Child and Family Therapy
Little West provides specialist therapeutic services for children, young people and their families with a focus on using play, creativity and nature therapeutically.
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Clare Carbis, Clinical Director
Clare is a BAPT-registered Play Therapist, clinical supervisor, author and educator. Clare has extensive experience working therapeutically with children, young people and their families; her approach to therapy is child centred, attachment focused and trauma informed. Clare is a Senior Lecturer Therapeutic Studies and Course Leader for MSc Play Therapy at the University of South Wales, a role she has held since 2016. She is on the editorial board for the British Journal of Play Therapy.
Clare Carbis: BSc Psychology (2007), MSc Play and Playwork (2010), MSc Play Therapy (2011). Clare has further training in: Sensory Attachment Intervention (2012), Theraplay Level 1 and MIM (2013), Nature-based Play Therapy (2021), Child Parent Relationship Therapy (2022) and Therapeutic Life Story Work (2024).
Training, Consultancy and Clinical Supervision
Little West provide bespoke training and consultancy to a broad range of organisations working with children and families.
Clare's clinical and research interests include: nature-based play therapy, the impact of climate change awareness on children and young peoples' mental health, working therapeutically with children who have experienced developmental trauma and bereavement.
Clare has been providing clinical supervision since 2014 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
Publications and Resources
Carbis, C. (2022). Play therapists response to the climate crisis. British Journal of Play Therapy, 16, 64-77. BAPT Publications.
Waycott, L. & Carbis. C. (2019). Integrative approaches to working with trauma, in P. Ayling, H. Armstrong. & Gordon-Clark, L. (eds) Becoming and Being a Play Therapist: Play Therapy in Practice. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 219-233.
Waycott, L & Carbis, C., McInnes, K. (2015). Developmental Trauma and Attachment: An Integrative Therapeutic Approach. In Archer, C., Drury, C. & Hills, J. (eds) Healing the Hidden Hurts: Transforming attachment and trauma therapy into effective practice with families, children and adults. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 102-117.
