Play and Creative Arts Therapy - Creative-Me Cornwall
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Creative-Me Cornwall provides Play and Creative Arts Therapies for children and young people (4-15 plus). I use play, art, movement, drama and music amongst other things in order to use a child or young person's natural language to enable them to express themselves, explore their thoughts and feelings and make sense of their life challenges and experiences.
Who to contact
- Contact name
- Sarah Foster
- Contact position
- Play and Creative Arts Therapist
- Telephone
- 07941 535835 or 01872 530157
- c-me-cornwall@outlook.com
- Website
- https://creative-me-playtherapy.co.uk/
- Play and Creative Arts Therapy - Creative-Me Cornwall's facebook page
Where to go
- Name
- Play and Creative Arts Therapy Services
- Address
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Mobile Therapist: In Schools and Community Hubs/Spaces in Truro, St Austell, The Roseland and surrounding areas
Cornwall - Postcode
- TR1 1AA
- Notes
Creative-Me Play and Creative Arts Therapy sessions are based in and around Truro, St Austell, the Roseland and beyond. Sessions are offered at local schools, children's centers and suitable community venues. Please inquire.
LandPlay outdoor play therapy is offered outdoors at separate secure, private locations during the Summer and Autumn months.
Time / date details
- When is it on?
- Monday to Friday (Saturdays on request)
- Time of day
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Afternoon
Morning - Session information
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Individual Sessions are at the same day and time each week for the child.
Whenever possible I try to accomodate a family's time and venue needs, but please do note that there may be a waiting list.
Other details
Costs
- Table of costs
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Table of costs Amount Cost Type One to one Sessions From £45 Per Session Nurture Groups (4 chlidren) POA Per Session - Details
- One to One Private Sessions £45
(Schools and Organisations POA) - Do you offer a free or reduced rate to carers?
- Yes
- Please enter details including what proof is required for the free or reduced rate
- Reduced rate for carers on application.
Availability
- Age ranges
- From 4 years 0 months to 15 years 0 months
- Referral required
- Yes
- Referral details
Referrals can be from self, schools, charities or agencies working with the child. Please inquire for assessment forms and questionnaires which can be forwarded. After a paper assessment, meetings with the child's family or carers and schools are held in order to gain a good overall picture of the child's needs.
Children are able to be referred to outdoor play therapy (LandPlay) in the Summer and Autumn months.
Inclusion details
- How we make our service inclusive
Our service is inclusive by being able to be mobile and to offer sessions within the child's school or accessible premises.
- Staff SEND experience
Each child is individual, parents, carers, referrers, teachers and other professionals are supported to ensure the child is able to engage with myself and the sessions, the suitable toys and equipment and the therapeutic play space.
- How our service supports providers / schools / colleges
Once a child is able to express their emotions and feelings in their own time, and feel heard and accepted for who they are, they learn different and more healthier ways of expressing their inner world and in turn improve peer, school and family relationships. Play and Creative Arts Therapy helps remove barriers to learning by freeing up the child or young person's mind, in order for learning to happen and for relationships to repair.
I can work alongside Trauma-Informed Schools, supporting them by working with children who exhibit moderate to severe needs and behaviours and by being an advocate for the child and the child's family.
- Support at key transition points
To ensure that a child feels safe and secure, sessions run at the same day and time each week in order to build trust and reliability. When life poses difficulties, the play therapy sessions can help prepare the child for out of the ordinary or routine events such as medical procedures, hospital visits etc.
After an assessment, and with the agreement of everyone involved, there is a clear procedure when sessions are near to being completed. A count down will be put into place which is essential to prepare the child for the ending.
- Other local or national support
As a member of Play Therapy UK and BACP and regulated by their Professional Standards Agencies, there is a strict Ethical Code of Practice underlying my work. I am registered on both professional (PSA) registers, and when practicing receive regular supervision.
- Resolving disagreements, mediation and making complaints
Complaints can initially be made to myself where a solution will be sought. If a complaint needs to be taken further, the overseeing organisation (PTUK) can be contacted: www.playtherapy.org.uk.
I have a full complaint procedure in place which can be forwarded.
Last updated: 01/11/2023