Child, Youth, Family Therapist & Group Facilitator

For over 30 years Debbie has been offering Specialist Play Therapies, Family Therapy and facilitating groups using Clay, Sand, Interactive Drawing, Lego, Puppetry and Story Telling as well as directed and non directed play for Children, Youth and Families affected by Trauma, Special Needs, Physical/Mental Illness, the Dying Process, Grief and Bereavement.

Debbie has written a children’s book about the dying process and has written in nursing reference books on the importance of specialist play.

Debbie is currently studying to be a Child Centered Play Therapist (CCPT).

Debbie is trained in COPMIA (Children Of Parents with Mental Illness and Addictions).

She has contracts with DHB, MOE, MSD, NGO and private contracts.

Debbie is a member of the Hospital Play Therapy Association NZ and the Family Therapy Association NZ