Play Therapy
Our play therapy is for children aged two and above. We provide needs-based, integrative, humanistic and client-centred play therapy.
Side by Side offers integrative play and creative therapy services tailored for children from two years old. Our therapeutic approach is founded on integrative, humanistic, client, and family-centred principles. We are dedicated to providing culturally sensitive, diversity-affirming, neuroaffirming, trauma-informed, and responsive care to all clients and families.
We specialise in purposefully combining evidence-based interventions, such as play therapy, with games, and creative arts-based therapeutic modalities to facilitate growth, early intervention, and healing in children. Our approach emphasises the importance of addressing underlying causes of challenging behaviours through play therapy and Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS). By integrating these evidence-based practices, we aim to promote emotional regulation, increase positive interactions, and enhance overall well-being in children and families.
Through integrative play and creative therapy, we create a safe and supportive environment where children can express themselves, explore their emotions, and develop coping skills. By fostering a collaborative approach to addressing challenges, we empower children and families to work together towards positive outcomes and lasting change.
We are committed to supporting children in various aspects of their development, including:
- Strengthening independence and resilience.
- Helping children manage anxiety and develop coping strategies for anxiety-related behaviours.
- Promoting social engagement and fostering relationships with peers.
- Supporting emotional and sensory regulation and processing.
- Encouraging self-exploration and embracing identity.
- Assisting children in navigating life transitions.
- Identifying and nurturing individual strengths.
- Guiding children through challenging emotions and fears of failure.
- Addressing and managing behaviours of concern and challenging behaviours.
- Cultivating healthy self-esteem and self-awareness.
- Enhancing communication skills.
- Facilitating healing and processing of trauma.
Through play, curiosity, empathy, and attunement, we provide support to parents or caregivers in building healthy, secure attachments with their children.
We’re different…
As a therapy practice, Side by Side Therapy is unique.
We understand that attending therapy is hard for some people, and we will work hard to make you feel safe. Here are some of the things you can expect from working with the Side by Side team:
We try to have as much fun as we can at work, and we encourage our clients to be open to enjoying therapy and celebrate the wins along the way.
We practice integrative therapy, which is needs-based, so looks and feels different for everyone, and respects clients’ voices, pace, wants and needs.
We focus on strengths, building our clients’ resilience, and collaboratively finding ways to meet unmet needs and teach lagging skills.
We are able to work with multiple funding options, plan and self managed NDIS, Medicare, Open Arms Veteran Affairs, Child Protection, and some health funds.
