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Silver Apple Child Therapy

Silver Apple Child Therapy

Restore  ·  Regulate  ·  Re-Connect

Devon-based, trauma-informed & neuro-inclusive psychotherapy and counselling for children.

Explore what I offer

Hello, I'm Seamo, a Play Therapist. Welcome to Silver Apple Child Therapy. Please explore what I can offer below.

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Play Therapy

For young people aged 4–14 yrs

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Nature Play Groups

For young people aged 8–12 yrs

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CPD Workshops

For families and advocates

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About Seamo

Play Therapist
Ages 4–14 yrs

Play Therapy

Play therapy helps children to explore their feelings, express themselves and make sense of their life experiences. Play is a child's natural medium to learn, communicate and to explore their inner worlds, without the need for words.

Play therapists offer a variety of creative art forms including a sand tray, clay work, painting, and arts and crafts. There are musical instruments, dance props, puppets, dressing up and stories.

Out in the natural world

Sometimes we may venture outside to collect flowers for a potion, make nests, swing from trees or simply be in the elements of wind, rain, sun or snow. The natural world can be a regulating place where children may need to burn high energy or become more alert to the world around them.

A child working with clay during play therapy
"In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behaviour; in play it is as though he were a head taller than himself." Lev Vygotsky
Summer 2026 · Now booking

Spirited Small Folk

Watch out this summer for Spirited Small Folk — nature-based therapeutic holiday provision.

With Play Therapists Tara & Seamo.

Email to reserve a place →
Children foraging together outdoors
Ages 8–12 yrs

Nature Play Therapy Groups

Small outdoor groups of four young people who may be socially anxious or recovering from social burn-out. The natural world acts as a second therapist, helping to restore attention, regulate the nervous system and reconnect.

I have previously run groups for neurodiverse children where they learn to be safe, interact and care for each other, while caring for the natural world.

"In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace." Richard Louv
For families & advocates

Adult Workshops

Silver Apple Child Therapy facilitates group workshops to support, nurture and rekindle the caring adults with validation, information and reflection. The workshops incorporate experiential therapeutic activities and nature play, with a chance to share experiences. Current topics include Defensive or Pathological Demand Avoidance and Natural Playfulness & Neurodiversity.

Workshop 1 — Defensive or Pathological Demand Avoidance

A 2-hour workshop covering:

  • Overlap of autism and mental health
  • Current research and diagnosis
  • Trauma-informed and solution-focused approaches
  • Open forum to share good practice

Workshop 2 — Natural Playfulness & Neurodiversity

A 2-hour workshop covering:

  • Overview of nature's impact on neurodivergence and mental health
  • Current evidence base and research
  • Experiential, reflective, fun exercises outdoors
  • Discussion of key inclusion issues
Play Therapist

About Seamo

Seamo, Play Therapist
Seamo
Play Therapist & Forest School Leader

As a Play Therapist and Forest School Leader, Seamo has piloted outdoor interventions for Play Therapy UK and the Autism Education Trust, and developed a SEND course for ITC First. In addition, he provided consultancy for The Outdoor School, a SEND provision.

He's known in Devon schools for providing interventions for the Communication & Interaction Team.

Professional Training & Accreditation

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Play Therapy (Lvl 7): Distinction — Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC)
  • Postgraduate Certificate of Therapeutic Play Skills (Lvl 6): Distinction — APAC
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Sensory Integration Education (MA Module 1) — Sensory Integration Education
  • CPD: Outdoor Play Therapy (Coopt), Forest School Leader (Lvl 3), Outdoor First Aid, Speech & Language (Lvl 3), Child Protection (Lvl 3), Trauma Informed (Beacon House) & Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (intro)
  • Professional Membership of PTUK No: 202104700
  • Enhanced DBS Certificate
  • Professional Indemnity and Public Liability Insurance
  • Registered with the ICO and GDPR compliant
Get in touch

Contact

Wondering if play therapy, nature groups or workshops are right for your child? I provide a free 30-minute phone call for all enquiries.

Seamo at Silver Apple Child Therapy

✉ seamo.playtherapy@outlook.com
☎ 07730 534260
Free 30-minute phone call for all enquiries
The playroom space at Quakers Meeting House, Ashburton

Playroom in Ashburton. Seamo uses a private playroom space in Quakers Meeting House, Ashburton, available on Fridays. Bookings are a minimum of 12 weekly sessions of 45 minutes. Please get in touch for more information.