Nicola Kee, Psychotherapist with a Specialisation in Play Therapy and a Member of Irish Association of Play Therapy and Psychotherapy (M.I.A.P.T.P), providing therapeutic interventions to parents, children and adolescents for over 25 years.

Nicola holds a Diploma in Creative Supervision and provides Clinical Supervision to Psychotherapists and Play Therapists. Nicola is a Sand Play Therapist and holds a certificate in Sand Play with Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute®, Canada  

Nicola is also a certified Children’s Sleep Practitioner and holds professional membership with the Children’s Sleep Charity, UK. Nicola provides evidenced based assessments, support, and interventions to parents on children’s behavioural sleep issues.

Nicola has BA (Hons) in Childhood Studies with Behavioural Studies and a National Diploma in Social Studies in Social Care. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Early Years) and Postgraduate Certificate in Autism Studies.

Nicola has experience of working with children and young people across all ages and with wide range of needs including disability, trauma, attachment disruption, grief, anxiety and sleep challenges.  

Nicola has delivered training to parents, educators and therapist on a wide range of interventions. These include Therapeutic Play Skills, parenting programmes such as Parents Plus Programme, Strengthening Families, Hanen Teacher Talk (promoting social, language and literacy development) and presentations on promoting children and young people’s sleep.  

As well as providing tailored individual therapy sessions for children and adolescents, Nicola coaches and mentors’ parents, educators and therapist on using therapeutic play and creative approaches that promote children’s and young people’s social and emotional wellbeing.