About
Supporting and enabling children, families and educators to thrive
About me
Hi! My name is Kate, and I’m a Certified Play And Creative Arts Therapist, based near Witney.
My passion is offering hope, healing and empowerment to children and their families when life feels tough.
I have worked with children for as long as I can remember, running activity clubs, leading a toddler group, being on the management committee for local replacement children’s services, and providing therapeutic mentoring and emotional literacy support in schools, before training as a Therapeutic Play Practitioner and Play Therapist.
Over the last 15 years, I have increasingly worked with parents and carers, delivering courses and workshops, and offering parent coaching.
As well as working with children and families, I have paired this with a career that has spanned a variety of industries, including the publishing, legal, commercial, academic and charity sectors, and continue to provide some additional consultancy services to businesses.
Professional accreditation
Certified Play Therapist and member of Play Therapy UK (PTUK)
Trained for three years through the Academic of Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC)
Listed on PTUK’s Professional Standards Authority accredited register.
I work to PTUK’s ethical framework, receive regular clinical supervision, have an enhanced DBS certificate, am registered with the ICO, and have insurance to cover the therapy I do with children and the coaching I offer parents.
Qualifications and training
Certified Play Therapist, on Play Therapy UK’s PSA accredited register
PG Diploma in Play Therapy (Level 7)
PG Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills (Level 6)
Betsy de Thierry Certificate in Therapeutic Mentoring
Diploma in Child and Adolescent Counselling (Level 4)