Therapy for children, teens and the grown-ups who care for them.
A warm, playful space to understand what’s underneath the worry, meltdowns, shutdowns and tricky moments, and find ways forward that work for your family.
Children don’t always have the words to tell us what’s happening. Sometimes it comes out as:
A space to explore feelings through play, creativity and connection.
For children navigating anxiety, big emotions, friendships, confidence, change, neurodivergence or simply having a hard time being little.
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Growing up can feel like a lot.
Therapy gives teens somewhere to talk, question, feel and figure things out without needing to have everything neatly explained.
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Sometimes helping your child starts with supporting you.
Together, we can make sense of what’s happening, understand patterns at home and find ways of responding that create more connection and less conflict.
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And honestly, I wouldn’t want them to.
I’m a child and family psychologist who believes some of our most important conversations happen while we’re drawing, building something, moving around the room or deciding which dinosaur would win in a fight.
My approach is warm, curious and playful, but there’s intention underneath the play. I use evidence-informed psychological approaches alongside play, creativity and conversation to understand each child in the context of their relationships, development and everyday life.
Because children don’t grow in isolation. When we understand what’s happening for your child and what happens between you in the difficult moments, change has somewhere to take root.
Play is one of the ways children make sense of their world. We can use it to explore feelings and experiences that aren’t always easy to put into words.
Sometimes play says what words can’t.
Instead of deciding that a child is being “difficult”, we get curious about what might be making things difficult for them.
Curious before corrective.
Children grow through relationships. Therapy isn’t only about what happens between your child and me. We look at the relationships and environments around them too.
Understanding is important. But families also need things they can actually use on a Tuesday morning when everyone is late for school. So we turn insight into practical, realistic changes for everyday life.
Parenting advice can make it feel as though there is always a correct response.
And somehow you’re meant to do all of that when you’re exhausted and your child has been screaming for twenty minutes.
I’m not here to grade your parenting.
We’ll look together at what’s hard, what keeps repeating and what your family actually needs.
Our first conversation is usually with the parent or caregiver. You can tell me what’s been happening, what’s worrying you and what you’ve already tried. Your child doesn’t need to explain anything yet.
No interrogation. No pressure to talk. We get to know each other through conversation, play, drawing, games or whatever helps them feel comfortable.
We begin connecting the dots between emotions, behaviour, relationships and what’s happening around your child.
There isn’t one script for every child. As things change, our work changes too.
Different isn’t something we need to fix.
I take a neuroaffirming approach to working with children and families. That means recognising differences in how children communicate, regulate, connect, learn and experience the world, and working with those differences rather than automatically treating them as deficits.
No white coats. No scary clipboard.
Just somewhere comfortable to play, talk, draw, think, move around, be quiet, ask questions or take a little while to warm up.
No. Sometimes families come with a diagnosis. Sometimes they come with a question. And sometimes they simply know something isn’t feeling quite right.
Usually, yes. How much depends on your child’s age, needs and what we’re working on. Supporting a child often means supporting the relationships around them too.
That’s okay. Talking is only one way children communicate. We can use play, creativity, movement and simply getting comfortable with each other.
Your child needs to feel that therapy is a space they can trust. We’ll talk clearly at the beginning about privacy, what gets shared with parents and the situations where something needs to be communicated for safety.
You don’t need to know exactly what’s going on before reaching out.
Tell me a little about your child, what’s been happening and what you’re hoping might feel different.
We’ll figure out the next step together.
Maya will be in touch soon to find a time for your parent call.
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