Certified Play Therapist
Clinic: Farsley
Ellie Brown is a certified Play Therapist with over 5 years of post-qualification experience supporting children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Her career began in schools with a focus on social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH), where she delivered play therapy to children with a wide range of needs, including supporting children through bereavement, trauma, emotional regulation challenges, and children with neurodiverse needs. She has dedicated her career to helping children process trauma, build resilience and achieve emotional well-being. Her work is grounded in the principles of attachment theory and neurodevelopmental research. She understands that trauma can impact brain development and that therapeutic interventions must be developmentally matched, sensory-informed, and relationship-focused.
Ellie is passionate about creating safe, trusting and therapeutic environments. Outside of Kaleidoscope, she works for a mental health charity where she supports children from diverse backgrounds, including those involved with social services, on child protection plans or from broken family environments. Ellie delivers one-to-one therapeutic interventions within primary schools across inner-city Bradford, supporting children who have experienced complex trauma. She works systemically with parents and carers, whom she sees as essential agents of change, and collaborates closely with school staff to create consistent, nurturing environments for the young people she supports. Ellie brings a trauma-informed, empathetic approach to every child she works with, drawing on a strong foundation of practical experience in education and therapeutic settings. In addition to her play therapy qualifications, Ellie is also a certified Autoplay provider, which enables her to work closely with neurodiverse children and their families in a tailored, compassionate, and strengths-based way.
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Face-to-face: Saturdays 8.00-14:00