Play Therapy & Parent Coaching in Bangalore
Supporting children aged 3–17 through emotional overwhelm, anxiety, behavioural challenges, and relational stress — while helping parents respond with greater clarity, confidence, and connection. Trauma-informed, neurobiologically attuned support for children and the adults who care for them.
If you're here, you may be noticing that something feels emotionally hard right now - frequent meltdowns, anxiety, withdrawal, aggression, emotional overwhelm, or family dynamics that no longer feel manageable or connected.
You may also be carrying the quiet weight many parents hold: wanting to support your child deeply, while feeling uncertain, exhausted, or unsure what approach will actually help.
I'm Anya Reddy, a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist and PCI® Certified Parent Coach working with children and families in Bangalore and online. My work integrates trauma-informed play therapy, nervous system regulation, attachment-informed care, and reflective parent support to help children and families move toward greater emotional safety, resilience, and connection.
Whether your child needs individual therapeutic support or you're seeking guidance as a parent navigating ongoing challenges, we'll work together thoughtfully and at a pace that feels supportive and sustainable.
When Families Reach Out
Parents often contact me when:
Their child's emotions feel bigger or harder to manage than before
Anxiety, meltdowns, aggression, or withdrawal are becoming more frequent
Family transitions are affecting emotional wellbeing
Parenting feels exhausting, confusing, or emotionally overwhelming
They want support that feels relational, thoughtful, and developmentally informed
You do not need to wait until things become severe before seeking support.
My Services
Play Therapy for Children (Ages 3 - 17)
Children don't always find words for what they're feeling. They show it in their play - in the stories they tell, the worlds they build, and the feelings that emerge through movement and imagination. Play Therapy creates a safe, attuned therapeutic space where this natural language is honoured and therapeutically supported, helping children build emotional regulation, resilience, and a stronger sense of safety in themselves and their relationships.
Online Play Therapy
For families outside Bangalore - or for children who feel more emotionally open at home than in a new environment - therapy doesn't have to wait for geography to cooperate. Online Play Therapy extends the same relational, attuned approach to wherever your child is, with sessions carefully adapted for connection, creativity, and emotional safety through the screen.
Parent Coaching
Sometimes what needs support is not just the child - it's how the whole family feels. Parent Coaching focuses on you: your responses, your patterns, your sense of confidence as a parent. Not through advice-giving or prescriptive strategies, but through reflective, collaborative work that helps you understand your child more deeply and trust yourself more fully. Sessions are available online and in person.
Filial Play Therapy
In Filial Play Therapy, you become part of the healing. Guided in therapeutic play skills, you practise special sessions with your child while I observe and support. It strengthens the emotional connection between you - so that healing continues at home, not just in a therapy room. Especially powerful when the parent-child relationship needs deepening, repairing, or reconnecting.
Nature-Based Play Therapy
Some children are different outdoors. More open. More expressive. More themselves. For children who feel regulated by movement, sensory experience, and the natural world, Nature-Based Play Therapy brings the therapeutic process to the environment where they naturally feel most free - using the outdoor space as an intentional, clinical part of the healing process.
What Families Say
"Choosing Play Therapy and choosing Anya was one of the best decisions we ever made for our child."
— Parent of a 10-year-old, Singapore (Online Play Therapy)
"There's a visible softness now in how he processes situations, and we feel far more supported in understanding his emotional world."
— Parent of child attending Play Therapy, Bangalore
"Parenting feels more natural, grounded, and connected than it once did."
— Parent Coaching client, Bangalore
Why Families Choose to Work With Me
What makes working with me distinctive is that I hold both sides of the family system at once.
As a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist, I understand how children regulate, attach, express, and heal through the therapeutic relationship. Synergetic Play Therapy® integrates nervous system regulation, attachment theory, mindfulness, and interpersonal neurobiology - which means I am not simply observing your child's play. I am actively present, attuning and co-regulating throughout each session.
As a PCI® Certified Parent Coach, I understand what it feels like to be a parent who is trying hard and still feeling lost. The parent's experience is not an afterthought in my work - it is central to it.
I also serve as a Consultant Parent Coach with Humm Care, supporting working parents across organisations including Google, Accenture, and Wipro.
This means I can support your child, support you, and support the relationship between you - through play therapy, parent coaching, or the combination of both.
My approach is:
Trauma-informed and nervous system-aware
Neurodiversity-affirming and LGBTQIA+ affirming
Culturally sensitive and non-judgemental
Relational and strengths-based - not prescriptive
Credentials & Training:
B.A. in Psychology, FLAME University
Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies, Trauma Research Foundation
Consultant Parent Coach, Humm Care
Member, ACAMH (Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health)
Member, FICCI FLO Bangalore Chapter
Regular clinical supervision and ongoing advanced training
📍 Sessions available in person in Bangalore and online worldwide.
Featured In & Guest Conversations
Invited to speak at IIT Madras, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Bangalore, and institutions across India on play therapy, child development, and emotional wellbeing. Published across four articles in Happiest Health and featured in Our Bangalore magazine. Guest on the Tantrums to Triumphs podcast and LonePack Conversations.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Many families initially feel unsure whether Play Therapy, Parent Coaching, or Filial Play Therapy may be the right fit - and that's completely okay.
Whether your child is struggling with big emotions, anxiety, behavioural challenges, or relational stress, you don't have to navigate this alone. A complimentary discovery call gives us space to briefly explore your concerns, answer questions, and think together about what kind of support may feel most appropriate for your child and family.