Supporting children and Adolescents to heal through a supportive relationship and creative approaches.
Play Therapy Dungarvan provides a safe, nurturing space for children and adolescents to express emotions, build resilience, and discover their inner strengths.
A gentle, child-centred approach
Play is a child's natural language. When life becomes overwhelming, big feelings like worry, grief, or anger can be difficult to express in words. In our dedicated therapeutic space in Dungarvan, children can explore their feelings safely through creative play, storytelling, and imaginative arts.
We work collaboratively with parents and carers to foster understanding, connection, and emotional growth. Whether your child is navigating school transitions, behavioural difficulties, or anxiety, our professional play therapy supports their emotional well-being every step of the way.
Our therapeutic supports
Core therapy options
Individual play therapy
One-to-one weekly therapeutic sessions tailored specifically to your child's emotional, social, and developmental needs.
Initial intake consultation
A comprehensive meeting with parents or guardians to explore developmental history, current concerns, and clear goals.
Filial play therapy
Specialised parent-child sessions that empower caregivers with play skills to strengthen attachment and emotional communication.
Parent review consultations
Dedicated review sessions to discuss progress, share therapeutic insights, and provide guidance for the home environment.
Emotional regulation support
Focused interventions to help children recognise and manage big emotions like anger, frustration, and sensory overload.
Bereavement and loss support
Gentle therapeutic holding for children experiencing family breakdown, separation, or the loss of a loved one.
Anxiety and school reluctance
Building confidence, emotional security, and effective coping mechanisms for school-related stress and separation worries.
Trauma-informed care
Sensitive and paced sessions assisting children to process difficult life events and rebuild their sense of internal safety.
Common concerns addressed
Social and friendship difficulties
Developing empathy, healthy communication, turn-taking, and peer relational skills in a calm setting.
Low self-esteem and confidence
Encouraging self-belief, autonomy, and problem-solving abilities through non-directive creative expression.
Behavioural challenges
Understanding the unmet emotional needs beneath outward behaviours to promote calm and mutual respect.
Life transitions and changes
Guiding children through family changes, new siblings, house moves, or changing classrooms.
Therapeutic modalities
Sandplay therapy
Using wet and dry sand along with symbolic miniature figures to create internal worlds and resolve distress.
Expressive arts and clay
Tactile and visual media allowing children to give shape and colour to feelings that words cannot describe.
Puppetry and role-play
Imaginative role-play that offers emotional distance to work through fears, conflict, and relationships.
Therapeutic storytelling
Metaphorical stories designed to resonate with the child's unique journey and spark positive resolution.
A welcoming room designed for children
Our Dungarvan practice offers a dedicated playroom equipped with carefully chosen therapeutic toys, art materials, and sand trays. It provides a peaceful sanctuary where every child feels respected, heard, and free to explore.
"Play therapy made such a wonderful difference for our son. He was carrying so much worry about school, and the calm environment in Dungarvan gave him the confidence to be himself again."
Parent of seven-year-old
"The guidance and warmth we received as parents was invaluable. We understand our daughter's emotional world so much better now, and family life feels much calmer."
Local Dungarvan mother
"From the very first intake session, we felt listened to and supported. The playroom is incredible and our child looked forward to going every single week."
County Waterford parent
Have questions about how play therapy works?
Taking the first step into therapy can feel daunting. Learn more about session structures, what to expect, and how we support both you and your child throughout the process.
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Dungarvan
Co. Waterford, Ireland
Clinic hours
Mon - Fri: 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday: By appointment
Sunday: Closed
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