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'Encourage them to draw how they feel or say how they feel and then accept those feelings.'

― Philippa Perry

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Working with children and young people...

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Is your child or young person trying to navigate their way through life and feeling bufffeted about?

Is there a sense that the world is somewhere that feels difficult to be?

Are they experiencing anxiety, emotional or nervous system dysregulation?

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Or maybe something has happened in their life and their mental health and way of being feels tricky right now.

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Whatever the reasons that led you here  I know it has been a brave and perhaps vulnerable step to seek out a therapist that can be trusted to work with your child. 

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  • Working in a creative and expressive way can help remove the pressure of trying to articulate thoughts and feelings that they may not yet know or be aware of. 

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  • It can be a way of exploring identity and their sense of self, in a playful way.

 

  • Playing, creating, moving, writing, and expressing themselves in ways they feel connected to, may aid emotional regulation, helping them to remain within their window of tolerance as they explore their inner worlds. 

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Amongst other struggles, I have worked with children and young people to help them explore and process;

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  • suicidal ideation

  • self-injury

  • anxiousness

  • identity

  • gender

  • fear

  • grief and loss

  • emotional dysregulation

  • their neurodivergence

  • relationships

  • adverse childhood experiences

  • the complexity of divorce and separation

  • feelings about school or education  or home education

  • autonomy

  • their sense of self

  • nervous system regulation

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I offer a relational and co-created approach, helping your young person process what is happening in their inner and outer worlds. I seek to support them as they untangle who they are and find the confidence, inner strength, personal values and nervous system regulation that might enable them to be themselves in a world that often does not understand or value our way of being. 

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