Welcome to Bird Rock Play Therapy

Based in and around the Surf Coast

If your child is struggling with big emotions, behaviour changes, anxiety, has experienced trauma or something just doesn’t feel quite right — you don’t have to navigate it alone.

At times, children experience challenges that can feel overwhelming for both them and the people around them. Often, they don’t yet have the words to explain what’s going on inside.

That’s where play therapy can help.

How Play Therapy Works

For children, play is their natural language.

Through a warm, safe, and trusting relationship, children are able to express what they’re feeling, make sense of their experiences, and begin to work through difficulties — all through play.

As Garry Landreth beautifully said,
“Birds fly, fish swim, children play.”

In this supportive space, children can:

• process big emotions

• build confidence and resilience

• improve communication

• develop healthier ways of coping and relating

Is this right for my child?

Play therapy can support children experiencing:

• Anxiety or worry

• Emotional outbursts or difficulty regulating feelings

• ADHD or ASD

• Trauma or difficult life experiences

• Family changes such as separation or divorce

• School-related challenges

• Loss or grief

• Low self-esteem

• Aggression or anger

• Sleep, toileting, or eating difficulties

• Selective mutism

• Chronic illness or disability

Why play?

Play isn’t “just play” — it’s how children learn, process, and heal.

Research shows that while repetition helps build new neural pathways, when learning happens through play, the process is significantly faster and more meaningful.

Ready to take the next step?

If you’re wondering whether play therapy might help your child, you’re very welcome to reach out.