Play Therapy Psychologists and Therapists in Vermont, VIC
I draw on a range of evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, Art and Play Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), depending on what feels most helpful.
No matter your age or where you are in life, there are times when things can feel overwhelming or uncertain. I offer both in-person and online counselling to support you through these challenges.
In our sessions, I aim to create a warm, safe, and non-judgmental space where you can speak openly and explore what’s been going on for you at your own pace. Whether you are dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, life transitions, or family challenges, I am here to walk alongside you with care and empathy.
I draw on a range of evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, Art and Play Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), depending on what feels most helpful.
No matter your age or where you are in life, there are times when things can feel overwhelming or uncertain. I offer both in-person and online counselling to support you through these challenges.
In our sessions, I aim to create a warm, safe, and non-judgmental space where you can speak openly and explore what’s been going on for you at your own pace. Whether you are dealing with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, life transitions, or family challenges, I am here to walk alongside you with care and empathy.
Dhanisha is a compassionate and dedicated Registered Psychologist who prioritises creating a safe and supportive environment for her clients. Her focus on building strong therapeutic relationships and her commitment to a strengths-based, culturally sensitive approach shows a deep respect for individual experiences and diversity.
Dhanisha is a compassionate and dedicated Registered Psychologist who prioritises creating a safe and supportive environment for her clients. Her focus on building strong therapeutic relationships and her commitment to a strengths-based, culturally sensitive approach shows a deep respect for individual experiences and diversity.
Rosemary uses a number of therapeutic frameworks to inform her practice, including but not limited to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, EMDR, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, Interpersonal Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Play Therapy.
Rosemary is a warm, gentle and caring Psychologist. Her approach is gentle yet purposeful, and uses an integrative approach to treatment. Rosemary has a particular interest in perinatal mental health, parent and infant mental health, trauma, childhood anxiety, and parenting. Rosemary is also able to provide Autism, ADHD, Cognitive and Educational Assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. She is a fully registered Psychologist with AHPRA, a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists, and an Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
Rosemary uses a number of therapeutic frameworks to inform her practice, including but not limited to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, EMDR, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Mindfulness, Interpersonal Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Play Therapy.
Rosemary is a warm, gentle and caring Psychologist. Her approach is gentle yet purposeful, and uses an integrative approach to treatment. Rosemary has a particular interest in perinatal mental health, parent and infant mental health, trauma, childhood anxiety, and parenting. Rosemary is also able to provide Autism, ADHD, Cognitive and Educational Assessments for children, adolescents, and adults. She is a fully registered Psychologist with AHPRA, a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists, and an Associate Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), play therapy, and mindfulness interventions.
Stephanie is a warm and compassionate Psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society. Stephanie holds a Master of Psychology (Clinical) and has experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families across private practice and school settings. Stephanie prioritises building authentic therapeutic relationships and creating a safe, collaborative space where clients feel supported to explore their experiences. Stephanie is particularly passionate about working with neurodivergent clients and is committed to delivering care that is neuroaffirming and strengths-based.
She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), play therapy, and mindfulness interventions.
Stephanie is a warm and compassionate Psychologist and member of the Australian Psychological Society. Stephanie holds a Master of Psychology (Clinical) and has experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families across private practice and school settings. Stephanie prioritises building authentic therapeutic relationships and creating a safe, collaborative space where clients feel supported to explore their experiences. Stephanie is particularly passionate about working with neurodivergent clients and is committed to delivering care that is neuroaffirming and strengths-based.
