Alida is a Registered Play Therapist and Clinical Supervisor for Play and Creative Arts Therapist with many years of experience working across a range of settings, including Education, Private Practise and Community Services.
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She is also a Specialised Wellness Counsellor and a Circle of Security Facilitator. Alida has worked as a Play Therapist since 2016 and has an ongoing commitment to further study and professional learning.
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Alida completed her qualification of Play Therapy through PTUK and Leeds Beckett University. Alida has experience supporting children with a variety of behaviours and difficulties.
About Alida
She values the important role families and carers play in children’s growth and development and enjoys helping families learn and develop new skills to support their children through co-regulation and therapeutic parenting.
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Alida currently works as a Play Therapist at a local school and as a supervisor supporting therapists across South Africa and internationally.
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Her strengths are encouragement and support. Being sincere and seeing the bigger picture of a situation is what comes naturally for her. Working with people and especially children has taught her to be gentle, kind and flexible.
May what I do flow from me like a river, the way it is with children…