Lily Peterson
For me, mental wellbeing begins with feeling safe, heard and understood. With children, this often means meeting them in their own world — through play, connection and the relationships around them.
Children, adolescents, adults, couples
English
Psychodynamic (play-based) Psychotherapy
In-person sessions in JLT
Connection is at the heart of meaningful change.
Lily is a child, adolescent and couples psychotherapist whose approach is relationally grounded, attachment-informed and used emotionally focused perspectives.
With a culturally diverse background working globally in early childhood education, child development, family systems, and specialty hospital-based mental health services, Lily offers a holistic approach to therapy.
With children and adolescents, Lily integrates child-led play, talk, art and sandplay to provide a safe therapeutic space for exploring experiences, relationships, and emotions. Her work is thoughtfully adapted to each person’s age, emotional and developmental needs and provides parenting support.
When working with couples and co-parenting, Lily aims to help partners understand relational and conflict patterns, deepen self awareness and emotional connection as part of the journey to developing more secure ways of relating.
Lily also supports women and parents through the transitions of pregnancy and early parenthood, providing space to explore changes in identity and relationships.
child led therapy at the speed of trust
Child and Adolescent Therapy 4-24
⁃ Supporting attuned practice
⁃ Attachment and relational dynamics
⁃ Understanding the self
⁃ Emotional awareness and regulation
Parenting, Co-Parenting and Couples
⁃ Attachment
⁃ Communication
Pregnancy and Motherhood
-Attachment and bonding
-Coping with stress
Supports With
Anxiety and depression
Grief and loss
Behavioural challenges
Emotional dysregulation
Eating disorders
Relationship difficulties
Perinatal and postpartum wellbeing
Parenting and co-parenting
Qualifications & Professional Training
- Master’s Degree in Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy (Honours), Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
- Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy (Honours), Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Roosevelt University, USA
- Training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)
- Training in Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)
- Training in Sandplay Therapy
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