Cheka Safeguarding is now offering play therapy provided by Helen Neale.
Specialist areas:
- Providing therapeutic support for children, young people and their families
- Completing therapeutic life story work using creative and innovative techniques
- Working directly with children and young people who have experienced trauma and have attachment difficulties
Helen qualified as a Play Therapist after completing the MSc in Play Therapy in 2016 and is a full member of the British Association of Play Therapists that governs her practice. Helen has worked on a freelance basis since qualifying and currently works with agencies including the Post Adoption support teams, VVC and Western Bay, local Authorities including Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea as well as charities Barnardos and 2 Wish Upon a Star.
Helen has a particular interest in working with children and young people who have experienced trauma and have attachment difficulties. Helen feels passionately that children and young people who have been removed from their parents care should have access to therapeutic support in order to process their trauma and enable them to go on to build healthy attachments in the future. Helen works in a non-judgemental, empathetic manner with the needs of the child being paramount.
Previous to becoming a Play Therapist Helen worked in Rhondda Cynon Taf children’s services for 12 years, she has also worked for Newport County council and was a youth support worker In Cardiff. As well as being a qualified Play Therapist Helen has also completed Level One training in Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy which includes the PACE model. Helen is able to complete Therapeutic life story work.
