ABOUT ASH
I help therapists guide parents and schools to understand and share the same language.
Because children thrive when adults around them share the same language.
20 years working with children, young people and families. A Masters in Social Work. A Diploma in Play Therapy. And a mum of two - which means I understand this from both sides.
20
YEARS EXPERIENCE
MSW
MASTERS IN SOCIAL WORK
PTUK
PLAY THERAPY UK
2
CHILDREN OF MY OWN
MY STORY
It started in Paris..
My journey began working in a college in Paris, France - supporting students with their English skills. But I was quickly given far more important tasks: helping them with their emotional wellbeing, relationships and social struggles.
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That was the moment I knew. This was the work I was meant to do.
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I returned to the UK and gained a Masters in Social Work and trained in Play Therapy with PTUK and APAC via Leeds Beckett University. From the very beginning, my priority was working therapeutically with children - supporting them through some of the most complex and challenging times in their lives; including complex trauma and bereavement, anxiety and emotional regulation, children in care, refugee and asylum-seeking families and neurodivergent children and their families.
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Every child that I've worked with has taught me the same thing: progress happens faster and more effectively when the adults around a child share the same understanding. That belief is why Therapeutic Space with Ash exists - to help therapists being that shared understanding to every family and school they work with.
"Everyday, I am grateful to be able to do the job that I do. It is an honour and a privilege to be a part of a child's therapeutic journey."
- ASH, THERAPEUTIC SPACE
WHAT I BELIEVE
The values that shape everything
Behaviour is communication
Every difficult behaviour is a child's nervous system asking for something. When we understand the ask, we can meet the need.
Connection before correction
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A child who feels connected is a child who can cooperate. Regulation follows relationship - always.
Parents need support too​
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You cannot co-regulate your child from a place of dysregulation. Your nervous system matters just as much as theirs.