Personal Details
Membership Level:
Registered Play Therapist - Supervisor
About Me:
Alana is a Newcastle native. She is so very passionate about working with children and families. She is the founder and therapist at Three Hearts Movement & Play, having worked with children and families in some way or another for the past 20 years. Alana is a Dance Movement Therapist & a Play Therapist, as well as an Early Childhood Teacher.
Alana began her work with children whilst travelling the world and volunteering with children’s organisations across the world, teaching English and helping in classroom settings. Alana has since worked with children through children's theatre, drama workshops, then becoming a preschool teacher, and a specialist drama teacher for 4 years in Darwin, until having her own child.
Alana then realised how much parents need support too! So, she took her previous role with Family Support Newcastle, where she was for over 5 years. Here Alana has been a family worker, a play therapist, parent & children’s movement group facilitator, supported playgroup facilitator, parenting group facilitator, and also provided professional development to early childhood facilities and partner organisations, and more.
Alana has completed her Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood with Charles Darwin University, a Foundation Course in Dance Movement Therapy with the International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia (IDTIA) and the Advanced Clinical Training with Tensegrity Training in the Sunshine Coast, as well the Advanced Clinical Program in Child Centred Play Therapy and Interplay with Play Therapy Australia. Alana currently holds Associate Membership with the Dance Therapy Association Australasia (DTAA) and is a Registered Play Therapist (Supervisor) with the Play Therapy Practitioners Association (PTPA).
Alana understands how very hard it can be to be a parent, and that we are all doing the best we can with the resources we have available to us right now. Alana specialises in offering a space in which children and parents can connect, be themselves, feel loved and supported for who they are, and where they are at right now, recognising that you, the parent is the most important person and relationship that is in your child's world. Alana's playful inner child makes her the perfect person to work with children and families, sharing her love, joy and enthusiasm for this work. Her passions around contributing to a more just and equal society drive her work with children and families, as she aims to ensure that her practice and place of work is inclusive and welcoming for all.
Alana began her work with children whilst travelling the world and volunteering with children’s organisations across the world, teaching English and helping in classroom settings. Alana has since worked with children through children's theatre, drama workshops, then becoming a preschool teacher, and a specialist drama teacher for 4 years in Darwin, until having her own child.
Alana then realised how much parents need support too! So, she took her previous role with Family Support Newcastle, where she was for over 5 years. Here Alana has been a family worker, a play therapist, parent & children’s movement group facilitator, supported playgroup facilitator, parenting group facilitator, and also provided professional development to early childhood facilities and partner organisations, and more.
Alana has completed her Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood with Charles Darwin University, a Foundation Course in Dance Movement Therapy with the International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia (IDTIA) and the Advanced Clinical Training with Tensegrity Training in the Sunshine Coast, as well the Advanced Clinical Program in Child Centred Play Therapy and Interplay with Play Therapy Australia. Alana currently holds Associate Membership with the Dance Therapy Association Australasia (DTAA) and is a Registered Play Therapist (Supervisor) with the Play Therapy Practitioners Association (PTPA).
Alana understands how very hard it can be to be a parent, and that we are all doing the best we can with the resources we have available to us right now. Alana specialises in offering a space in which children and parents can connect, be themselves, feel loved and supported for who they are, and where they are at right now, recognising that you, the parent is the most important person and relationship that is in your child's world. Alana's playful inner child makes her the perfect person to work with children and families, sharing her love, joy and enthusiasm for this work. Her passions around contributing to a more just and equal society drive her work with children and families, as she aims to ensure that her practice and place of work is inclusive and welcoming for all.
