Welcome to Creative Play
Child psychologist & Play Therapy and Dramatherapy counselor, for expat children, teens, and families
Hi, my name is Irina Calota and I am a creative child psychologist working with children, teens, families, and young adults. I offer psychological support to others as I deeply understand we all need to feel SEEN, HEARD, CARED, VALUED, CONNECTED, and SAFE, to become AUTHENTIC, RESPONSIBLE, EMOTIONALLY MATURE, COURAGEOUS, and INDEPENDENT.
About me
With more than 15 years of experience as a child psychologist (private practice and school counseling), extended training in Adlerian psychotherapy, Play Therapy and Dramatherapy, Thera Play, and Filial Therapy, I offer an integrative, mature, and creative intervention.
My services
Individual sessions
Online or in-person, are designated for individuals to explore and process their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Typically, sessions are weekly or bi-weekly.
50 mins | 80 euros | More
Parenting sessions
Online or in-person, this time will be spent on exploring the parenting patterns and discovering new ways of interaction and support for the child.
60 mins | 80 euros | More
Creative workshops
Online or in-person, these sessions will help you or your child connect better with others, discover and grow in togetherness.
90 mins | 40 euros | More
Family sessions
In-person or online, these sessions focus on parent-child relationships and promote a healthier and balanced interaction while helping with the socio-emotional growth of the child.
60 mins | 90 euros | More
Insurance coverage
As a non-Dutch-speaking psychologist working in private practice in the Netherlands, my services are not covered by insurance. So, you can start therapy immediately, with a flexible and personalized treatment, without having a referral from other professionals.
Cancellation policy
Cancellation 24 hours before the session is free of charge. 50 % of the price of the session is charged if the session is canceled less than 24 hours prior to the booking or the client doesn’t show up.
What to expect?
We will begin with a free-of-charge phone conversation (15 minutes). Therapy starts with a package of 5 sessions: an intake session online or face-to-face, to gather information, discuss the therapeutical steps, and set the goals and the administrative details. Afterward, there will be 3 assessment sessions, to have a clearer perspective on the socio-emotional, cognitive, and behavioral development of the client, the attachment, temperament and personality style, resources, and vulnerabilities. The 5th session is to offer feedback, set the therapeutical goals together, agree on the needed type of intervention (individual / parent-child centered), the number of sessions, etc.
After the 5 sessions package, we will start the therapeutical intervention, focusing first on Building a strong therapeutical relationship, based on trust, communication, availability, and respect. Afterward, we will focus on Exploring behavioral patterns, lifestyle, needs, emotional reactions, etc. The next phase is Growing, where we focus on transformation, learning new skills, practicing new behaviors, reorienting, etc. The last phase of the therapy is called the Closing, where we can see that the client's behavioral and emotional functioning have stabilized to the point that we are confident in their ability to maintain those gains without regular play therapy sessions; where the client transferred the new skills, abilities in his day-to-day life. The last phase is very important as it offers a chance to experience a healthy closure to relationships and to move on independently.
