Ashleigh Murray-Khan

I have some after-school availability on Mondays. Please contact me for other availability.

Hello, I'm Ashleigh Murray, a Play and Creative Arts Therapist working with children and adolescents in schools and privately in Mill Hill. I am extremely passionate about enabling children and young people to express themselves. My goal is to help them understand their emotions and inner world while providing a safe space to feel seen and heard, whether through words or the language of play. I want to support my clients in overcoming obstacles and living a full and happy life, incorporating an element of fun in our work whenever possible.

Play Therapy is a method of working with children and young people who have social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties through the medium of play.

It recognises that play is a child’s natural medium for self-expression. 80% of children will benefit from free play, playing with/through toys in their natural way to work through their inner thoughts and feelings. However, it is recognised that 20% of children are unable to do that. These individuals have more they need to work through, the process works because they have a therapist by their side supporting them.

Creative Counselling is a method of working with adolescents who have social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties using talking therapy alongside creative interventions, such as creative journaling, poetry, mediation, and The Play Therapy Toolkit.

I have a private practice in Mill Hill, NW7. I work with clients on a face-to-face basis, on a short term (6 sessions) or long term (20 sessions+).

I will use our first session to let the client get to know myself and the space better as their comfort is one of my top priorities. During this time I will also try to gain an understanding of what the client would like form our time working together.