Children’s Counselling

Why Counselling?

Children can experience various difficulties at home, at school, within family/friendships and in other situations.

This can present as dysregulation, challenging behaviours, anxiety, low mood or sleep disturbance to name but a few. As parents and carers, you support these struggles on a day-to-day basis however sometimes a neutral, safe, therapeutic space can provide a child with the valuable opportunity to explore and understand their problems.

My therapeutic approach

I strongly believe that safety and trust are the key to unlocking change. My approach to working therapeutically with children relies on creating a strong therapeutic relationship, one in which a child can feel safe to explore their difficulties without fear of judgement.

For many children, talking about their feelings can be challenging so my work draws on a variety of methods including

• Play therapy

• Creative arts

• Sand tray therapy

• Music

• Drama and movement

All my work is child led so I combine these methods and others, to meet the needs of the child to suit how they present in the room.

Creating a safe, playful environment allows a child to access their inner world and in the presence of a trusted adult, this can be externalised to help them to address any difficulties they may be experiencing

What can I help with?

Counselling can support children who are experiencing a variety of difficulties, for example:

• Anxiety

• School attendance difficulties (with particular interest in emotional based school non-attendance)

• Low mood

• Friendship/relationship problems

• Low self-esteem

• Grief and loss

• Emotional regulation

• Trauma

This list is by no means exhaustive so please feel free to reach out to discuss further