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I have a special interest in working with children, adolescents, and young adults who are experiencing challenges such as anxiety, mood disorders, ADHD, autism, and trauma. I am committed to a neuro-affirming approach, embracing and respecting neurodiversity while valuing each individual's unique way of thinking and being. In our sessions, I utilize a range of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
I have a special interest in working with children, adolescents, and young adults who are experiencing challenges such as anxiety, mood disorders, ADHD, autism, and trauma. I am committed to a neuro-affirming approach, embracing and respecting neurodiversity while valuing each individual's unique way of thinking and being. In our sessions, I utilize a range of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
I am a registered counsellor with PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia). My experience is in early intervention, childhood behaviour support, anxiety and parenting. Through the hand in hand approach, I give practical tools to parents to support children in a way that promotes lifelong well-being and resilience. The tools help to build emotional connection, encourage us to delight in our children and support them with their feelings. The Hand in Hand approach is supported by well-established psychological and neuroscience research.
I am a registered counsellor with PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia). My experience is in early intervention, childhood behaviour support, anxiety and parenting. Through the hand in hand approach, I give practical tools to parents to support children in a way that promotes lifelong well-being and resilience. The tools help to build emotional connection, encourage us to delight in our children and support them with their feelings. The Hand in Hand approach is supported by well-established psychological and neuroscience research.
I am a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience understanding the complexities within relationships, providing support to both individuals, couples, and families. I help clients improve communication, navigate conflict, and strengthen emotional connection. I also work with anxiety, depression, and life transitions using evidence-based therapies. I have national experience conducting psychological assessments in Family Law matters, including psychological risk evaluations, ASD, ADHD, and FASD. I also use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address the needs of my clients.
I am a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience understanding the complexities within relationships, providing support to both individuals, couples, and families. I help clients improve communication, navigate conflict, and strengthen emotional connection. I also work with anxiety, depression, and life transitions using evidence-based therapies. I have national experience conducting psychological assessments in Family Law matters, including psychological risk evaluations, ASD, ADHD, and FASD. I also use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address the needs of my clients.
Love and Grief. Loneliness. School Can’t. Power Struggles. Doubt. Disenchantment. Impoverishment. Cultures. Identities. Mind-Body Connection. Spiritual Emergence. These are my jams. I work with all ages and faces in beautiful spaces. I want you to get a lot out of therapy, not just a bandaid or another set of textbook rules/strategies to get by, but a way of life that is deeply congruent and satisfying to who you truly are, as well as your own portable home of what I call the 7 Friends of Universal Human Needs: Safety, Support, Truth, Freedom/Creative Expression, Value and Worth, Beauty, and Vibrant Connection to All of Life.
Love and Grief. Loneliness. School Can’t. Power Struggles. Doubt. Disenchantment. Impoverishment. Cultures. Identities. Mind-Body Connection. Spiritual Emergence. These are my jams. I work with all ages and faces in beautiful spaces. I want you to get a lot out of therapy, not just a bandaid or another set of textbook rules/strategies to get by, but a way of life that is deeply congruent and satisfying to who you truly are, as well as your own portable home of what I call the 7 Friends of Universal Human Needs: Safety, Support, Truth, Freedom/Creative Expression, Value and Worth, Beauty, and Vibrant Connection to All of Life.
Life is often so daunting and confusing. Under intense pressure, you're expected to make your way in a world that seems to be against you, with limited guidance. You may feel powerless, hopeless, alone, unworthy, lost, or stuck. You might be battling anxiety, depression, or addiction. I am passionate about helping you feel empowered, feel worthy, feel able, and feel found. I do believe that I can help you find more self-compassion, direction, peace, joy, and meaning. Amongst great confusion and challenge, you can make change and live a fruitful life. You can have healthier relationships. You can have the tools to take on the world.
Life is often so daunting and confusing. Under intense pressure, you're expected to make your way in a world that seems to be against you, with limited guidance. You may feel powerless, hopeless, alone, unworthy, lost, or stuck. You might be battling anxiety, depression, or addiction. I am passionate about helping you feel empowered, feel worthy, feel able, and feel found. I do believe that I can help you find more self-compassion, direction, peace, joy, and meaning. Amongst great confusion and challenge, you can make change and live a fruitful life. You can have healthier relationships. You can have the tools to take on the world.
