Renae is the founder and director of Play Therapy SA, a thriving private practice with five clinics located throughout South Australia, and 10 Play Therapists on the team.

In addition to her clinical work, Renae also takes on the role of supervisor, offering group and individual supervision to Play Therapists across Australia and New Zealand. Renae’s focus is on empowering her supervisees, building skills and confidence within themselves to best meet the needs of their clients.

Renae is also the founder and director of Play Therapy School, where she has developed a comprehensive clinical training program in Child-Centered Play Therapy

Clinical Training (Child-Centred Play Therapy), NLP Practitioner, BA, PostGradDip Psych, Learn to Play Therapist

Rose is a play therapist who works with children in private practice, as well as part of a multidisciplinary early childhood development team, on Kaurna Land in Adelaide.

Following a writing career and years of solo travel around the world, Rose indulged her inner child’s call to support others in finding their voice and place in the world, through the powers of play and creative expression.

A proud ADHDer and member of the LGBT+ community, Rose is especially curious about neurodiversity, anxiety, identity, creativity, and the brain – and the ways in which they interplay across the lifespan.

BA, BEd, MEd, Dip.Counselling, Clinical Training in Play Therapy

Katrina has dedicated her working life to supporting young people and their families to explore and overcome challenges and achieve successful rewarding outcomes. She is a fiercely passionate advocate for supporting young people to identify, encourage and celebrate their strengths and talents.

She has decades of special education and support experience, and has worked across education sectors as a classroom Music Teacher, Learning Support Specialist Teacher, Head of Learning Support, Children and Family Counsellor, and Play Therapist.

After decades of experience, supporting families in the education sector, Katrina was compelled to pursue a diversified career in Play Therapy as she had experience the many benefits of child directed play in supporting children, overcoming learning difficulties. She wanted to find out more about how she could make a difference, therapeutically with children and their families through Play Therapy.

Katrina established The Butterfly to bring together the benefits of Play Therapy, Educational Therapy and Counselling to support children and their families.