Playtonomy Child & Family Services

Playtonomy Child & Family Services Providing therapeutic, developmental & family support services across Southern Tasmania 🫶🏽

🤎 ONE YEAR OF PLAYTONOMY 🤎A whole year since Playtonomy took a pretty big leap - moving from my little sole trader pract...
29/08/2026

🤎 ONE YEAR OF PLAYTONOMY 🤎

A whole year since Playtonomy took a pretty big leap - moving from my little sole trader practice into a company and into our beautiful service with multiple paediatric therapy spaces created especially for children and families.

What a year it has been.

There has been so much growth, learning and figuring things out along the way. Somewhere amongst it all I was also growing a baby, navigating illness and finishing my Masters - so looking back, I’m still not entirely sure how we did it 😂 But we did.

Now, we’re really just enjoying what we’ve created.

Our rooms are filled every week with play, creativity, connection, big feelings, laughter and some pretty incredible little humans.

Knowing Playtonomy is now a safe and familiar space for around 150 children and families across Southern Tasmania is something I’m incredibly proud of.

Thank you to our beautiful families for trusting us with your children, to our wonderful team, and to everyone who has supported and cheered us on along the way.

So proud of how far we’ve come and very grateful for you all. 🤎

Love, Millie

RIP to the incredible Dolly Parton; she has always been one of my favourites & has changed SO many lives. 🥹Her music is ...
25/08/2026

RIP to the incredible Dolly Parton; she has always been one of my favourites & has changed SO many lives. 🥹

Her music is amazing, but if you aren’t aware of the lives changed and work this woman has done in her lifetime- have a look into it! ✨

A beautiful soul left this earth today 🫶🏽

When we talk about the lifelong impact of child sexual abuse or other types of adverse experiences - whether it occurr...
23/08/2026

When we talk about the lifelong impact of child sexual abuse or other types of adverse experiences - whether it occurred between peers, between children of different ages, or between an adult and a child - we need to understand that the child may carry far more than the abuse itself.

For many survivors, what stays with them into adolescence and adulthood is also what happened around them after it was known.

They remember their parent’s devastation or disinterest.

They remember the anger, fear, guilt, grief or conflict between adults.

They remember relationships changing- or sometimes worse NOT changing (feeling alone and abuse continuing)

Being told they are lying and it’s not possible they are being truthful

They remember feeling as though something that happened to them had somehow hurt their whole family.

And sometimes, without anyone ever intending this, the child begins carrying responsibility for everybody else’s pain.

I made Mum sad- or I do not matter; can go either way

Dad is angry because of me.

My parents are fighting because I told.

Our family changed because of what happened to me.

Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.

This is why our response matters so deeply.

Children need to know:

You did not cause this.
You are not responsible for how the adults are feeling.
You do not need to look after us.
You have not damaged our family by telling us.
The responsibility belongs with the person who crossed the boundary - never with you.
You are still you, and you are still deeply loved.

Parents are allowed to be devastated. They are allowed to need support, counselling, space to process, and somewhere to put their own anger and grief.

But wherever possible, a child should not become the container for the adults’ response to their abuse.

Because healing isn’t only about helping a child process what happened.

It’s also about making sure they don’t spend the years afterwards carrying the emotional consequences it had on everyone they love.

The abuse was never theirs to carry.
Neither is everybody else’s pain.

What if instead of asking, “What can I teach my child through their play?” we asked:“What might my child be teaching me?...
19/08/2026

What if instead of asking, “What can I teach my child through their play?” we asked:

“What might my child be teaching me?”

Because play can offer us a little window into a child’s world. 🪟

Their worries might show up there.
Their relationships.
The things they’re trying to understand.
The moments that felt big to them.
The roles they feel powerful in, and the ones where they don’t.
The way they make sense of themselves and the people around them.

And we don’t need to analyse every game or decide that every dinosaur battle means something.

Sometimes, we can simply get curious.🤔

If you’d be interested in a workshop or consultation to discuss HOW we can do this- let us know! ✨

Controversial take…What if most of the movement, curiosity, play and interests that young children naturally want to pur...
17/08/2026

Controversial take…

What if most of the movement, curiosity, play and interests that young children naturally want to pursue throughout early childhood — and even much of primary school — is actually exactly what they’re supposed to be learning at that age?

What if following their curiosity, moving their bodies, experimenting, taking manageable risks, getting frustrated, trying again, creating, imagining and playing is the curriculum their developing brains and bodies are asking for?

And what if, instead of constantly pushing children toward the next academic milestone, we allowed skills and capacity to develop at a pace that matched their individual limits, readiness and ability?

Maybe resilience isn’t built by continually expecting children to cope with more.

Maybe it’s built when children are given enough space to stretch their capacity without repeatedly being pushed beyond it.

Have we started expecting children to learn more — while giving them less opportunity to develop the very capacities they need in order to learn?

Whether it is a 30 minute consult, a parent counselling session or just an email you can express your worries or thought...
16/08/2026

Whether it is a 30 minute consult, a parent counselling session or just an email you can express your worries or thoughts- we are here! 🥹🤎

If there is anything the Lindsay Clancy case -and the stories so many women have shared in response -has reminded us, it is just how many women are hurting, or have been left hurting, during one of the most vulnerable times of their lives.

If you don’t feel like yourself, please reach out.
If you’re worried, reach out.
If you don’t have the support you need, reach out.

Sometimes the support we need is different from what our partners, parents, family or friends can provide. There can be enormous value in having a safe, objective person outside your family to talk with -particularly when what you’re carrying feels difficult or sensitive to say out loud.

And we want you to know: we care about you, too.

With us, your nervous system, your wellbeing and your health are just as important as your child’s -if not more so at times. Because you are their lifeline. Supporting a child means supporting the person who holds, loves, protects and returns to them every day.

You do not have to disappear into motherhood or caregiving. Your wellbeing matters in its own right.

Systems can and do fail people. But our capacity as humans to notice, to listen, to sit alongside one another and to genuinely care remains.

You deserve to be heard before things become unbearable. 🤎

14/08/2026

This week, I’ve been enjoying using this simple mindfulness painting activity in sessions to help children draw attention to their breath. 🎨

We spray acrylic paint onto a piece of paper, then use a straw and our breath to move the paint around the page, noticing our breathing and the way the paint moves.

I learned this activity from Art Therapist Greta at Playtonomy Child & Family Services during our Create & Connect social group.

I’m looking forward to learning more ways to incorporate art-based activities into my practice to support emotional regulation and self-awareness. 🌱

Our People 🤎
14/08/2026

Our People 🤎

Meet Stephanie! 🧚🏻✨
14/08/2026

Meet Stephanie! 🧚🏻✨

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84 Jetty Road
Old Beach, TAS
7017

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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