Carol Jones

Why | After working as a support worker in residential care for several years, I trained as a Healthcare Play Specialist and Intensive Interaction Coordinator, but there was something missing. I wanted to help the children who needed more therapeutic play; the children the teachers didn’t understand; the children who were labelled as 'difficult' or 'naughty' but their experiences told a different story. Which is why I trained to be a Play Therapist.

Who | Primary aged children; children and young adults with special educational needs (SEN)

How | Using Person Centred Play Therapy; enabling young children and people with SEN to navigate a therapeutic journey by communicating through play

My Passion | Helping adults find a different way of thinking by seeing the world  from the child’s perspective. Enabling people with severe and profound learning disabilities to have opportunities to communicate and develop mutual social connections with others.

Little known fact | I fell forward off a crane platform located 180 ft high and did a bungee jump with no hesitation.

My self care tip | Always find time to play; identify what is intrinsically motivating and enjoyable for you and engage in it playfully.