I brought my 6-year-old son to see Julie as he had been having significant behavioural and regulation issues which were displayed by aggressive and sometimes violent behaviour. It was a constant on-going problem of walking on eggshells and managing his behaviour 24/7.
We stopped a lot of the social occasions as it became very difficult and stressful. If he didn’t get his own way, win at games or we said no to anything, this would result in a major kick off
Julie warned us this may get worse before it got better, and this was definitely true, and the therapy took time -I’d say we noticed a real difference after 9 months of the therapy. He had the tools and the techniques to regulate his behaviour , calls from school became less and less frequent, family life became calmer, and I became less stressed and anxious-my levels of anxiety over the years had increased significantly. Our little boy became happier in his own skin, we bonded a lot more which in turn brought happiness all around and he was able to interact with friends and his sister much better. There are occasions of challenging behaviour, but this has become rarer as opposed to daily.
I would highly recommend Julie at Hazelwood play therapy; she genuinely cares and would often send messages to check how school and family life was going during the sessions and when we’d finished she would offer helpful advice. He loved his time with Julie and its definitely made a big impact.