Services and Fees
Play Therapy
"Children don't have the words to describe what they are feeling inside or what they are thinking so sometimes they act out to show how they feel. In play therapy, we provide toys... for children to use, to say with the toys that they have difficulty saying in words. When children can play out how they feel, to someone who understands, they feel better cause the feelings have been release. In play therapy children learn how to express their thoughts and feelings in a constructive way, to control their behaviour, to make decisions, and to accept responsibility." (Landreth, 2005, edited for brevity)
Play therapy is a developmentally appropriate form of therapy/counselling for children. Words and conversation about feelings, thoughts and behaviours can be really difficult for children and sometimes, even adolescents and adults. Expressing through play, art or creative means can help us process what these feelings, thoughts and behaviours may mean and help us integrate them to make better choices.
For more information, see the below links:
Association for Play Therapy (America): Introducing Andrew (Video: 1:42)
British Association of Play Therapy: What is Play Therapy?
Counselling
Counselling services to help support with:
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Depression
- Grief
- Loss of a loved one
- Family difficulties
- Trauma
- Emotional regulation difficulties associated with disability such as Autism, Intellectual Disability and associated disabilities
A holistic and neuroaffirming blend of humanistic, expressive, narrative, solution focused, acceptance and commitment therapies to suit your brain and your needs is used to deliver services for the above.
Who do you see?
I can see clients under:
- NDIS (Self managed or Plan managed)
- Private/self-funded
- Private health insurance such as AHM, Bupa, Medibank
- Child Safety
- Victims Assist (I am level 3 ACA)
Sunny Hearts values diversity and we are aware that this can shape how your story is told in sessions. If you are diverse in:
- Age
- Gender
- Race
- Sexual Orientation
- Religion
- Neurotype
- Socioeconomic status
- Ability
- Parental status
- Language
- Education
... know that you are welcome at Sunny Hearts completely as you are and you need not change to access therapy services here🌻
Fee Schedule
Please see Sunny Hearts' Fee Schedule (link) for a breakdown of our costs.
"Self acceptance does not mean self-admiration or even self-liking at every moment of our lives, but tolerance for all our emotions including those that make us feel uncomfortable"
Gabor Matè
