Author: Jennifer Warters
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Bring My Daddy Back
In my previous blogs about my work with children, I have emphasised my belief that when children are given an opportunity to direct their play without adult control, they are more likely to tap into their own unique self-healing mechanism and direct their play in a way that would give them the healing they needed…
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Simple Pleasures
We all, whether young or old, able bodied or disabled, intellectually impaired or with the capacity to function in all aspects of physical life, have the ability to find a purpose and to reach a fuller potential if we are able to connect to the intuitive pathways beyond our cognitive faculties. We can accomplish this…
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Fairytales, Astrology and Enchantment in Relation to Child Directed Creative Play
This is an excerpt from an article written in collaboration with Sandra Lamb Kilburn, a medical astrologer whose work enhances applied clinical practice at the Living Memory Research Trust . The article explores astrological psychology and specific astrological chart indicators. A detailed case study of child directed creative play sessions demonstrates their application in a…
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Little Drummer Boy
Sam was eight years old with a diagnosis of Down’s syndrome. He attended a local primary school and received daily help from his support assistant within the classroom. Sam’s limited understanding of language, meant that he expressed himself using single words only i.e. names of familiar people, objects and actions. To help him communicate,…
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Fly Me To The Moon
One wet Saturday afternoon in Scotland, several years ago, my four year-old grandson and I spent the morning exploring the towpath on the Polwarth canal bank in Edinburgh. I was ‘baby sitting’ while my son and his wife took a much needed over night break . Undeterred by the weather, Fin and I shared…
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Principles Underpinning the Origins of Sound
Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates….. that all that we call matter and energy are but modes of vibratory motion .’ The Kybalion ‘We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.’ Gautama…
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Playtime
In my early days as a speech and language therapist, I had a deep desire to work creatively with children with special needs but became disillusioned with systems and methods of working that failed to address the child’s underlying emotions. In the past, I had made hasty judgements which may have interfered with the child’s…
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Healing Through Play
Robert, a subdued little boy of eight, was referred to me for creative play because of his struggles at home and at school where he was unable to order his thoughts. When he tried to express himself, his speech was muddled and incoherent. His actions were clumsy and he often tripped and banged into things. …
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Energy Field Alignment : An Agent Of Change
This updated blog was first written in 2006 but so much has changed since then. Hopefully, in the current turmoil, my words will encourage you to reduce your own stress levels and discover your true purpose in life. In the 1990s, in search of an understanding of spirituality, I began my own healing journey. Healing…
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Waiting in the Wings
I had been called to a residential home because Leonard, one of the older residents with learning disabilities and a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder was exhibiting ‘disturbing behaviour’. Apparently Leonard was making ‘strange noises’ to annoy residents who had gathered in the television lounge to watch their favourite programme. I arranged a visit to…