The Children’s Therapy Tasmania Blog
Find grounded, practical posts that make sense of children’s behaviour and emotions, strengthen connection and confidence at home, and support thoughtful, trauma-responsive practice in the therapy room.
What a Child Client Taught Me About Play Therapy, Patience and Advocacy
As child and play therapist, we bring our training, theoretical frameworks, ethical responsibilities, clinical skills and growing understanding of child development, trauma, attachment and family systems. Yet children continue to remind us that professional knowledge is only one part of the therapeutic relationship. In this blog post, I share three lessons that one child taught me about informed consent, patience and advocacy.
When a Session Stays With You: Practitioner Wellbeing After Emotionally Charged Work
If you work therapeutically with children, parents and families, chances are you’ve left a session feeling activated. In this blog post I explore practitioner wellbeing after emotionally charged and activating sessions. I share practical ideas to help you stay grounded so you can continue doing this work with depth, humanity and care.
When Systems Change: Moral Distress, Thriving Kids and the Impact
In this reflective blog post, I explore moral distress, moral injury and what it can feel like to stay values-aligned while navigating NDIS reform, the emerging Thriving Kids service design, and uncertainty across the child and family therapy landscape.
When Supervision Doesn’t Feel Safe Enough to be Honest
I explore what can happen when supervision spaces do not feel safe enough to be honest. I unpack some of the reasons practitioners may not feel safe in internal supervision spaces, how this can increase risk for both practitioner wellbeing and ethical practice, and why external supervision can offer an additional layer of support.