Play Therapy Testimonials

“After experiencing a traumatic experience which resulted in moving my daughter to another school, it became apparent that she was having difficulty with the transition and making sense of the situation. Ellie was able to offer my daughter weekly sessions which I will forever be grateful for. Ellie has been a ray of sunshine in my little one’s weekly routine and the progress has been remarkable. I can’t thank Ellie enough for being so kind, professional and supportive, helping us to move forward in a positive light”.
Parent

“Ellie, I really don’t know how to express how thankful I am that you helped our daughter, I honestly don’t know where we would be now if it wasn’t for you. You have given us our daughter back; she is happy, confident and doing amazingly at everything she does – she is far from that timid, shy girl who walked into your room a year ago, and that’s thanks to you. You are a beautiful human and you’ll never know how grateful we are for everything you have done for us and our little girl”.
Parent

“Ellie is a wonderful person and we can’t recommend her Play Therapy enough, each session was invaluable.”
Parent

“Ellie’s work has been invaluable for some of our most vulnerable students. Her approach through play therapy has really empowered the students she has worked with. As a result they have been able to express themselves, to communicate and develop personally to a much greater level. We are looking forward to continuing our partnership work with Ellie both with specific students but also now extending to training for the wider staff and student body.”
Headteacher of Secondary School

“My son had 30 sessions with Ellie and each session was invaluable. Ellie was warm, empathetic, and professional from the start. Her knowledge and depth of understanding gave us great confidence in the process and the goal of helping our son. His sessions with Ellie gave him time and space to explore and process some very deep, and probably unconscious, thoughts and feelings. We could see him going through this challenging journey but felt very reassured he was being completely supported by Ellie. Ellie created a safe space for him to ‘work things out’. He is now more confident in communicating his thoughts and feelings, more engaging, has great friendship groups and is generally more at ease since his time with Ellie. She is a wonderful person and we cannot recommend her Play Therapy enough”.
Parent

“Ellie was warm, empathetic and professional from the start. Her knowledge and depth of understanding gave us great confidence in the process. Our son’s sessions gave him the time and space to explore and process some very deep, unconscious thoughts and feelings and we can’t thank you enough”.
Parent

“Our daughter struggles with anxiety at times and can feel a bit low. Her mind also seems to race and run at a pace which can make it hard for her to hold her attention at times, particularly when she’s feeling anxious. Ellie was a massive help for us over the 3 or 4 months that she saw our daughter for creative play therapy and provided a safe space for our daughter to release her emotions through play. Our daughter really took to her sessions with her, she found Ellie to be very friendly and approachable and she loved the fun arts and crafts she did whilst there. One of her favourite crafts with Ellie was working with air drying clay. It helped her release her energy and frustrations she was habouring, by physically having to work the clay block until it became more malleable. We now regularly hold air drying clay play sessions at home.
Ellie was instrumental to us as a family as she was able to help by providing a lot of constructive, meaningful advice and guidance on how to help our daughter at home. This advice helped us to connect with our daughter in ways I hadn’t thought of and she now regularly opens up to us about how she is feeling. I would have no trouble recommending Ellie to any parent and if my daughter needs further support, we will be going back for further sessions.”
Parent