For Professionals
When to Make a Referral
There are many reasons a child may be referred to Play Therapy Northumberland including:
  • Anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, loss of confidence, withdrawn, continued unhappiness, school refusal
  • Difficulties making friends, bullying or being bullied
  • Sleep disturbances, night terrors, bed wetting
  • Bereavement or loss
  • Childhood or family illness or disabilities
  • Behavioural changes 
  • Family breakdown or separation
  • Experience of domestic abuse, substance or alcohol abuse within the home
  • Physical, emotional or sexual abuse

Play Therapy Northumberland
Empowering Children Through Therapeutic Play 

In a Safe Environment throughout Northumberland and the North East 

Fees

I am registered with the Professional Standards Agency as a: Certified Play Therapist (Registration Number - 201601404). 

 

  • Individual Play Therapy £45 per session
  • School Packages available :
  • £120 per 1/2 day (up to 3 sessions)
  • £200 full day (up to 5  sessions)

 


Pupil Premium

Many schools nationally use pupil premium funding as a way to finance their much needed play therapy interventions.

'Transforming Children and Young People’s  Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper'
In July 2018 the Government published its response to the public consultation document:  'Transforming Children and Young People’s  Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper' . The government has given a clear commitment that children and young people’s mental health is a priority area as it is recognised that early intervention can prevent problems becoming embedded. 

There is significant support for innovative,  new collaborative approaches to support children and young people’s mental health. 

There is a wealth of evidence which suggests that Children and Young People (CYP) with mental health problems often experience issues in many areas of their life: 
  • CYP with mental health disorders are eighteen times more likely to be excluded from school than those without
  •  A quarter of CYP with mental health problems report not going into school due to concerns about what others think about their mental health problems
  • CYP with diagnosable mental health problems are more likely to be assessed as being behind in their schooling, with 9% assessed as being two or more years behind
  • Young people with mental health problems are more likely to experience problems in their future employment. Various longitudinal studies suggesting a long-term impact on economic activity such as receipt of welfare benefits, income, and continuous employment
  • One quarter of boys in Youth Offender Institutions reported emotional or mental health problems
  • Over two fifths of CYP on community orders had emotional and mental health needs
  • Young people with conduct disorder are more likely to engage in criminal activity. Research suggests they are twenty times more likely to end up in prison, and four times more likely to become dependent on drugs, compared to the general population
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