I am an Accredited PTUK Play and Creative Arts Therapist and registered clay therapist. My journey with clay really took off when I first completed my clay therapy training with Lynne Souter Anderson and then undertook my Masters research, when I used clay to explore the impact domestic violence has on the parent-child relationship and the possible healing power that clay can offer children to move forward and gain resilience within a stronger parental bond. I continue to use clay daily in my therapeutic practice as a play and creative arts therapist working in school settings with families who experience difficult life challenges. In addition, I am currently a Trainee DDP practitioner (trained to level 2) who interweaves the grounding and connecting qualities that clay affords parents within my expanding DDP practice, which helps parents explore their past and present roles both as a parent and individual and also within the parent and child sessions, to help heal ruptures in the parent-child dyad. Finally, I use clay when delivering training in schools on attachment, regulation and the importance of playfulness in creating meaningful and trust building bonds in education.
