Sofia is a compassionate and experienced play therapist with over 20 years of practice, specialising in family play therapy and child mental health. She works with children and families navigating trauma, anxiety, grief, and disabilities, using a trauma-informed, neuro-affirming approach to foster healing and emotional resilience.

Sofia believes in the transformative power of play to help children express and process their emotions. She integrates attachment theory, neuroscience, and interpersonal neurobiology into her work to support emotional growth and healing. A core aspect of Sofia’s approach is involving parents and caregivers in the therapeutic journey, empowering them with the tools and support needed to navigate family dynamics and build stronger, healthier connections.

Sofia is proud to offer family play therapy, creating a safe and collaborative space where both parents and children engage in therapeutic play together. This process deepens their bond, allowing them to better understand each other, process emotions, and strengthen their relationship. Sofia uses a dyadic approach, like Interplay, to foster family connection and build emotional resilience.

Sofia also offers Filial Family Therapy, an empowering approach where parents learn to guide their child’s therapy by conducting weekly 30-minute play sessions at home. With Sofia’s coaching and support, parents help their children process emotional regulation difficulties, low self-esteem, or relationship challenges, while deepening their connection and fostering growth.

At The Family Systems Hub, Sofia is dedicated to supporting families as they navigate healing and growth. Whether through child play therapy, family play therapy, or filial therapy, Sofia works with families to create lasting positive change, strengthening their emotional bonds and promoting lasting, transformative healing.

Ready to begin your family’s healing journey with Sofia? Get in touch today to explore availability and next steps. at The Family Systems Hub 

I feel deeply passionate about supporting and accompanying fellow clinicians in their play therapy practice. There is something profoundly meaningful about walking alongside therapists as they develop their clinical skills, deepen their therapeutic presence, and strengthen their capacity to meet children where they are.

Play therapy is a profession that advocates for play as a therapeutic right for children. Clinical supervision is one of the ways we uphold our duty of care to children, ensuring that they receive the highest quality psychotherapeutic support possible. Through reflective, relational, and developmentally informed supervision, I support play therapists to grow in confidence, competence, and authenticity within their practice.

Supporting the Therapist Behind the Work

Alongside clinical supervision, I offer a unique additional layer of support through Breathwork Mastery and Rebirthing Breathwork (RBM). While supervision focuses on clinical practice, breathwork offers clinicians, counsellors, play therapists, and carers an opportunity to connect more deeply with themselves.

The work of holding space for others can be both deeply rewarding and emotionally demanding. Breathwork provides a powerful pathway for self-reflection, helping practitioners turn inward, reconnect with their own needs, and access the innate wisdom that exists within them. Through this process, many people experience greater self-awareness, emotional integration, and a renewed sense of alignment with their values and purpose.

Breathwork can also support practitioners to expand their window of tolerance, increase resilience, reduce the impact of stress and compassion fatigue, and cultivate the internal resources needed to continue showing up for others with presence, care, and compassion. By nurturing the person behind the professional role, clinicians are better equipped to sustain themselves in meaningful and sustainable practice while reducing the risk of burnout.Item description