Children, Teens & Parents
Understanding Play Therapy: Healing Through Play
How It Helps:
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Encourages emotional expression in a way that feels natural and safe
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Builds self-confidence, problem solving and emotional regulation
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Strengthens communication and trust between children and adults
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Supports healing from difficult or overwhelming experiences​​
Children don't always have the words to explain how they feel - but they do know how to play. Play therapy is a gentle, effective way for children to express emotions, process experiences, and work through challenges.
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In play therapy, a trained psychologist creates a safe and supportive space where your child can use toys, art, storytelling, or games to express what is going on inside. Whether they are facing anxiety, behavioural struggles, grief, or big changes at home or school, play gives them a voice and the psychologist knows how to make sense of it all.
Play therapy meets children where they are developmentally. It is not about fixing them - it's about understanding them and giving them the tools to grow, cope and thrive.
Teen Psychotherapy: Support for Your Teen and for You
The teenage years can be deeply transformative - but they are often filled with emotional ups and downs that can leave both the teen and parent feeling overwhelmed. If your teen seems withdrawn, anxious, Moody, or constantly at odds with you, it can be hard to know how to help. Add meaningful minds, we understand how challenging the stage can be and how important it is to feel supported through it.
Teen psychotherapy offers a safe and non-judgmental space where young people can make sense of their emotions, understand their behaviours, and learn healthy ways to cope with stress, relationship, and life's challenges. Our psychologists who work with teens to help them build self-awareness, emotional regulation, and inner resilience - all within a warm and respectful therapeutic relationship.
We believe that change takes time and intention. Through therapy, we help teens understand the patterns they may be stuck in, and gently guard them toward new healthier ways of thinking, relating, and being. We also recognise the vital role parents play in this journey and we're here to support you too.
You don't have to have all the answers. Reaching out for support is a powerful way to show your seeing that the feelings matter and that you're walking alongside them every step of the way.
Parent Guidance Sessions
Support for you, so you can support your child
Parenting is one of the most meaningful and most challenging roles we take on - at Meaningful minds we believe that parents deserve support too.
Our parental guidance sessions are designed to help you better understand your child's emotional world, their brain development, and how to respond in ways that are calm, connected, and effective. These sessions offer practical tools grounded in psychology and neuroscience.
Our sessions will help you to:
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Understand what's happening in your child's brain at different developmental stages
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Respond to behaviours with insight rather than frustration
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Set healthy, respectful boundaries
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Use natural consequences to guide behavior
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Build a stronger more connected relationship with your child
​We don't believe in perfect parenting. We believe in conscious parenting - learning, growing, and showing up with awareness and compassion. These sessions are a space for reflection, understanding, and equipping yourself with techniques that align with your values and your child's unique needs. Because - when you feel supported, confident and informed, your child feels it too.