Play therapy · Mill Park

Play therapy for Mill Park 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
A therapy room with a magnetic-tile castle, a train track, easels and paints
A child playing with dolls, cars and a toy kitchen set on the playroom rug
A young person lying on a soft mat, wrapped in yarn and ribbons during play

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 Mill Park, 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 10 km from Mill Park.

Close to home

Play therapy near Mill Park

Mill Park families visit our Doreen clinic, roughly 10 km north.

Mill Park is in the City of Whittlesea, between Bundoora and South Morang. Most Mill Park families drive north along Plenty Road to reach us, and telehealth is available for sessions that work well online.

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 South Morang, Epping and Bundoora. Telehealth is available for many sessions.

Doreen clinic

Level 1, 1 Laurimar Boulevard, Doreen VIC 3754

Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm

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(03) 8104 9051

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

Read more about Play & Filial Therapy →

Who you will see

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 Mill Park 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.

How do Mill Park families get to the clinic?

Most families drive north along Plenty Road to our Doreen clinic, a trip of roughly 10 km. Telehealth is also available for many sessions.

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 Mill Park?

Our Doreen clinic, at Level 1, 1 Laurimar Boulevard, Doreen, roughly 10 km from Mill Park. We are open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 6:30pm.

Book play therapy near Mill Park

Call us or complete our referral form. No referral needed.