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Child Therapy

You might be here because you’ve noticed a change in your child

Perhaps they seem more anxious, withdrawn, angry, or overwhelmed than usual. Maybe something has happened that has affected them, or you simply have a sense that something isn’t quite right.

As a parent or carer, it can be incredibly difficult to watch your child struggle and not know how to help. You may be trying everything you can to support and reassure them while quietly worrying about what they’re feeling or going through.

Every child deserves to feel safe, seen, and understood. Therapy offers a safe and supportive space for your child to begin to understand their feelings, express what’s been difficult, and build resilience and confidence.

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Common experiences

Understanding What’s Happening

Children express distress differently from adults. They may not have the words to talk about sadness, fear or confusion, so these emotions can appear through anger, withdrawal, or changes in mood and behaviour. Sometimes, children blame themselves for what’s happening around them, or they internalise the pain of others, trying to make everything okay.

When a child has experienced trauma, loss or significant stress, their nervous system can stay in a constant state of alert – making it hard for them to relax, concentrate, or trust. Therapy helps to gently soothe and regulate these feelings, so they can start to feel safe again in their world.

Therapy can be a powerful

Working Together to Heal

Children are remarkably resilient when given the right environment to heal. With time, patience, and understanding, they can recover from even very difficult experiences. Therapy can help them rediscover curiosity, confidence, and joy – and give you, as their parent or carer, the reassurance that your child is finding their way forward.

Healing doesn’t happen overnight, but it does happen. Step by step, children begin to trust again – in themselves, in the world around them, and in the love that surrounds them.

You don’t have to face this alone. With the right support, your child can move from confusion and fear towards calm, safety, and hope.

Play and creative expression to help children explore difficult feelings

Storytelling and talking in ways that feel natural and appropriate for their age

Understanding behaviour and what your child may be communicating through it

Parent and carer guidance to help support your child at home

Creating a circle of safety that nurtures healing, strengthens attachment, and helps you child feel secure enough to grow and thrive

Therapy can be a powerful

There is hope

Children are remarkably resilient when given the right environment to heal. With time, patience, and understanding, they can recover from even very difficult experiences. Therapy can help them rediscover curiosity, confidence, and joy – and give you, as their parent or carer, the reassurance that your child is finding their way forward.

Healing doesn’t happen overnight, but it does happen. Step by step, children begin to trust again – in themselves, in the world around them, and in the love that surrounds them.

You don’t have to face this alone. With the right support, your child can move from confusion and fear towards calm, safety, and hope.

Support starts here

Meet our Therapists for Children

Please click on a therapist to find out more about them and book your first session.