Play 2gether: one-to-one help with big feelings, for children aged 4 to 12
When feelings get too big, too fast. Twelve weekly sessions for children whose meltdowns, anger or shutdowns are running the house. No diagnosis needed. Carrine Loh, our clinical psychologist, works with your child and coaches you in the room, so the plan comes home with you.
- Ages
- 4 to 12
- For
- Meltdowns, anger, shutdowns
- Diagnosis
- Not needed
- Format
- One-to-one, with you in the room
- Length
- 12 weekly sessions
- Starts
- Late October, four families
It starts with something small. The wrong cup, a lost game, five more minutes of screen time. Then it isn’t small any more: shouting, hitting, a slammed door, or a child who goes silent and can’t come back for an hour.
Afterwards you are worn out, and you probably wonder whether you handled it right. Most parents do. Big feelings are hard work, for the child and for the adult beside them.
Play 2gether helps your child name and manage big feelings, and coaches you, live, so you know what to say and do in the moment. It is one-to-one, with you in the room, once a week for twelve weeks.
This may be a good fit if your child…
Has meltdowns or outbursts that feel much bigger than the moment.
Gets angry fast, or shuts down and goes quiet.
Finds it hard to stop, switch or wait: ending a game, leaving the house, bedtime.
Gives up quickly when something goes wrong.
Probably not the right fit if…
- Autism or ADHD is the question, diagnosed or suspected. Individual Supports is built for that.
- The relationship is the problem: you and your child keep clashing, or your child says more with their hands than with words. Making 2gether, art together with Reena.
- Your child copes well in a group and mostly wants tools and friends. Growing Together, a weekend workshop for ages 6 to 12, is a lighter start.
- You are worried about your child’s safety, or they have talked about hurting themselves. Please don’t wait for a programme. Speak to your doctor today, or in an emergency go to the nearest hospital emergency department.
No diagnosis is needed, and none is assumed.
Twelve weeks, with you in the room
Every session has time with your child, time with you, and time for the two of you together, with Carrine coaching.
A first session
You and your child meet Carrine. She hears what a hard day looks like, what sets it off and what you’ve tried. A few days later you get a short written plan with three goals, in your family’s words.
Naming it
Your child learns words for feelings and the clues in their body. You learn to notice the feeling, name it and stay with it before trying to solve anything.
Tools and triggers
Your child chooses and practises a few calming tools. Together you map the hardest moments of the week and plan for them.
Practice, school, and after
Small, safe frustrations in the session to practise on. One call with your child’s school. A written summary at the end, and a check-in about six weeks later.
A few sessions are for you alone: one early on, one halfway through to look at the goals again, and the last one. Between sessions, the practice is ten minutes a day of play your child chooses, plus the tool of the week.
Built around you and your child
Three goals in your words
Written down after the first session and rated together every week, so you can both see what is moving.
Coaching in the moment
You practise with your own child while Carrine coaches you. It is the part that is hardest to learn from a book, so it is the centre of every session.
Made for their age
For 4 to 6s, mostly play, with you leading and Carrine coaching. For 7 to 12s, more talking and problem-solving, and your child teaches you the tools.
One call with school
Included in the twelve weeks, with a one-page note for the teacher, so the same words and tools work in the classroom too.
Grandparents, a helper or the other parent can join one session and get a one-page “what to say when…” guide, so everyone at home responds the same way.
Carrine Loh, Clinical Psychologist
Carrine is a clinical psychologist, registered with the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council. She leads 2Bloom’s one-to-one work with children, and she also runs our weekend workshop, Growing Together.
She works with both of you, every week. After each session she sends you a short written note, and our admin team handles bookings and changes, so your sessions stay about your child.
Meet the rest of the team, the clinicians behind 2Bloom.
Not sure it’s this one?
Several of our programmes overlap. The quickest way to choose is to ask what is getting harder at the moment, then pick the one that matches.
Individual Supports
Autism or ADHD is the question, diagnosed or suspected, ages 3 to 17. Goals across communication, routines and play.
Making 2gether
“We keep clashing.” The relationship is the problem, or your child says more with their hands than with words.
Growing Together
Your child is mostly coping and wants feelings skills and friends. One weekend in December, ages 6 to 12.
Still torn? Tell us a little about your child and ask for a 10-minute call with Carrine, our clinical psychologist, or see every programme on What’s on.
Everything else you’ll want to know
| Led by | Carrine Loh, Clinical Psychologist (MAHPC-registered). |
|---|---|
| Ages | 4 to 12. Sessions for 4 to 6s are mostly play; for 7 to 12s, more talking and problem-solving. |
| Diagnosis | Not needed. If a strong autism or ADHD picture emerges, we talk to you about moving to Individual Supports. |
| Format | One-to-one. A parent is in the room for every session, and a few sessions are for you alone. |
| Length | A first session, then twelve weekly 60-minute sessions, then a check-in about six weeks after the end. |
| When | After school, in the same slot each week, from late October 2026. Four families to begin with. |
| Where | 2Bloom, J-2-13, Solaris Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. |
| Fees | We give you the fee in writing with your plan, after the first session and before you commit to the twelve weeks. The first session’s fee is confirmed when you book it. |
| Approach | Play-based. Draws on established approaches: parent-child interaction coaching, emotion coaching, and CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions). |
Before you get in touch
Does my child need a diagnosis?
No. Play 2gether is for children whose big feelings are getting in the way, with or without a diagnosis. If autism or ADHD is the real question, Individual Supports or an assessment may suit better, and we will tell you if so.
Why am I in the room?
Because the hardest moments happen at home, when we are not there. You practise with your own child while Carrine coaches you, so you leave each week knowing what to say and do the next time it happens.
Is this play therapy?
It is play-based, but it is not play therapy in the formal sense. Carrine is a clinical psychologist, and the sessions draw on parent-child interaction coaching, emotion coaching and CBT.
How is this different from Growing Together?
Growing Together is a weekend group of six children, and parents wait outside. Play 2gether is one-to-one, for twelve weeks, with you in the room every time. If your child copes in a group and mostly wants tools and friends, Growing Together is the lighter start.
How much does it cost?
We give you the fee in writing with your child’s plan, after the first session and before you commit to the twelve weeks. The first session’s fee is confirmed when you book it. Messaging us costs nothing.
What if it isn’t working?
We look at the goals with you halfway through. If nothing is moving by then, we change the plan or suggest somewhere better placed to help, rather than carry on as before.
Four families to begin with
Play 2gether starts in late October 2026, with after-school slots for four families. Message us and tell us a little about what has been happening.
Or write to hello@2-bloom.com
Messaging us doesn’t commit you to anything. We reply on WhatsApp, so please give us a few days.
Would you rather talk first? Ask for a 10-minute call with Carrine. It is a conversation, not an assessment: no report and no diagnosis.