Hi I'm Monica, a Registered Psychologist and Educational and Developmental Registrar. I work with children (6 +), adolescents, young adults, and neurodivergent individuals across the lifespan who are seeking support with emotional regulation, anxiety, mood, school engagement, work/university stress and burnout, managing friendships /relationships, and those seeking a space to better understand their thoughts, emotions and experiences. I also work with people navigating neurodiversity (ADHD and Autism) and life transitions.
Hi I'm Monica, a Registered Psychologist and Educational and Developmental Registrar. I work with children (6 +), adolescents, young adults, and neurodivergent individuals across the lifespan who are seeking support with emotional regulation, anxiety, mood, school engagement, work/university stress and burnout, managing friendships /relationships, and those seeking a space to better understand their thoughts, emotions and experiences. I also work with people navigating neurodiversity (ADHD and Autism) and life transitions.
Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, grief or identity struggles? You don’t have to face it alone.
I’m Audrey, the counsellor behind Enrei Counselling, providing trauma-informed, culturally sensitive support to adults across Australia. Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space to gently explore your emotions and attachment experiences. Through deepening emotional awareness, we’ll heal relational wounds, strengthen your connections, and build emotional resilience.
You can expect greater emotional insight, healing from past hurts, practical tools for managing anxiety and grief, and support that honours your identity.
Feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, grief or identity struggles? You don’t have to face it alone.
I’m Audrey, the counsellor behind Enrei Counselling, providing trauma-informed, culturally sensitive support to adults across Australia. Together, we’ll create a safe, compassionate space to gently explore your emotions and attachment experiences. Through deepening emotional awareness, we’ll heal relational wounds, strengthen your connections, and build emotional resilience.
You can expect greater emotional insight, healing from past hurts, practical tools for managing anxiety and grief, and support that honours your identity.
With a particular interest in trauma recovery, Kate prioritises a safe, confidential and empathic therapy space. It is in such an environment that a collaborative therapeutic relationship may be developed to facilitate client goals. These goals may consist of developing emotional regulation, recovering from childhood trauma, establishing communication skills, enhancing self-care practices or any other number of goals. Individuals may engage with short-term counselling or longer therapeutic work to address issues such as depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, self-esteem issues, relationship conflict and personal development.
With a particular interest in trauma recovery, Kate prioritises a safe, confidential and empathic therapy space. It is in such an environment that a collaborative therapeutic relationship may be developed to facilitate client goals. These goals may consist of developing emotional regulation, recovering from childhood trauma, establishing communication skills, enhancing self-care practices or any other number of goals. Individuals may engage with short-term counselling or longer therapeutic work to address issues such as depression, anxiety, grief and loss, trauma, self-esteem issues, relationship conflict and personal development.
I offer psychology and counselling to children up to young adults, and use trauma-informed & neurodiversity affirming approaches. My experience draws from over 15 years working in psychology, and particular passion in supporting those with mental health challenges, childhood trauma, &/ or neurodiversity.
I offer psychology and counselling to children up to young adults, and use trauma-informed & neurodiversity affirming approaches. My experience draws from over 15 years working in psychology, and particular passion in supporting those with mental health challenges, childhood trauma, &/ or neurodiversity.
I also facilitate Dungeons and Dragons Group Therapy sessions for clients wanting to use play and roleplay therapy toward their healing.
I often work from a pluralistic approach that draws from Gestalt, Person-Centred, Narrative, CBT, DBT, and Solution Focussed therapies. I have experience and interest in supporting clients with AOD issues, trauma, and auditory, visual, and somatic hallucinations.
I also facilitate Dungeons and Dragons Group Therapy sessions for clients wanting to use play and roleplay therapy toward their healing.
I often work from a pluralistic approach that draws from Gestalt, Person-Centred, Narrative, CBT, DBT, and Solution Focussed therapies. I have experience and interest in supporting clients with AOD issues, trauma, and auditory, visual, and somatic hallucinations.
