Stephanie Milne

Trauma Informed and holistic Play therapist with Four years’ experience supporting children and young people through play based therapeutic interventions. Proficient in using child centered approaches to address emotional, physical and psychological challenges from adverse childhood experiences. Adept at working collaboratively with families, schools and multidisciplinary teams to promote the wellbeing of the children I work with.

I am Passionate about creating a safe nurturing environment and therapeutic relationship to empower children to express themselves, process and create new coping strategies they can use for years to come after their work with myself

Play Therapist in Training • Play therapist • Belgrave Primary

School.

-Conducted Play therapy sessions over a 4-year period, with all clients showing improvements in their emotional wellbeing.

-Assessed emotional and behavioral issues through observation,

Interaction, parent/teacher interviews.

-Developed and implemented play therapy plans to support children with complex trauma, anxiety, ADHD, Autism, attachment issues and bereavement.

-Engaged with Parents/caregivers throughout therapy when needed to provide guidance and therapeutic strategies I felt would benefit the children.

-Maintained accurate and ethical noted in accordance with GDPR guidelines. Provided end reports and safeguarding reports when needed.

-actively collaborated with teachers, safeguarding leads, parents, TAF and multidisciplinary team to create a holistic approach to all children in my care.

Bereavement Support Worker • Volunteer • Hospice of the good

Shepherd

Working as a bereavement support worker provided me with invaluable experience that directly impacted my future therapeutic work. Supporting children through grief and loss builds emotional intelligence, therapeutic conversation and resilience

.

-Deeping emotional intelligence and empathy Supporting grieving children requires sensitivity, patience and the ability to understand complex emotions.

-Managing difficult conversations discussing death, loss and trauma requires confidence in handling sensitive topics.

-Supporting individuals with different coping skills- grief manifests in different ways this experience highlighted the fact that mental health support must be a holistic approach to all children.

-Crisis intervention and emotional regulation, I often dealt with individuals experiencing overwhelming emotions and having to implement emotional regulation skills to de-escalate and de-stress the children within the group.

Nursery Apprentice • nursery nurse • Hoole Bank day Nursery

-Understanding Child Development, This gave me my first expirence of understanding child development which has only further developed in my further educational and professional development.

• Safeguarding and child protection awareness, first experience of understanding and implementing safeguarding and child protection protocols.
• Active Listening and non-verbal communication, young children that hadn’t fully developed communication would express themselves through play a skill a use daily in my job as a play therapist.

Leeds Beckett University oct 2020-2025

-Post Qualifying Diploma in Play Therapy.

-Post Qualifying Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills The Open University oct

2014-May 2020

-BA Hons in Childhood and

Youth Studies

Learn Direct Nov2013-

Nov 2014

• Level two Apprenticeship in

Early Years Education

Continued personal development

-Beacon house developmental trauma training

• Safeguarding Level 2

with CPD online Collage

• Safeguarding Level 3

designated safeguarding lead training with CPD

Online Collage