Naas Family & Play Therapy Service
As family therapists, we work systemically believing that the central focus should be upon the system rather than the individual.
Psychological problems can be precipitated in response to a clear stressor or a build up of life stresses, as in some cases of depression and anxiety.
Playful and creative approaches in family therapy provide alternative to talk therapy. The younger the child, the more limited their language.
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Through talk therapy, art & play alternative insights can emerge, supporting new ways of understanding & interacting.
Working therapeutically involves using a variety of approaches to help children and young people.
Systemic Family and Couples Therapies provide effective help for people with an extraordinarily wide range of difficulties.
Family life does not always run smoothly, Family Therapy can help family members better understand and support each other.
Areas We Specialise In
Family Challenges
Family life does not always run smoothly, Family Therapy can help family members better understand and support each other. Families face many challenges such as parenting, relationships within blended families, separation, divorce and gender identity. Therapy can explore these and other issues individually from different perspectives or with all members of the family to gain an understanding and appreciation of each other’s experiences, views and needs. Families can then build on family strengths and work together to make useful changes in their relationships and their lives.
School Difficulties
Where school becomes a difficulty for a family member (bullying, school refusal, behavioural problems) this can have a negative impact on the whole family and cause distress. Therapy can work with the family and the school to obtain an understanding of the difficulties the young person may be experiencing and use interventions to address the issues.
When Social media is involved, we provide a practical educational option by Michael Moran facilitating workshops for parents, young people & schools. This collaborative & multidisciplinary approach with all involved as well as incorporating therapeutic interventions when bullying takes place has proven to be extremely successful.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
We see our mental health to be as important as our physical health. Just as with our physical health, we need to understand how to mind ourselves and when difficulties occur attend the relevant professionals to seek information, clarity and support. Unfortunately social stigma, lack of clear information and a belief that we should be able to cope can all stand in the way of people gaining the supports they need that reduce prolonged distress and bring about recovery.
Good mental health and well being allows us to live a wholehearted life, connecting with others, feeling confident and content with energy and motivation. Investing in our mental health is proven to reduce health problem, and improve quality of life, quality of relationships, career progression as well as internal and external ways of coping.
Relational Difficulties
Relational difficulties occur within all context, the merging of people and their family’s beliefs can raise challenges. How we grow up and the relationships we have, influence our beliefs and how we interact with others. Life stress, changes in situations and/or unresolved pass experiences can all contribute to relational difficulties and conflicts.
Managing conflict is part of being in a relationship yet when we don’t have the skills and insights we need, small things can become difficult and can cause
distress. Our Family Therapists are uniquely qualified and trained to work with couples on relationship issues. Creating emotional connections within a safe environments supports couples to understand their own behaviours and find ways to name their emotional needs.
Healthy Life Balance
Trauma
There are many types of trauma, these range from one off shock incidents like an assault or car accident to experiencing an abusive relationship and/or growing up in an environment where your needs were not met resulting in developmental or complex trauma.
Working therapeutically with developmental and shock trauma requires overlapping but different sets of skills. Individuals that have experienced either types of shock can present similarly. Both individuals may be anxious, depressed, disassociated, self loathing, and suffer from diverse physical symptoms.
At Naas Family and Play Therapy Service, we understand the difference ways trauma impacts people of all ages. We use a range of evidence based approaches to address the complexities and varying distress experienced.
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The first is engagement, the second is continuity.
Engagement with the therapy requires a degree of determination.
The result is a relationship between the therapist and the individual seeking recovery”.
Dr Jim Lucy, The Life Well Lived.
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