Kate talks about the therapeutic power of play

Mandy and Kate chat to play and filial therapist Kate Renshaw, an author, international speaker, university scholar and mental health consultant. She has a background in psychology, art therapy, play therapy, higher education teaching and learning, and currently works in her private practice Play and Filial Therapy.   She’s also a Pea with two children with different medical conditions and has recently ‘delivered’ her third ‘child’ (her PhD!) for assessment after eight years of research. While working as a school counsellor and studying art therapy in the UK, Kate decided to pursue play therapy as she loved working with children and families, and was passionate about the power of play.  Kate shares her journey through studying, practicing and teaching play therapy, including her experience in academic research. She’s developed evidence-based practices to support both parents and teachers in delivering play therapy at home and school. She’s passionate about working with teachers and families, working with groups of children in Group Play Therapy, training student play therapists, contributing to play therapy research, and offering clinical supervision and professional development to registered play therapists. She’s also self-publishing a book for play therapists in 2023.Thanks for chatting with us Kate!Check out the Play and Filial Therapy website Find Kate on Facebook Connect with Kate on LinkedInPlus: Kate was listening to Knowable Me podcast about online forms and Shagged Married AnnoyedKate was loving watching VeraMandy was loving watching The Last Of Us - the third episode ‘took her breath away’ and loved the episode of Smartless featuring Wayne’s World’s Dana Carvey. Listen to our Spotify playlist –Too Peas: Songs Our Guest Peas LoveMelbourne forecast for Thursday 20 April - Partly cloudy, 18 degrees Join our Facebook HangoutFind us on YouTubeHelp spread the love for Too Peas by rating and reviewing us!Leave us a speakpipeThank you for supporting Too Peas In A Podcast! We love to hear from you, please contact us via our:Website: www.toopeasinapodcast.com.auEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.