ZOE BEAUDRO
Helping children who have experienced trauma, adverse childhood experiences, or who display emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.
What I can help with
Abuse
ASD
ADHD
Anxiety
Behavioural problems
Bereavement/loss
Bullied/bullies
Communication problems
Delayed development
Looked after children
Nightmares
Oppositional defiance
Separated/divorced parents
Social exclusion
Transitions
Trauma
Unauthorised absences
Withdrawn
Witness to domestic abuse
Type of therapy
Play and creative arts therapy
Theraplay® informed practice
Helping
Children aged 4 upwards
Young people
About me
I became a Play Therapist as I was concerned about the rise in mental health issues in children and young people and I was inspired by the work of Dan Hughes and Bruce Perry. I began to read more about neuroscience, attachment, trauma informed approaches, and psychotherapy and discovered Play Therapy.
I continue to develop my practice and benefit from ongoing professional training and supervision, most recently in Theraplay® and TraumaPlay®. I have really appreciated having my own counselling, with an Embodied Psychotherapist for a couple of years, and this also informs my work. I have experience working with children who have experienced trauma, abuse, witnessed domestic violence, 'Looked After Children', children who have had experience of anxiety, sleep problems, oppositional defiance disorder, ADHD, ASD. I am also currently researching the clinical application of Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory in my Play Therapy and using it as part of my own reflexive practice.
I practice yoga regularly and am a keen wild swimmer. I live in Stroud with my family and love being outdoors and going on adventures.
"Zoë is an effective therapist who has achieved positive change with children with a wide range of needs. She is fully committed to developing her understanding of each of the children she works with and responding to their unique needs. Zoë develops good working relationships with professionals involved with the child and with the child’s parents or carers. A headteacher at a school where Zoë set up play therapy for Toucan in April 2018 told us she “would not be without the service in her school. The difference made to the children having therapy is invaluable. Not only this, the advice provided to my staff team about approaches and work to undertake with these children within the classroom setting has seen children move from complete disengagement to full participation within a number of months." Angie Beard, Trustee, Toucan for Children CIO
What I offer
Play therapy is to children, what counselling is to adults; play is a child's natural medium of expression.
I offer therapy to children and young people. I work in an integrative, holistic, child-centred way, with awareness of developmental trauma and experience of working with children who have experienced multiple adverse childhood experiences. I also work with children who have low self-esteem, have difficulty self-regulating, have various conduct issues and emotional difficulties.
Play Therapy is a form of Psychotherapy that uses children’s natural medium of expression. Children can bring their feelings, both conscious and unconscious, to the surface. The play therapy room is a safe contained space where the child can express themselves fully through play; they can just be themselves without judgement, without interpretation, without agenda. The child is treated with respect, is accepted, and permitted to do and say what is needed. Child-centred play therapy is based on the theory that children have the resilience and the capacity to self-direct; the play therapist needs to relate to the child in ways that will assist the child’s own self-healing, creative power. I also work more directly when there is a need.
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Professional accreditation & qualification
Member of PTUK (Play Therapy UK) registered with the Professional Standards Authority
Member of BACP
Postgraduate Diploma in Play and Creative Arts Therapist
Theraplay® Informed Practitioner enrolled on Theraplay® Practicum
Level III Forest School Leader
