Play Therapist / EMDR & Creative Arts Therapist

• What they offer / teach

  Lisa Cross offers Play Therapy for children, teenager/adolescent therapy, EMDR, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and creative arts work. Additional services include attachment-focused interventions (Theraplay, psychotherapeutic intervention, family-focused play and creative arts), therapy for pre/post adoption, Special Guardianship Order, fostering and looked-after children, therapy and family support for children displaying harmful sexual behaviour, and parental/carer support offered one to one, by video conferencing or telephone.

• Ages served

  Child therapy is offered for ages 3-13, including young people with developmental delay and/or learning disability, and teenager/adolescent therapy for ages 13-18. The page also refers to work with children and adolescents aged 3-18 and their families, and describes the practitioner as a child, adolescent and adult therapist.

• Approach

  The approach draws on Play Therapy, which the page says research has proven effective at helping children work through emotional and behavioural difficulties without the need to talk, alongside creative activities, CBT, DBT and EMDR. EMDR is described as kickstarting the brain's information processing system so trauma memories lose their emotional charge, while CBT focuses on current problems and breaking them into smaller parts. Attachment work uses Theraplay, psychotherapeutic intervention and family-focused play and creative arts, backed by 20+ years of experience including 16 years with a specialist team at Leicester City Council.

• Admissions

  For pre/post adoption, SGO and looked-after children work, referrals come via parent/carer referral and commissioning by local authorities, pre and post adoption teams, SGO and fostering agencies. Otherwise the page directs visitors to 'Contact' for each service.

• Cost

  Not stated on this website.

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