“Our child really enjoyed her time with Rhiannon and it has been so great to see the changes in her. It has been a really valuable experience for us all as a family.”

Parent of a child who accessed Play Therapy

Katy Beetham

For the past 19 years Katy has worked therapeutically with children and families. She approaches her practice with a compassionate humility and is known to be eternally curious.

Katy’s practice frequently involves her working with those impacted by developmental trauma, children with attachment difficulties, those with sensory processing difficulties and with families on the edge of placement breakdown. Working relationally with a focus on connection sits at the core of Katy’s work and has become a key aspect of all Curiosity Project provision.

Contact Katy at Curiosity Project

e. katyb@curiosity-project.co.uk

t: 07828 020659

The Team

  • Laura Mithra

    Laura approaches her clients with humility and a natural warmth. She works in a consistent and congruent manor which allows people to access the parts of themselves that have been protectively hidden away. Through play and metaphor, connection and understanding, Laura's work with Curiosity Project fits with her core values of integrity, honesty and respect.

    Laura has worked with children and families for over 12 years both as therapist and as service manager. She has a wealth of experience in working with children with learning and/or physical disabilities and with those impacted by developmental trauma.  Laura is passionate about her work with children and families and this is evident through her investment in the connection from beginning to end.

  • Alex Meredith

    Alex is a client-centred occupational therapist, she has a natural ability to connect with people and to put them at ease. Alex has worked in the field of mental health for the past 11 years in both the private and public sector, her practice is holistic and person centred at the core.

    Alex is passionate about enabling children, young people and their families to achieve the goals that matter the most to them and to helping them access life in the richest way possible.

  • Rhiannon Finn

    Rhiannon is a thoughtful and gentle therapist with a passion for movement, metaphor, and the outdoors. She has worked therapeutically with children and families for the last 10 years before training as a Play Therapist in 2019. Rhiannon loves seeing each child’s uniqueness and helping them to feel safe, grounded, and free to express themselves.

    Alongside this she is motivated by listening to parents’ and carers’ parenting challenges and helping them to feel more in control, understood, and able to enjoy their children.

  • Amy van Gils

    Amy is a compassionate therapist with a core belief that each individual is shaped by their own life experience. Her work embodies the knowledge that we each need something unique to us as individuals in order to be seen, known and understood. Movement, body awareness and creativity are central to Amy’s way of working, however Amy will always be led by the client’s needs. Amy’s authentic way of being enables her clients to feel safely held in their process from beginning to end.

    Amy has worked within the field of mental health for the past 15 years as both a social worker and therapist, her practice has included her working within education, social care and the NHS. Amy specialises in working with those impacted by developmental trauma and with the neurodiverse community.

“We often say that we have Katy sitting on our shoulder or pause to think what would she suggest in this moment. She has been a great support to our family and I couldn’t recommend Curiosity Project highly enough.”

Family working with Curiosity Project