The Rainbow Tree Wales Play Therapy and Children's Wellbeing
The Rainbow Tree WalesPlay Therapy and Children's Wellbeing

About us

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.

Ceri Hunt

Children and Young Peoples Counsellor

 

Ceri is a qualified 'Integrative' Counsellor which means she trained in a number of different theoretical approaches to counselling. Following professionally qualifying as a counsellor, Ceri went on to gain additional training in working with Children and Young People and holds a Post-graduation diploma in Counselling Children and Young People and a Post-graduation foundation certificate in Family Therapy from the University of South Wales. Further studies have also included DDP level 1 and the Trauma Recovery model diploma.

 

Ceri when working with adults is able to be responsive to each individual adjusting her therapeutic approach accordingly. Through gentle exploration within a non-judgmental, valuing and empathic relationship, Ceri will enable you to express your feelings and bring clarity to your experience.

 

When Ceri is counselling Young people she is equally able to empower her young clients through her integrative approach and encourages them to express their feelings, thus bringing some clarity to their experience. Counselling can offer a young person the opportunity to talk through whatever is going on for them in a private and safe setting. As a parent or carer this may feel strange as you would wish they could talk to you. Ceri is professionally mindful of encouraging clients to build positive relationships with the significant individuals around them, she will therefore always work towards empowering and building the life skills necessary for the client to develop more open communication within their family.

 

Ceri enjoys using creative counselling techniques when working with young people, this can include working with sand trays, clay, and other creative mediums, alongside talking therapies. She can work with young people aged 10plus right through to adults in their senior years.

Ceri work is underpinned by the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy’s (BACP) Ethical framework for good practice and she has regular professional supervision as part of this code of ethics.

Katie HANNINGTON

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.

LIana

Associate Play Therapist

 

 

Liana joined the team at The Rainbow Tree Wales in July 2023

 

Liana completed her MSc play therapy degree in June 2023 with the University of South Wales and has undertaken over 100 clinical hours of supporting children using child-centred play therapy and offering guidance to families and professionals who are supporting children.  She is a full member of the British Association of Play Therapists (BAPT).   She has also trained in therapeutic life story work (TLSW) with Family Futures to enable her to offer therapeutic support to children and young people to explore and understand past events of their lives.

Liana has trained as a social worker and has supported children across various contexts, including children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences and developmental trauma.  Liana has provided direct work to children, young people and their families and worked with parents/carers and multi-agency colleagues to ensure that children’s holistic needs can be met. 

She has past experience in delivering evidenced-based parenting programmes both in a group setting and also providing one-to-one bespoke support to parents and carers. She has trained in the Family Links’ Nurturing Programme, Triple-P programme and the Incredible Years Series (pre-birth parenting programmes through to adolescent parenting programmes).  Liana has also facilitated and supported parents who may have additional learning needs and facilitated programmes that are accessible to all. 

Liana plans to train as a practitioner in the evidenced-based Child Parent Relationship Training (CPRT) in October 2023 and this will enhance her experience and enable her to incorporate this model into her practice.  This will focus on the dynamic relationship facets of training parents to be therapeutic agents in their children’s lives.  Liana hopes to be able to offer this support from late October.  

AMANDA BLACK - B.ED (HONS), MSc (PLAY THERAPY)

Associate Play Therapist

 

Amanda has completed an MSc in Child Centred Play Therapy with the University of South Wales and has worked with a diverse range of children including those who have experienced bereavement, loss, anxiety, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s), developmental trauma, aggression, domestic abuse, neglect and attachment difficulties.

 

Prior to this training as a play therapist, for over twenty-five years she taught Primary aged children from Nursery to Year six as a teacher in primary schools. During this time, she gained experience of children presenting with emotional, social, cognitive, physical, and developmental difficulties and worked with families in challenging circumstances. Amanda has completed Developmental Trauma for Professionals to support her understanding of developmental trauma. Amanda is also a trained BTEC Nursery Nurse with experience of working with children aged 0-3 years. Amanda utilises the skills she has gained from working with children and their families to enable her to work holistically with children and families working together with parents/carers, teachers, and other professionals where appropriate to support children and young people holistically.

 

Amanda has qualified with The Certificate of Best Practice in Outdoor Play Therapy as not all children or young people feel at ease indoors for therapy.

Amanda is also fully trained in Therapeutic Life Story Work 

  

Amanda is a full NQT member of the British Association of Play Therapy (BAPT) and abides by their code of conduct and ethical standards. She is ICO registered to ensure all clients data is stored securely in accordance with GDPR.

 

 

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