Meet The Team!
Meet The Team!
Therapy that doesn't feel like therapy
Hello! I'm so glad that you've found us and are keen to know more. Here's a little about me, Silvina D'Alessandro (founder), and my services.
Purple Carrots Studio was founded in Toronto, Canada in 2015 and has been operating in Melbourne since 2021, when I moved back home after 14 years away. I offer individual speech therapy and child centred play therapy as a sole practitioner at Melbourne Kids Developmental Services (77 Holmes St. Brunswick), and run inclusive group drama programs during school holidays at Newlands Community Centre (North Coburg).
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I love to learn and so far have completed:
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Bachelor of Speech-Language Pathology - La Trobe University, 2006
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Bachelor of Dramatic Arts, Acting - National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), 2010
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Advanced Diploma in Expressive Arts Therapy - The CREATE Institute, Toronto, 2019
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Child Centred Play Therapy Clinical Program - Play Therapy Australia, 2021
Purple Carrots is my first "baby": a professional child born of all my various forms of education and experience. I also have a fur-baby (dog) called Muesli and an actual human baby daughter who has taught me more about pretty much everything than any university degree ever could.
I am endlessly curious about what it is to be human. What helps us be happy, or at least better able to deal with difficult emotions? So far, I think the answer to this question comes down to relationships - both our relationship with ourselves and with others. I empower my clients by helping them recognise and develop their individual strengths and by valuing them for who they are, just as they are.
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Purple Carrots is an inclusive space which encourages growth in communication and emotional well-being through three distinct services: individual speech therapy, child centred play therapy and group drama classes.