“Play is a child’s natural form of self-expression”
Healing Together
Welcome to Healing Together!
We support children, young people and families to strengthen their connection, explore identity, relationships and work toward emotional and psychological healing, through the use of play and expressive therapies.
We use a variety of evidence based interventions to support their healing, including Therapeutic Life Story Work™, play and expressive therapies.
How do we do this? By connecting together, being curious together, playing together and thriving, together!
Services we offer for Children and Young People
Child Centred Play Therapy
Child Centred Play Therapy (CCPT) is a non-directive therapeutic play-based intervention that allows the child the ability to communicate what they experience in their inner world, allows children to express thoughts, feelings and ideas about who they are and how they see themselves, through the use of play as a way of communicating..
Filial Therapy
Unlike other therapies, Filial Therapy sees the parents as the change agent to work with their child or children, to work through challenges that they might be experiencing, encourage children’s ‘healthy psycho-social development’, and to strengthen connections within the whole family. Filial Therapy is very effective in teaching parents how to play, connect and attune to their children.
Therapeutic Life Story Work™
Therapeutic Life Story Work™ is designed to support children, young people and adults to better understand and make sense of their experiences in their lives. It has been subjected to independent research and validated as an evidenced based narrative model that has excellent outcomes for traumatised children, young people and adults.
Groups
Groups are available for your child or young person to participate in, which explore personal identity development, how to navigate safe relationships,
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From the left: Meisha Taumoefolau, Dr James Lucas and Professor Richard Rose at the launch of the Deakin University TLSW Evaluation, October 2023.
Healing Together is available to provide clinical supervision to Child Play Therapists and Therapeutic Life Story Workers™.
Consultation to support care teams, carers and birth families is also available upon request.
We are able to accept referrals from NDIS supported plan-managed or self-managed clients, government and not for profit agencies, or privately funded clients.
We also provide training packages and presentations to teams looking to expand their knowledge and experience of Child Play Therapy and Therapeutic Life Story Work™. Provided below is a link to the Deakin University Evaluation of the 2012 Rose Model of Therapeutic Life Story Work™, which provides evidence of it’s effectiveness, adaptability and application as an appropriate intervention for children and young people who have experienced trauma.
If you are interested in any of our services or are seeking support or consultation, please reach out to have a conversation about yours or your Team’s needs, through the Contact form.
Connection, Support, Curiosity, Creativity, Thrive!
All About Us
At Healing Together, we are believe that every child has the right to explore their story, make sense of their experiences, express themselves unconditionally and ultimately, thrive!
With 19 years of experience working with children, young people and families in the Out of Home Care sector in Victoria, Australia, we aim to work closely with families and care teams to provide a systematic support response. Children thrive when carers and families feel safe, stable and care teams are communicating effectively!
Meisha Taumoefolau (she/her) is a Masters trained and APPTA Registered Child Play Therapist™ with extensive experience of supporting children, young people and families in out of home care.
Meisha also holds a Certified Therapeutic Life Story Worker™, is a registered member of TLSWi and proud committee member of TLSWa.
Meisha is joined by a dynamic team - “Sunny” the lop eared rabbit and “Chilli”, “Floss” and “Poppy” the Isa Brown chickens. You might see them in the play room!
Contact Us
If you are interested in working together, have questions that you would like to explore with us, or would like further information, please fill out the contact form and we will be in touch shortly.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
