The Importance of Play
An article exploring the role of play, safety, connection, and emotional regulation in children’s lives.
Originally published in Mums & Tots, Issue 60, Autumn 2026.
Resources
Articles, talks, publications, and useful materials.
Media
Where My PhD Didn’t Take Me: A Journey into Play
A personal and professional reflection on identity, redirection, and responding to unexpected life paths.
Blending neuroscience, clinical insight, and lived experience, this talk offers a perspective on resilience, meaning, and integration.
Publications
Play Therapist Survey Report 2023
A report exploring children’s emotional and mental wellbeing in the years following the Covid pandemic, based on survey responses from play therapists in Ireland.
This report explores children’s emotional and mental wellbeing in the years following the Covid pandemic and offers a useful wider context for both families and professionals seeking therapeutic support.
