Parents
We offer parental support in the following ways;
Whilst your child or adolescent is in therapy, it can be helpful to have a session in order to understand what might be going on not just for your child but also for yourself. Parenthood can be challenging and our own experiences in childhood can have a huge impact on how we react to our own children.
It can take a little while for a child and in particular an adolescent to engage in therapy. Whilst this process is evolving, it can be a welcome relief for parents to have support. This can provide an opportunity to bounce ideas, think about how you are responding to your child and sometimes develop strategies together in order to manage the situation. We offer weekly sessions with parents which works as a bridge between yourselves and your child or adolescent.
Teachers
Sophia has extensive experience in education and is adept at offering practical support to teachers in order that they can better understand behaviour from both a teaching and a therapeutic perspective. Her work in schools often involves lesson observations in order to help identify the most appropriate interventions for students. Additionally, she works two days a week in a secondary school in North London where part of her remit is to support Heads of Year in developing their psychological awareness in order to best meet the needs of young people.
Stephanie is a proud employee of an initiative called Growing Minds which offers individually tailored positive mental health groups to secondary schools in Hertfordshire. As part of her role, she runs teacher support designed to understand and offer strategies regarding the behaviour of pupils. This is based on attachment theory and the huge variety of emotional needs children and adolescents have which will impact on their learning in the classroom.