About the Practice
When a child has lived with fear at home, ordinary reassurance rarely reaches the places that hurt. Gilgal Birmingham Children’s Play Therapy supports Birmingham families with play-based and counselling-style emotional wellbeing support for children who need more than another conversation at the kitchen table. The focus is safer expression, stronger connection and practical understanding for the adults around the child.

Clinical Expertise
Non-directive play therapy and parent/carer support through domestic abuse recovery route

Domestic abuse, trauma, family breakdown, emotional distress and recovery after unsafe experiences

Play therapy can help children who need to process fear, confusion or overwhelm without being pushed into adult conversation

Why Work With Us?
Domestic Abuse Recovery Focus: Parents can see the therapist role, membership route and safeguarding position before trusting someone with their child’s inner world.

Non-Directive Play Therapy: Play, creative work and counselling-style support help children communicate through action, story, art, movement and relationship when direct questions only make them close down.

Parent and School Connection: Support gives children a safer space to process experiences while helping adults understand how trauma is showing up in behaviour.