About Kylie

Kylie – Founder/ CEO

Kylie is a Registered Counsellor, Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor who has been working with children, young people and families in the human services field for the past 19 years.

Kylie commenced her career working alongside mental health practitioners in adult mental health, before moving into the area of child protection and disabilities.

In 2016, Kylie discovered a passion for Child Centered Play Therapy as a way of working alongside children and their parents/ carers. Subsequently, Kylie established Centre for Play Therapy, an organisation committed to supporting children to work through difficult feelings and experiences through the provision of Child Centred Play Therapy services. 

In 2021 Kylie founded a professional training program that provides a pathway to registration as a play therapist for professionals in Australia.

Today both organisations operate as Kylie Ellison Therapy & Training located in the beautiful Redlands area of South- East Queensland, with a commitment to accessibility of play therapy services in Australia.

Kylie is passionate about creating a community of play therapy practitioners that fosters access to training and therapy services along with advocacy for play therapy in both the community and professional arenas.

Kylie is a proud Mum to Chelsea and Jake, and to her favourite fur- baby Molly.

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