Our Team

Jo Brewerton

Jo is a Third Year BAPT registered MSC Play Therapy student at the University of South Wales. She was previously a primary school teacher for over 25 years. After a childhood growing up in Cyprus, she is passionate about getting outdoors and engaging with Nature.

She is also a qualified Social and Therapeutic horticulturalist, Youth Worker, and Forest School Practitioner. She has worked therapeutically following her client’s needs in Early Years settings, Youth Groups, Care Homes, a Secure Psychiatric unit and for the Whitworth Art Gallery, outdoors with families. She has been trained in Play Therapy Outdoors.

She consistently uses a creative participant-centred approach in her work, allowing for self-expression, gentle exploration of difficulties whilst promoting independence, self-esteem, and self-regulation.

Jo is passionate about working with parents and carers and empowering children and young people to develop a better sense of self and work with difficult emotions. She has worked with children and families with a range of backgrounds, young people with additional needs, pupils on the fringes of education and those who have experienced trauma.

Jo is a student member of the British Association of Play Therapists.

Yee-mei Chau* MA Play Therapy
* PGDE
* BA (Hons) in Art and Design in Education
* Diploma in Design
* BAPT registered play therapist
* Hong Kong Education Bureau Registered Teacher

Yee-mei is a qualified play therapist registered with BAPT. She obtained a MA in Play Therapy after studying at Roehampton University, London with award of full International Excellence Scholarship.

Before coming London, she has worked as a university visiting lecturer, a school teacher and a play therapist in Hong Kong. Synthesising her experience of studying and working in both cities, she has developed skills and knowledge in working therapeutically with children, young people and their caretakers with complex needs, both in mainstream and independent educational settings.

Yee-mei is experienced in providing mental health intervention to children and their families with difficulties, including early relationship trauma, medical trauma, neglect, anxiety, depression, domestic abuse, self-harm, ADHD, ASD, bereavement and separation.

In addition to being a social designer, design educator and published author, Yee-mei has led and curated a wide range of community, children-led projects on storytelling, social justice and art education. These experiences have inspired her to emphasise the importance of ‘playfulness’ when working with children and adults.

Yee-mei is able to conduct therapy session in both English and Cantonese.

CV is available upon request.

Jakia recently joined Tiptoes as the Tiptoes Centre Manager.

Jakia is responsible for the Business and Finance management and support to our children, families and therapists. Jakia comes with a wealth of experience and knowledge after working for a Local Authority Children’s Services for 13 years.

Jakia has worked in various Business Support roles such as: Business Support Officer for the area Children’s Social Work Teams including: Looked After Children, Leaving Care and Adoption, Customer Care Officer within the Multi Agency Safeguarding Team and then progressing to a Data Analyst for the Troubled Families Programme in Early Help, Early Years and Neighbourhoods. Jakia then moved to a Project Officer role and was a Children’s Business Link Manager for Fostering and Cared For Children’s Services.

Jakia has completed training in Business Administration and Leadership and Management, she has completed all mandatory training inline with all her roles.

Jakia brings energy, warmth, enthusiasm, passion, dedication and commitment to helping and supporting the children, young people, parent/carers and families that use Tiptoes services as they are always at the heart of what she does.

A full extensive CV is available upon request.

James Duffy BEd (Hons), MSc

He/Him

James has worked with children and their families since 2004. He is a qualified Play Therapist (BAPT) and works with children across the Liverpool Area. James joined Tiptoes as an associate in 2022.

Currently, James manages several Play Therapy services within Liverpool schools. He has experience of working therapeutically with children around the areas of domestic violence, early relational trauma, medical trauma, neglect, bereavement and separation. James has also worked with parents and carers providing a space for thinking about their child as well Psychoeducation.

In addition to being a BAPT registered Play Therapist, James is a trained Sandplay Therapist and Educational Supervisor. He is an experienced qualified teacher and previous deputy head teacher. James has facilitated creative supervision within an educational context as well as facilitating reflective practice groups. Furthermore, James has delivered training around the areas of Play, Neurobiology, Attachment and Trauma.

CV available upon request.

 

 

Neetu Missra

MA Play Therapy, BA (Hons) Early Years and Education. Registered with
BAPT and BACP.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Level 1

Neetu has been an Associate Therapist since 2020.

Neetu has an MA in Play Therapy and has up to 17 years’ experience of working with children, young people, and families in a wide range of educational settings, including mainstream, independent and specialist settings. She has also worked within the private Mental Health sector, as part of a multidisciplinary team, working with young adolescents and adults in a psychiatric intensive care setting (PICU) who have experienced challenges with their mental health with a dual diagnosis of mental health illness and substance misuse including legal highs.
 