Available for telehealth and in person appointments. I work with adults who are seeking to better understand themselves, their patterns, and the roots of their struggles. They often come to therapy with experiences of anxiety, trauma, or relationship difficulties and are ready to explore how these challenges connect to their attachment history and sense of self. They’re reflective, curious, and open to deep personal work.
I particularly value creativity and collaboration in the therapeutic process, helping clients move toward greater self-awareness, emotional balance, and authenticity.
Available for telehealth and in person appointments. I work with adults who are seeking to better understand themselves, their patterns, and the roots of their struggles. They often come to therapy with experiences of anxiety, trauma, or relationship difficulties and are ready to explore how these challenges connect to their attachment history and sense of self. They’re reflective, curious, and open to deep personal work.
I particularly value creativity and collaboration in the therapeutic process, helping clients move toward greater self-awareness, emotional balance, and authenticity.
Better Together Therapy is a warm, neuroaffirming psychology and speech pathology clinic in Essendon supporting children, adolescents, and adults across Melbourne. We work with clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, depression, burnout, disordered eating, emotional regulation challenges, and neurodivergence including autism and ADHD. Many of our clients feel overwhelmed, stuck, or misunderstood, or are navigating school, relationships, or life transitions. Our team takes a collaborative, strengths based approach, helping clients feel understood while building practical strategies to move forward in a way that feels sustainable.
Better Together Therapy is a warm, neuroaffirming psychology and speech pathology clinic in Essendon supporting children, adolescents, and adults across Melbourne. We work with clients experiencing anxiety, trauma, depression, burnout, disordered eating, emotional regulation challenges, and neurodivergence including autism and ADHD. Many of our clients feel overwhelmed, stuck, or misunderstood, or are navigating school, relationships, or life transitions. Our team takes a collaborative, strengths based approach, helping clients feel understood while building practical strategies to move forward in a way that feels sustainable.
I'm Sorcha, an Art Therapist and Counselor who works with adults, adolescents, children and families.
I use somatic, expressive and trauma-informed approaches to growth and healing.
I use both talk therapy as well as art therapy: using drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles poetry, creative writing, and other modalities to assist with emotional expression, the exploration of inner worlds and accessing flow states. My approach is client-centered, I shape treatments collaboratively with my clients. I believe in using the systematic and structural to understand distress trauma, and conflict.
I'm Sorcha, an Art Therapist and Counselor who works with adults, adolescents, children and families.
I use somatic, expressive and trauma-informed approaches to growth and healing.
I use both talk therapy as well as art therapy: using drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles poetry, creative writing, and other modalities to assist with emotional expression, the exploration of inner worlds and accessing flow states. My approach is client-centered, I shape treatments collaboratively with my clients. I believe in using the systematic and structural to understand distress trauma, and conflict.
Sophie is a relational gestalt psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) & clinical supervisor informed by attachment and developmental approaches. Sophie offers a creative, embodied and highly attuned style of therapy that supports change through somatic processing & nervous system regulation within a safe therapeutic relationship. Sophie works in private practice at Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, and in Frankston South, as well as online. Sophie’s approach is grounded in cultural humility, respect for lived experience, and collaboration, with care shaped to each client’s unique needs and identities.
Sophie is a relational gestalt psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) & clinical supervisor informed by attachment and developmental approaches. Sophie offers a creative, embodied and highly attuned style of therapy that supports change through somatic processing & nervous system regulation within a safe therapeutic relationship. Sophie works in private practice at Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne, and in Frankston South, as well as online. Sophie’s approach is grounded in cultural humility, respect for lived experience, and collaboration, with care shaped to each client’s unique needs and identities.
I have a passion working with people to improve their wellbeing and achieve the goals that they set for themselves. I am experienced working with individuals with complex chronic and acute illness and understand the complexities of illness and the impacts this has on a persons mental and emotion state. I also have a large and invested interest in supporting women as they navigate the journey into motherhood (matrescence) and the emotional challenges this can bring along with the change in identity and self. As a mother of 2 young children I understand first hand the day to day challenges being a mother can be.
