Narges Seif
Registered Play Therapist
Play therapy · Craigieburn
Play therapy for Craigieburn 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: CraigieburnMonday 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 Craigieburn, at our Craigieburn 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.
Close to home
Play therapy near Craigieburn
Our Craigieburn clinic is at 35 Craigieburn Road, so families in Craigieburn can see us close to home.
Craigieburn is in the City of Hume, at the end of the Craigieburn train line. Our Craigieburn clinic means families from Craigieburn, Mickleham, Roxburgh Park and Greenvale don’t need to travel across to Doreen.
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 Roxburgh Park, Mickleham and Greenvale. Telehealth is available for many sessions.
Craigieburn clinic
35 Craigieburn Road, Craigieburn VIC 3064
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 Craigieburn 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 Craigieburn families need to travel to Doreen?
Usually not. Most Craigieburn families see us at our clinic at 35 Craigieburn Road. If the clinician best suited to your child works from our Doreen clinic, our intake team will talk through the options with you, including telehealth.
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 Craigieburn?
Our clinic is right here in Craigieburn, at 35 Craigieburn Road. We are open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm.
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Book play therapy near Craigieburn
Call us or complete our referral form. No referral needed.