Neetu has experience of providing 1:1 play therapy interventions to children and young people within the education sector and fostering agencies. She has also provided sibling play therapy in order to help improve complex sibling relationships. Neetu has worked with Victim Support to provide therapy and support bereaved children and families who have been affected by murder or manslaughter.
 
Neetu has experience of working with a wide range of issues including complex trauma, attachment disruption, grief and loss, sexual abuse, sexual harmful behaviour, neurodiversity, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorder and crime. She has also worked with children and families from a range of backgrounds including asylum seekers, refugees and minority ethnic groups.
 
Neetu has in-depth knowledge of child development and works closely with parents and carers to ensure the best outcome for the children that she works with. She uses a creative and child led approach, providing children with a safe space to explore and make sense of their difficult feelings and emotions.

CV available on request

 

 

 

Lisa Jura

MA Play Therapy, BA (Hons) in social work, Theraplay, Trained in Therapeutic life story, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy level 1 & 2, post qualifying consolidation and post qualifying social work award 2-6.
Registered with BAPT, Social work England and BASW.

Lisa has been an Associate Therapist with Tiptoes since 2018. Lisa is a dual qualified Play Therapist and Social Worker.
Lisa provides trauma informed play therapy, therapeutic assessment, and support with Tiptoes. Lisa has a broad experience of providing Theraplay (Level 1), Therapeutic Life story work and Dyadic Developmental Psychology (level 2).

Lisa has experience of working therapeutically with adopted or fostered children and sibling groups with complex trauma and disrupted attachments. This has also included work with adoptive parents, foster carers or carers, providing therapeutic parenting support with a PACE and neuro-biological approach.

Lisa has extensive experience as a public sector social worker working with children and families since 2004. Lisa has extensive work in Safeguarding assessment and support and Fostering services. Lisa has experience in the court arena and has significant experience as an Independent Reviewing officer (IRO) with two separate local authorities.

CV available on request.

 

Ian Baistow-Davies

Law Graduate, 1st Class LLB Honours Degree.
Youth Justice Graduate, 1st Class BA Honours Degree
Professional Certificate in Effective Practice: Passed with Distinction
Aim training – Initial assessment of Young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy informed therapist Level 2

Ian has been an Associate Therapist with Tiptoes since 2017. He works with young people and their families using recognised attachment based approaches. Ian has specialist skills and knowledge in working with young people who display problematic and sexual behaviours.

With more than 20 years of working with children and young people in the public, voluntary, charitable and private sector, Ian has extensive experience of working with children and families with complex needs. Taking a child centred and strengths based approach Ian works with young people with complex behavioural presentations including violent and sexual behaviours, while developing productive and trusting relationships with young people who have a history of fractured transitions, disadvantage, abuse and trauma. Ian has developed productive inter-agency relationship and integrated, holistic interventions to meet the specific needs of complex children and families. Ian has significant Court experience and is a confident representative, orator and negotiator. Ian has worked as an associate therapist under supervision and looks forward to expanding his understanding in this area and developing his own knowledge and practice.

CV available on request

Andy StokesHe/Him
BA (Hons) Primary SEN, PGCE, Dip NDPT.
Qualified DDP Level 2
Sensorimotor Psychotherapist level 2.
Filial therapist
Clinical Supervisor

Andy has been an accredited associate for Tiptoes since 2012. Andy is a Certified BACP registered Play and Creative Arts Therapist and qualified GTC and PSA registered teacher. He is also a member of the Association of Sand-play Therapists. Andy is an integrative play therapist who uses a range of approaches and assessment frameworks and recognised attachment therapies. He has been working with children, young people, their families and youth professionals for the last 20 years. He has a background in education, outdoor education and teaching, with a specialism in SEN and attachment. He worked in special education for a number of years and was the head of a residential school for looked after children in the Staffordshire moorlands, before he and his family became specialist foster carers.

Andy delivers attachment training and therapeutic parenting to Local authorities and the voluntary sector. He works with a wide range of children, young people, their families and the wider network of adults around the child, delivering training, small group supervision and support to schools, fostering agencies and fostering and adoption services.

CV available on request.

Ellie Woodhouse 

She/They 

BA (Hons) Contemporary Theatre and Performance, 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in Ashtanga and Vinyasa. Dance Movement Psychotherapy MA.

Ellie is a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Trauma informed Yoga Guide, she has been a member of Tiptoes since 2016.  

