Written by : Bianca Verdi | MA. In Counselling Modality: Experiential Play Therapy / Externalisation Intervention Target Concern: Affect dysregulation, explosive anger episodes, and somatic emotional awareness. "Inside the therapy room, my priority is rarely to talk a child out of their anger. It is to offer a container steady and non-judgmental enough to hold it" When working with children prone to intense emotional outbursts, families often describe these moments as sudden

Written by Nikoo Chamani She/her Listening to the Whispers of Worry: A Clinician’s View on Holding and Guiding Our Anxious Children We often think of anxiety as a voice—a fast-talking, worried inner dialogue that articulates every worst-case scenario. But in a child’s world, anxiety rarely finds its first outlet through words. Instead, it lives in the quiet shifts of their daily rhythm: the half-eaten breakfast on a school morning, the sudden tearful outburst over a tangled s

I remember sitting on the soft rug of my therapy room, watching a mother and her seven-year-old son during our early sessions together. He was working intently on a floor puzzle, his small fingers carefully testing where each piece belonged. Suddenly, a single piece wouldn't align. His hands began to tremble. In a fraction of a second, the entire puzzle went flying across the room, a chair was clattered to the floor, and he was curled tightly into a ball beneath my desk—screa

Children’s sexual development unfolds gradually alongside their cognitive, emotional, and social growth. Just as children experiment with words, motor skills, and social boundaries, they also explore their bodies, physical sensations, and gender concepts. For parents and carers, encountering childhood sexual behaviours can feel confronting, confusing, or alarming. Distinguishing between healthy, age-appropriate curiosity and behaviours that indicate distress or risk is essent

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Written by : Nikoo Chamani MA| AThr Registered Art Psychotherapist | Learn to Play therapist | Clinical Supervisor Late one evening, a mother sits at her kitchen table, watching her young son play with his building blocks. He accidentally knocks down a tower, and in a split second of frustration, he lets out a sharp cry and buries his head in his hands. The mother’s heart instantly tightens—not because of the fallen blocks, but because of a quiet, familiar ache in her own ch

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By: Lydia Zahra, Lived Experience, Music Therapist at Wonderful Mind Ableism refers to bias, prejudice, and discrimination against disabled people. It hinges on the idea that people with disabilities are less valuable than non-disabled people. A note about perceptions of disability There are two main models of disability, which are the medical model and the social model. The medical model treats disability as a health condition with a goal of curing the condition. The social

Written by : Nikoo Chamani MA| AThr Registered Art Psychotherapist | Learn to Play therapist | Clinical Supervisor Play is a fundamental...

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