Jo Wildsmith EMAIL ADDRESS: jo@poppiespsychologicaltherapies.com WEBSITE: jo@poppiespsychologicaltherapies.com PHONE: 07506027079 |
Jo Wildsmith is a Creative arts and Play Therapist with years of experience in working with children and young people with varying degrees of mental ill health and developmental trauma. Jo is also training as a supervisor and uses various modalities to work creatively with other therapists and counsellors.
Jo Wildsmith is qualified in Play Therapy. She has trained in AutPlay Therapy, Trauma Play Therapy, Clay Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Trauma informed CBT. Jo is also a registered parenting practitioner in Parent and Child Attachment Play.
Jo’s specialist area is working with children and young people who have experienced developmental trauma, abuse and neglect. She has worked in a variety of settings such as criminal justice, leaving care teams, pastoral teams and mental health services. Her work involves one to one therapy with children as well as therapeutic group work. She also works closely with schools and parents / carers from an attachment perspective. A lot of this work is done through psychosocial and attachment perspectives to help strengthen the quality of relationships as well as enhancing mental, emotional and social well-being. Jo is currently training as a clinical supervisor where she is using various modalities to work creatively with other therapists and counsellors. Clay has always been a strong component within the various creative modalities used in therapy. It has a powerful way to mould and shape conscious and unconscious expression. Clay has unlimited potential for creativity, vision and imaginations to really be set free, and to allow healing to unfold.
- Jo Wildsmith
- Certified Play Therapist
- Registered MBACP
- Child Mental Health | Poppies Psychological Therapies | Warwickshire
Jo Wildsmith is qualified in Play Therapy. She has trained in AutPlay Therapy, Trauma Play Therapy, Clay Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, and Trauma informed CBT. Jo is also a registered parenting practitioner in Parent and Child Attachment Play.
Jo’s specialist area is working with children and young people who have experienced developmental trauma, abuse and neglect. She has worked in a variety of settings such as criminal justice, leaving care teams, pastoral teams and mental health services. Her work involves one to one therapy with children as well as therapeutic group work. She also works closely with schools and parents / carers from an attachment perspective. A lot of this work is done through psychosocial and attachment perspectives to help strengthen the quality of relationships as well as enhancing mental, emotional and social well-being. Jo is currently training as a clinical supervisor where she is using various modalities to work creatively with other therapists and counsellors. Clay has always been a strong component within the various creative modalities used in therapy. It has a powerful way to mould and shape conscious and unconscious expression. Clay has unlimited potential for creativity, vision and imaginations to really be set free, and to allow healing to unfold.