Narges Seif
Registered Play Therapist
Play therapy · Bundoora
Play therapy for Bundoora families
Play is how children make sense of their world. Our Registered Play Therapists help children work through big feelings and hard experiences, and coach parents to do the same at home.
Registered NDIS providerNearest clinic: DoreenMonday to Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm
Photos from sessions at our Doreen and Craigieburn clinics, shared with families’ consent.
Wonderful Mind offers child-centred play therapy and filial therapy for families in Bundoora, at our Doreen clinic. Registered Play Therapists (APPTA) help children with anxiety, anger, trauma, grief, family change and neurodivergence through play, their natural language. Sessions are $193.99 and can be NDIS-funded. Our Doreen clinic is roughly 13 km from Bundoora.
Close to home
Play therapy near Bundoora
Bundoora families are roughly 13 km from our Doreen clinic, and many combine in-clinic sessions with telehealth.
Bundoora spans three councils (Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea) and is home to La Trobe University’s main campus. Through our partnerships with La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne, we can also offer low-cost sessions for some services with students completing their clinical placements, supervised by our experienced clinicians.
Alongside individual sessions, our Play Therapy Social Group runs at our Doreen clinic during school terms, and filial therapy coaches parents to continue therapeutic play at home.
We also see families from Mill Park, Greensborough and Kingsbury. Telehealth is available for many sessions.
Doreen clinic
Level 1, 1 Laurimar Boulevard, Doreen VIC 3754
Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm
How we help
What play therapy can help with
- Big emotions, anger and meltdowns
- Anxiety and separation worries
- Trauma, grief and loss
- Family separation, a new sibling or a move
- Autism and ADHD
- Filial therapy: coaching parents to run therapeutic play at home
- School readiness through play: emotional regulation, following instructions and fine motor skills (pencil grip, drawing, early writing), with parent support
Who you will see
Alicia Grant
Registered Play Therapist
Fees and funding
Play therapy sessions are $193.99 per hour, with the first parent consultation billed as 1.5 hours. Play therapy can be NDIS-funded; it is not covered by Medicare. See all fees.
Questions from Bundoora families
What age is play therapy for?
Play therapy suits young children who express themselves best through play, roughly from preschool through primary school. Older children may be better suited to art therapy, music therapy or psychology.
Do you offer lower-cost sessions for Bundoora families?
Yes, for some services. Through our partnerships with La Trobe University, whose main campus is in Bundoora, and the University of Melbourne, we can offer low-cost sessions with students completing their clinical placements, supervised by our experienced clinicians. Call us on (03) 8104 9051 to talk it through.
What is filial therapy?
Filial therapy trains and supports parents to run special play sessions with their child, strengthening the parent-child relationship.
Where is your nearest clinic to Bundoora?
Our Doreen clinic, at Level 1, 1 Laurimar Boulevard, Doreen, is the closest, roughly 13 km from Bundoora. Our Craigieburn clinic is around 15 km away. We are open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm.
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Book play therapy near Bundoora
Call us or complete our referral form. No referral needed.