For Schools
Birdhouse Therapies offers a personalised service tailored to the individual requirements of your school.
Individual Play Therapy Sessions
Through the use of a mobile Play Therapy Toolkit, one-to-one sessions of play therapy can be offered to children who are struggling with a variety of difficulties which could be: abuse and trauma, bereavement, neurodivergent difficulties, anxiety, emotional based school refusal, low self-esteem, anger and aggression, under-performance academically, poor peer relationships and family breakdown.
Therapeutic Group Work
Offered for up to four clients at a time over a period of 10-12 weeks (according to the length of the term). The focus of the groups can be specifically designed for the children attending and can be based around, for example, trauma, neurodivergent difficulties, self-esteem, emotional resilience, bereavement and understanding anger.
AutPlay® Therapy Sessions
AutPlay® Therapy is a neurodiversity affirming therapeutic approach, specifically developed to support neurodivergent children, adolescents and their families.
Adventure Stories
A 10 week therapeutic approach which uses the metaphor of story to enable children to share and resolve feelings that may be unbearable, suppressed or acted out.
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) Training
A parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems.
Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Therapy
A therapeutic approach to parenting that helps parents manage conflict and violence with their children.
Mindfulness in Schools Paws b Curriculum
Birdhouse Therapies is certified to deliver the Mindfulness in Schools Paws b Curriculum which comprises six, one hour, or twelve 30 minute mindfulness sessions for children 7-11 years.
Birdhouse Therapies provides a whole school approach which includes counselling support for the staff team and bespoke Inset training days which have included, The Invisible Classroom, Managing Anxiety in the Classroom, Attachment and Classroom Strategies and Trauma and ACES.
Requirements
A quiet, private room is required with a table and chairs and adequate space in which to play. It is useful to have a sink, or to have access to a sink nearby, for cleaning up after messy play.
Referral Criteria
I will ask that a referral form and a Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) or Boxall Profile be completed for each child, prior to meeting the child. This enables me to have some background information on the child, what the current difficulties and concerns are and the hopes and expectations of the therapy.
I will arrange a meeting with the child’s parent/carer during which I will ask about the family history, their experience of the child’s strengths and difficulties, complete a parental SDQ and obtain parental consent.
For each child a minimum of twelve sessions of therapy will be offered.
Fees
Please contact me to discuss fees which will be dependent on the service package you require.