CLINICAL SERVICES
Therapy for Children (3-12 years)
Every child experiences the world in their own unique way- and sometimes they need extra support to navigate big feelings, friendships, confidence, anxiety, or life’s challenges. At Building Better Brains, we create a warm, playful and child-centred space where children can feel safe, understood and empowered to grow through therapy tailored to their individual strengths and needs.
Child-Centred Play Therapy
Ages: 3-12 years
Play Therapy is the most developmentally appropriate approach for assisting children aged 3-12 years. In play therapy toys act as the child’s words and play is the child’s language (Landreth, 2006).
Child-centred play therapy builds on the natural way that children learn about themselves and their relationships in the world around them and allows children to make their internal world external.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our Masters-level play therapists.
Attachment-Based Play Therapy for Parents & Children
Ages: 3-12 years
Attachment Play Therapy is a guided, play-based approach designed to strengthen the connection between parents and children through safe, supportive, and engaging interactions.
Using a Theraplay-inspired framework, sessions focus on building trust, emotional safety, co-regulation, confidence, and connection through structured therapeutic play activities facilitated by a trained therapist. Rather than focusing only on behaviour, this approach helps nurture the relationship underneath it.
2:1 parent & child sessions with our Masters-level play therapists.
Autplay® Therapy for Autism
Ages: 3-12 years
Autplay® is a combined play therapy and behavioural therapy based approach for working with children aged 3-12 and parents affected by autism, dysregulation issues, and other neurodevelopmental disorders. AutPlay® is designed to identify and increase skills and functioning levels in children and adolescents with developmental delays.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our Masters-level play therapists.
Child-Centred Creative Arts Therapy
Ages: 3-12 years
Creative Arts Therapy uses child-centred, strengths-based approaches, mindfulness strategies, art therapy techniques, body awareness. Modalities include using sand tray therapy, movement, music, drumming, voice therapy and art therapy techniques to help the child reconnect, process and recover. No previous artistic experience required! It is about the process, not the product.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our Masters-level Creative Arts therapists.
You Rock! Therapy
Ages: 6-12 years
Dive into the world of You Rock! Therapy, which is all about finding healthy ways to express strong emotions.
Through hands-on activities with musical instruments, we focus on helping children express themselves, managing emotions, becoming stronger, boosting creativity, and thinking positively. Designed to help chidlren who struggle with anxiety, making friends, talking to others, feeling confident, managing anger, and being very energetic.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our Masters-level therapists.
Dance and Movement Therapy
Ages: 3-12 years
Dance & Movement Therapy incorporates free movement, storytelling dance play, exercise, music, rhythm, visualisation and relaxation. Different themes, open ended props and visualisation are utilised to help spark imagination, channel energy and express thoughts and feelings. Dance and movement therapy inspires fun and playfulness in a creative, safe and supportive environment.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our Masters-level Creative Arts therapists.
Speech Therapy
Ages: 3-12 years
Speech Therapy supports children to build confidence and skills in communication, language, social interaction and speech development through engaging, child-centred sessions.
We work alongside each child in a warm, creative and play-based way to support areas such as articulation, expressive and receptive language, social communication, fluency, literacy foundations and confidence in connecting with others. Sessions are tailored to each child’s unique strengths, needs and interests, making therapy both meaningful and enjoyable.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our speech pathologist.
Child Psychology
Ages: Recommended from 10 years
Child Psychology supports children who are experiencing emotional, behavioural or developmental challenges such as anxiety, trauma, grief, attachment difficulties or aggression. It also supports families navigating parenting stress, relationship dynamics, and other life challenges that impact a child’s wellbeing.
We take a person-centred & creative approach, tailoring sessions to each child’s needs and interests. Therapy may include play-based work, art and expressive therapies, mindfulness, drama-based techniques, movement, and parent–child attachment work to strengthen emotional safety, regulation, and connection.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our psychologists.
Drama Therapy
Ages: 3-12 years
Drama therapy works in a strengths-based, child-centred way and includes sensorimotor play, creative and imaginary play, psychodrama, story making, and dramatic play techniques.
Drama therapy helps to support client’s in developing confidence, communication skills, and self esteem. It also integrates trauma experiences, reframes patterns and behaviours, and helps the client learn and practice new skills for success in social skills development.
1:1 child-centred sessions with our Masters-level therapists.
