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We meet first
A parent intake meeting to share your child's story, answer your questions and walk you through the playroom.
Where play helps little hearts feel safe, seen and understood. Child-centred play therapy for ages 3 to 12 in Sandyford, Dublin.
I'm Caroline Mac Govern Falkner, a play therapist and Montessori teacher with almost thirty years of experience working with children. I'm also a mother of four.
Play therapy offers children a safe, confidential space to express the thoughts and feelings that words sometimes can't reach. Using art, sand, clay, music, puppets and story, we help little hearts make sense of their world, and grow in resilience, confidence and calm.
Every child is unique, these are some of the experiences play therapy is known to help with.
Every child is different, so every journey is too, but here's the shape of what we offer.
A parent intake meeting to share your child's story, answer your questions and walk you through the playroom.
40 minutes, same day and time each week, consistency helps children feel safe and held.
Around week 9 or 10 we meet again to reflect on progress and decide what feels right next.
Endings matter. We prepare for them gently so your child leaves feeling valued and whole.
Children lead the way. These are the materials they can use to express what words sometimes can't.
Miniatures in sand become a whole world for expression.
Kneading and shaping for calm, focus and regulation.
Drawing, painting and collage, making the invisible visible.
Giving voice to what can feel too big to say aloud.
Meaning-making through shared narrative and metaphor.
Rhythm and sound as language for emotion and calm.
The body speaks when words aren't reachable yet.
Exploring identity, self-image and the many sides of us.
Rehearsing new ways of being in a safe, imagined space.
Gentle inner imagery for calm, insight and grounding.
A warm, calm space filled with sand, art, puppets, music and a rainbow of feelings, ready for whatever a child brings.
Children can play what they struggle to say.
Children can play to explain their way.