This session will be delivered by Holly Joyce, Play and Filial Therapist and Therapeutic Life Story Work Practitioner. 

In this webinar, we will discover how play supports emotional regulation, and we will think about how anxiety can disrupt the ability to engage in play. We’ll dive into developmental play stages and why play remains essential throughout each stage of life. In addition to understanding the core elements of therapeutic play, we shall identify play techniques that can promote emotional regulation and a soothing sense of calm.

This webinar will include:

• Why play is vital for emotional health and resiliency

• Emotion regulation and how anxiety hijacks play

• Key elements of therapeutic play

• Developmental play, why it is important for children (and adults) at any age, and how to provide for it

• The relational aspect of play and bringing awareness to the core skills needed to facilitate play that is calming and regulating

• Identifying what to look out for in children who may benefit from specialist support, and how and when to refer on

• Questions and Answers

Please note that this webinar is for foster carers in Wales. If you would like to learn more information, please contact [email protected].