Who are we?
Laois Play Therapy opened it’s doors in 2017, filling a gap in Laois’s mental health services. In 2019 Laois Play Therapy partnered with Bright Sparks Learning Centre for Dyslexia, creating the Inspiring Minds Learning Centre in Portlaoise town. Inspiring Minds continues to expand it’s services and will be providing speech and language therapy, and adult therapy in the near future.
What is Play Therapy?
Play therapy is a type of therapy primarily used on children under the age of 12. A trained play therapist can use play to observe and gain insights into a child’s problems, emotions, or unresolved trauma. Using play therapy has been proven to help children develop coping skills and learn how to redirect inappropriate behaviour.