Ellie has worked on a CAMHS in patient mental health ward where she provided mental health support to children and young people in crisis who were experiencing anxiety, clinical depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, self-harm and attempts to complete suicide. Ellie has worked with children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse, physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect. She has worked with birth children, children who are in the care system and adoptive families. She has worked with children and young people and their families where they have experienced complex trauma and attachment disruption.

Ellie provides trauma informed meditation and yoga to children, young people and adults. She has collaborated with universities to supply Mental Health Events to students and staff to encourage mindfulness and self-awareness. Ellie has provided group work to various schools and specialises in working with the LGBTQIA+ community.

Ellie has a background in dance, theatre and performance and has worked with community groups supporting those recovering from addiction, young people with learning disabilities and asylum seekers to use creative arts as a therapeutic outlet and a tool to raise awareness of their experiences. Ellie has used performance to engage audiences to think, feel and discuss topics such as: Female Genital Mutilation, Sexual Abuse and Mental Health Issues.

Robyn Mitcham

BA (Hons), PGCE, Dip NDPT.
Trained in Parent Child Attachment Play, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Level 1, Clinical Supervision, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 2 expected July 2022.

Robyn has been an Associate Therapist for Tiptoes since 2015 and is Tiptoes’ School Coordinator. She has worked with children and families since 2004 and is a registered member of BACP. She is a qualified play therapist and teacher, also trained in lego therapy. She has worked with children and young people in high school settings, supporting a variety of needs and difficulties. She has worked for several years with Looked After Children in education and social care settings. She has also worked for over 10 years with adoptive families and children. She has experience in completing direct work and therapeutic life story work with children.

Robyn has experience of working Therapeutically with children and families facing a range of complex difficulties including: attachment disorders, trauma, FAS, neglect, physical and sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexually harmful behaviours, drug and alcohol misuse, parental mental health difficulties, premature birth and birth trauma, hallucinations, self-harm, eating disorders, bereavement, ADHD, ASD, issues around identity and gender, physical disability, anxiety and phobias. Her work has included facilitating attachment support groups for foster carers and school staff. Robyn has also trained child care professionals in attachment. She has provided support for school staff and parents/carers around issues related to mental health and emotional wellbeing- creating individualised support packages for vulnerable children and young people. Robyn is experienced in multi-agency working.

CV available on request

 

 

 

Kim Woodhouse

She/Her

MA CCPT( with distinction), Social Science BA (Hons), DIPSW, PQ1, Theraplay and Filial Therapy. Registered with HCPC and BAPT.

Kim joined Tiptoes in 2016 and is a qualified therapist and social worker. She has extensive experience working with children and families since 1986 in various settings including Safeguarding, Fostering and Adoption and Therapeutic services. She is a qualified BAPT registered Play therapist and a qualified HCPC registered social worker. She has worked in the private, public and voluntary sector both as a social work manager, Independent reviewing officer and practitioner. Kim has worked as a Senior mental health practitioner for Children Looked After with a CAMHS service and is trained in attachment-based therapies including: Theraplay, Filial therapy and other accepted attachment-based modalities.

She has significant assessment experience both in the court arena and in fostering services. She is an experienced trainer and has been a local safe guarding training co-ordinator. She has implemented training in safeguarding, child mental health, attachment and pre and post approval training for foster carers. She has also been a Fostering and Adoption panel member.

CV available on request.

 

 

 

Tim Woodhouse

SPI; (TT, DT, AT and CT), MA NDPT, DipSW, PQSW, Fil. th. EMDR, ABE app., ETT, SSPT, ISPT, IFS.

Tim Woodhouse has worked with children and families since 1984 and specifically in the field of sexual harm (sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, children who sexually harm children and child sexual exploitation) since 1996. He is an advanced and certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist, Enactive trauma therapist, registered Non-directive Play therapist, Filial therapist, EMDR Practitioner, Jungian and Integrative sand play therapist, an ABE approved Social Worker and is currently studying Internal Family Systems Therapy. He worked on the NSPCC child sexual abuse consultancy for 16 years where he co-founded the Hilton House attachment project and the St. Mary’s children’s sexual assault referral centre in Manchester, was an investigator on the Waterhouse inquiry and vice chair of BAPT. He was principle tutor on the Liverpool Hope MA course in play therapy and is a visiting lecturer to Manchester Universities 2nd and 3rd Year MA social work programme. He is the Founder and CEO of Tiptoes Child Therapy Service, a provision for children and families affected by sexual harm and developmental trauma launched in 2010.

He is a published author, keynote speaker, consultant, trainer, clinical supervisor, provider of clinical governance and has been a governmental advisor on a number of research programmes.

A CV is available on request