Age Range
Children and adolescents
Description
About the Practice
When your child is carrying feelings too tangled for ordinary conversation, play can give the distress somewhere safer to go. Unfolded Mind Play & Creative Arts Therapy supports Manchester 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
Play and creative arts therapy, filial family therapy, PCAP parent-child attachment play and small-group wellbeing work
Trauma, emotional challenges, anxiety coping, self-esteem, regulation, problem-solving and SEND presentations
Experience in school environments and SEND presentations; ask provider about autism/ADHD-specific support fit
Why Work With Us?
PTUK-Registered Play Therapy: Parents can see the therapist role, membership route and safeguarding position before trusting someone with their child’s inner world.
Family and School-Aware Support: 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: Parents can use the play therapy process to understand what sits underneath behaviour, anxiety or shutdown, then bring that understanding into home and school.
Category
Location
Online / In-person
South Manchester base; Greater Manchester school, community and private practice work
Typical Wait Time
Ask provider
Fees / Price Range
1:1 play therapy sessions £50 sliding scale; initial assessment £80; school and LA quotes available
Assessment Tools / Approach
Play and creative arts therapy, filial family therapy, PCAP parent-child attachment play and small-group wellbeing work
Self-referral Accepted
Most private therapy routes accept parent enquiries; check consent, referral and safeguarding process for the child’s age
Written Report Included
Ask provider about school notes, review summaries or professional communication
Post-diagnosis Support
Experience in school environments and SEND presentations; ask provider about autism/ADHD-specific support fit
Daily Living Skills
Emotional expression, regulation, parent-child communication, confidence and school participation support by therapy scope
School Support
Works with local authorities, community groups, charities, primary schools and secondary schools
Home / School Visits
South Manchester base; Greater Manchester school, community and private practice work