Play therapy rewires the brain! Facing childhood traumas, with The King’s Trust
5/7/202627 min
Everyone deserves the chance at a fulfilling life. Shauna Tiffany grew up in foster care, feeling ashamed of and responsible for her parents’ choices. Creative play therapy helped her work through her childhood trauma, and now – with the support of The King’s Trust – she’s built her own business doing the same thing for other children and families.
In this chat with Fearne, Shauna explains how she’s learnt to believe in herself because of the way others have chosen to believe in her. Emotional support has made her feel worthy of great opportunities, and practical advice has empowered her to turn ideas into reality, so they chat about how to gently chip away at increasing self-confidence.
Plus, Fearne’s got a big surprise for Shauna...
Check out Shauna’s work at Lighthouse Therapy Hub.
Find out more about The King’s Trust.
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First 90 secondsFearne Cotton· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hello, and welcome to Happy Place with me, Fern Cotton. Today, oh, this chat is gonna properly warm your heart and fire you up. I'm talking to an incredibly impressive woman. Her name is Shauna.
Shauna Tiffany· Guest0:16
My experiences have been, like self-belief, self-confidence, not feeling worthy enough. All of the things that happened for my parents were always blamed on me. Now, looking back, I can see as a child it was never my fault, but when you're growing up in that situation means that now it's been challenging to face them barriers because I'm not only breaking the barriers of what the internal model is, but also recognizing that actually I was just a child. But the experiences before of being told, "You're not worthy. You don't deserve it. You're not gonna do anything," that repeatedly meant that I didn't trust anyone.
Fearne Cotton· Host0:51
Now, Shauna was in the care system as a child, and her experiences inspired her to start her own business, Lighthouse Therapy Hub, where, as an accredited play therapist, she uses different creative therapeutic approaches to revisit people's past experiences and trauma. She's one of the 2026 winners of a Regional Young Changemaker Award from The King's Trust, which is such an amazing charity. I'm actually a goodwill ambassador for mental health and wellbeing for them, and I absolutely hold that title by my heart at all times. I'm,