Helpline: 0800 980 1958

Parent child relational play

Parent Child Relational Play focuses on the importance of secure attachment, verbal and non-verbal communication and relationship strengthening through child focused and child led play.

After a family has experienced shared trauma, relationships can feel different or disconnected. Children can display uncharacteristic behaviour, and parents can feel unsure what to do or how to support them.

Support for you and your children

We Stand’s parent child relational play programme, provides parents and carers with the skills they need to engage in this form of play with their child or children.

Working one to one with a qualified and experienced practitioner over 4 sessions, you will learn:

  • the importance of play in a child’s life and how it is their natural way of communicating and learning

  • how to set up play sessions with your child

  • how to strengthen your listening and reflecting skills, allowing your child to feel valued and understood

A follow up session with your practitioner, will give you an opportunity to celebrate successes and explore any worries, fears or challenges you have faced in your play sessions at home.

As part of We Stand’s whole-family approach we ask that parents be engaging in other We Stand services such as their own counselling and/or parent workshops before undertaking the parent child relational play programme.

To access our children and young people’s services please call our free national helpline 0800 980 1958

For more information on each of our children and young people’s services click on the links below:

Other children and young people’s services

Delivered face to face in South East London

Creative arts therapy for children

Creative arts therapy for children

Young people's counselling

Young people’s counselling

Parent child relational play

Parent child relational play

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