About Wild

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As a young adult working with children on community orders and in prisons, I struggled to connect with the expectations systems had of children's cognitive and developmental capacity. I vowed to make my way to a career that compassionately and developmentally understood and supported children. I started to study postgraduate psychology at Deakin University. Here, I came across the Therapeutic Child Play subjects. I took one unit, and I knew I'd found what I had been looking for. I transferred to the Masters of Child Play Therapy and moved interstate to work for a seasoned Supervising Registered Play Therapist to obtain hands on experience whilst finishing the degree. I am particularly passionate about supporting children and families who have experienced in-utero & infant trauma, attachment disruption, domestic violence, developmental delay, and families who are Neurodivergent.

-Registered Play Therapist (RPT™), Australasia Pacific Play Therapy Association (APPTA)

APPTA is an affiliate member of Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) and a qualifying member of National Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions (NASRHP)

-Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor, Play Therapy Practitioners Association (PTPA)

-Registered Certified Practising Counsellor, Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation Australia (PACFA)

-Clinical Supervisor trained, Psychology and Play Therapy Australia

-Master's of Child Play Therapy, Deakin University

-Postgraduate Certificate of Primary Education, Monash University

-Bachelor of Criminology & Social and Community Welfare, Monash University

-Certificate IV in Government (Courts), RMIT