Sandra has Recently formally co-opted on to the Board of BAPT- the Registration body for Play Therapy.She is a BAPT Reg. Play Therapist, clinically trained and qualified to provide therapy to children and young people age 3-25yrs, and may include work with their parents and carers. She has completed the Story System Assessment and is now trained in this profiling system. Her specialism is in attachment and complex trauma, and how this impacts on children’s lives and at different developmental stages. She provides consultancy on Attachment, Trauma, Bereavement and other issues affecting the development and wellbeing of children and young adults, as well as the delivery of training workshops to professionals, parents and carers. Her extensive background work spans 37yrs working across a range of multi-agency settings, including Social Work Services, Health, Education, and 3rd Sector Orgs. Sandra has completed further specialist training in Filial Therapy (working with Parent and Child together), which aims to strengthen and enhance the parent/child attachment relationship. And is an Approved BAPT UK Clinical Supervisor. ​ Sandra was instrumental in helping set up a bereavement service in a hospice, providing a Play Therapy service for children and young people affected by bereavement or living with a parent, carer or family member with a life limiting illness. Sandra specialises in attachment; using therapeutic clinical interventions to overcome trauma experienced in childhood; providing support and guidance to parents; delivering training to professionals working with children who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). She have been formally co-opted on to the Board of BAPT- the Registration body for Play Therapy.