About Me
Hello, I'm Victoria. From early on building meaningful relationships has been a focus within my work. This is when I feel most fulfilled, grateful and motivated, and have experienced an important factor for healing and growth. I have 13 year’s experience working with children and families, including seven years as a qualified Social Worker. I have worked within Family Support, Youth Offending, and as a Social Worker within Child Protection, Court and Children Looked After teams. As well as these statutory roles I have experience working in CAMHS, specialising in therapeutic assessment and intervention for Children in Care. This path lead me to experience the healing power of play within a therapeutic relationship. Feeling strongly connected to the values and qualities of the role I decided to undertake Play Therapy training in 2015. Since this time I have worked in School settings as a Play Therapist providing both 1 to 1 and Group sessions. Working as a trauma informed therapist is an important focus of mine, and with attachment theory, the nervous system, neuroscience, and sensory integration being particular areas of interest. At the forefront of all my work is the belief in the importance of the therapeutic relationship and the felt sense of the child's experience, which I believe so much of the healing is anchored from. My Play Therapy path has been one of the most rewarding experiences, and I feel so grateful and privileged to work alongside each child’s unique healing journey. ​​
Qualifications
Post Graduate Diploma in Pay Therapy
Parent Child Attachment Play (PCAP)
Work with Parents City and Guilds Level 4
MSc Social Work
BSc Psychology with Criminology
​Further Training and Workshops
Children and Attachment
Outdoor Therapy
Domestic abuse
Safeguarding Children Level 3
Applying the Polyvagal theory to child Centred therapy
Regression in play therapy
ADHD
The use of Clay in Therapeutic Work with children and families
OCD
Supporting parents to use PACE (playfulness, acceptance, curiosity, empathy)​​
Healing Developmental Trauma through Play Therapy
