Mandala Play Therapy is a safe and confidential therapeutic service based in Cardiff covering Cardiff, RCT, Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and surrounding areas. Mandala Play Therapy provides play therapy, art therapy and mindfulness program that empowers children and adolescents, enabling them to deal with their emotional and social difficulties in order to reach their full potential while offering  one to one safe, confidential, non-judgemental play therapy spaces for children in their individual schools, or an alternative setting.

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Sometimes a child will start to develop patterns of behaviour that may be causing disruption in their lives and to the lives of those around them. Parents, carers and teachers may recognise signs such as excessive anger, fear or worry that may be affecting a child's development and their ability to get along with their family and friends at school.

While adults experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties can seek help in the form talking therapies, children tend to find this therapeutic setting threatening and almost like an interrogation. As a result, play therapy is used to help children communicate at their own level and at their own pace. This enables them to understand confused feelings and upsetting experiences that they haven't yet had a chance to process. 

Mandala Play Therapy helps children to express themselves, explore their thoughts and feelings, and make sense of their life experiences. Play is a natural activity of learning, exploration and communication for children and so, the medium is considered highly effective for helping children to 'play out' what they may find difficult to put into words.

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'Toys are children's words and play is their language.' 

                                                                                          Gary Landreth

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