Our Team
Ann greenwood - B.ed (hons), M.Ed (special needs) M.sc (Play therapy).
Owner and Lead Therapist
Ann has completed an M.Sc in Child Centred Play Therapy with the University of South Wales and has worked with a range of children including those who have experienced bereavement, loss, developmental trauma, anxiety, anger, aggression, sexual abuse, neglect and attachment difficulties.
Prior to this training she worked for 30 years as a teacher and headteacher in both primary and special schools, as well as working as a Local Authority consultant in Additional Educational Needs. During this time she gained significant experience of children with mild to severe social, emotional and behaviour difficulties in clinical and educational settings as well as working with families in challenging circumstances. Ann now uses the skills she has gained to enable her to work holistically with children, involving parents/carers, teachers and other professionals where appropriate.
Ann has completed a 4 day intensive Filial Therapy training and offers this form of therapy to children, their families and, where appropriate, their school placements.
Having completed level 2 of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) Ann is qualified to work with families using DDP informed approaches.
Ann is a full member of the British Association of Play Therapy (BAPT) and she abides by their code of conduct.
Donna Stone – B.Ed (Hons) , PG Dip. Play Therapy
Senior Associate Play Therapist
Donna joined the team at The Rainbow Tree Wales in 2019.
She completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy with Leeds Beckett University and is a Certified Play Therapist registered with Play Therapy UK. Donna has worked with a range of children and families including those with attachment difficulties, bereavement, loss, developmental trauma and neglect.
Donna comes from a teaching background and has been a class teacher for all primary age groups from Nursery to Year Six. As a daughter of foster carers, she always took a special interest in Children Looked After (CLA) and was the designated teacher in two of the schools she worked in, regularly liaising with Social Workers, Special Guardians, Kinship Carers and Foster Carers as well as adoptive parents. Over the years this developed into an interest in ALN and children’s mental health and wellbeing. Donna has also run parent/child groups and delivered parenting courses.
As a play therapist Donna uses her previous experiences to support not only individual children but also their families and when appropriate class teachers, LSAs and school communities.
Donna seeks to strengthen attachments and build relationships and has undertaken additional attachment training. She has completed DDP Level 1 and is licensed to support individual parents and groups by delivering Baby Bonding (special interest multiple births), Parent-Child Attachment Play and Heart to Heart. She has also adapted this to support secondary attachments such as key workers for CLA children in schools.
Katie HANNINGTON
Senior Associate Play Therapist
Katie joined the team at The Rainbow Tree Wales in 2020.
Katie has completed an MSc in Child Centred Play Therapy with the University of South Wales and has worked with a range of children including those who have experienced bereavement, domestic abuse, developmental trauma, anxiety, depression and attachment difficulties.
Before becoming a play therapist, Katie worked in the non-statutory sector, supporting children and families who are affected by domestic abuse. Katie also previously worked in the education sector, she is a qualified primary school and ESOL teacher and has taught children and adults from the age of four upwards.
Katie is also a Forest School leader and works with a local not- for- profit organisation delivering this to children and young people.
Katie has completed Child Parent Relationship Therapy training with The University of Roehampton and delivers this to parents and carers.
Katie is a full member of the British Association of Play Therapy (BAPT) and she abides by their code of conduct.
DIANA COLLINS
Associate Art Therapist
Diana grew up in Toronto and worked as a literacy tutor, then trained as a theatre designer at the Riverside Studios in London and worked at the Stratford Festival in Canada. Returning to the UK to continue her studies (BA Hons Art and Social Context), she then worked as a visiting lecturer at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, for nearly 10 years.
After training as an art therapist (University of the West of England), Diana worked for 14 years as lead art therapist in a CAMHS service in south west England.
Diana has worked extensively with young people, including those living in foster care or adoptive families and developed her skills in DDP (Dan Hughes’ model of dyadic developmental psychotherapy) and Trauma focused CBT.
Diana moved via France to Wales to work in a city based CAMHS service and obtained certification as an EMDR therapist with the Mirabilis Institute. Diana has continued to run her own private therapy practice since 2005.
She is registered with the HCPC and is a member of EMDR UK.
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