I have a passion working with people to improve their wellbeing and achieve the goals that they set for themselves. I am experienced working with individuals with complex chronic and acute illness and understand the complexities of illness and the impacts this has on a persons mental and emotion state. I also have a large and invested interest in supporting women as they navigate the journey into motherhood (matrescence) and the emotional challenges this can bring along with the change in identity and self. As a mother of 2 young children I understand first hand the day to day challenges being a mother can be.
Jane is a family therapist and is utilising her years of experience working with parents and families to provide family therapy and dyadic (parent-child) therapy and/or (complimentary to dyadic work ) Theraplay, a form of play therapy
Blue Leaf Therapy (formerly JMW Therapy) provide services for children and adults, but holds expertise in counselling for adolescents & children, parent-child (dyadic) therapy, including Theraplay and family therapy.
Jane is a family therapist and is utilising her years of experience working with parents and families to provide family therapy and dyadic (parent-child) therapy and/or (complimentary to dyadic work ) Theraplay, a form of play therapy
Blue Leaf Therapy (formerly JMW Therapy) provide services for children and adults, but holds expertise in counselling for adolescents & children, parent-child (dyadic) therapy, including Theraplay and family therapy.
Nearby Play Therapy Searches for Vermont
- Ashburton
- Box Hill
- Burwood
- Burwood East
- Chadstone
- Clayton
- Glen Waverley
- Mount Waverley
- Mulgrave
- Rowville
- Wantirna
- Wantirna South
Play Therapy
Who is play therapy for?
Play therapy is generally targeted to children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have social, emotional, or behavioural difficulties. Play therapy has also been found helpful for children who have experienced physical or emotional abuse or witnessed atrocities. Play therapy is also often recommended for children who are undergoing major medical procedures or who are suffering from chronic illness; many children’s hospitals are equipped to offer play therapy on-site. Play therapy is also sometimes used for adults; creative writing, music, and art are expressive forms that can all be adapted for therapeutic purposes.
Why do people need play therapy?
Children often do not have the language skills or words to know or to express what is troubling them. Yet they often spontaneously draw or use playthings to depict scenarios that reflect problems in their everyday life. Play therapy provides children with an array of objects and play situations to act out their feelings or experiences so that therapists can get a clear picture of what children might be struggling with and help them find solutions. In addition, play therapists are skilled at helping children understand their inner experience and find words for them, necessary steps toward helping children learn to control their own behaviour and come up with solutions to problems they encounter.
What happens in play therapy?
A child enters a comfortable playroom where they are free to choose the objects they want to play with. The play therapist will typically observe how they play with the toys—whether a sandbox, puppets, dolls and action figures, trucks, costumes, drawing and painting materials, or more—because such play provides clues to a child’s family and social relationships, difficulties they are encountering in the world, and what going on inside themselves. Sometimes the therapist may ask the child to use the play objects to tell a story about their family. Using the same instruments of play, therapists can help children discover more advantageous ways of thinking and behaving.
What kinds of problems do play therapists treat?
Play therapy can help children who display destructive or self-destructive impulses; children who seem angry, sad, or fearful; children who experience frequent social, emotional, family, or school difficulty. Play therapy is often of value to children who have experienced a loss or distressing family experience, who are regularly exposed to family conflict, or who have been physically or emotionally abused. Play therapy can help children who are perpetrators of bullying as well as those who are targets of bullying. It helps children learn to identify their feelings, to express them in constructive ways, and to regulate them so they can get on with the business of development.
How long does play therapy last?
Play therapy sessions may last for 30 to 45 minutes, and they usually occur weekly for about 20 sessions. Each session is tailored to the individual child and the kinds of problems they are struggling with. Play that is highly repetitive often indicates a problem requiring further exploration. Therapists typically measure progress through session-to-session changes in play behaviour.