 2016
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