A deliberately small practice
My practice is solely dedicated to children, young people and their families. I keep a deliberately small caseload so that I can think carefully about each child, work consistently with parents and remain available for the wider clinical work that treatment may require.
A smaller practice supports continuity. It creates protected capacity to reflect between appointments, prepare individual materials, meet with parents and coordinate thoughtfully with other professionals where that work is clinically useful.
Specialist child psychotherapy training
I completed ACP-accredited doctoral-level clinical training in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
My clinical work, supervision, reading and continuing professional development are concentrated in the areas in which I practise, including school attendance difficulties, neurodivergence, chronic illness and functional symptoms, and fear of failure and perfectionism.
Parents and the wider network
Regular parent meetings are a requirement of this programme. We agree how parents or carers take part and what information is shared, taking account of the young person’s age, development, consent and clinical needs. The meetings support the work around the child while protecting the privacy of their individual sessions, subject to safeguarding responsibilities.
Parent appointments are not simply updates on what a child has said. They provide a separate clinical space to think about development, communication, relationships, patterns at home and school, and how adults can support the treatment while preserving the child’s private therapeutic space.
Where helpful and agreed, I liaise with schools, GPs, paediatricians and other professionals so that the adults around the child can develop a more coherent understanding and response. Liaison is used only where it has a clear clinical purpose, appropriate consent and an agreed scope.
A setting shaped around the child
Play, drawing, creative and sensory materials are meaningful forms of communication in child psychotherapy. Each child has a materials box tailored to their developmental stage, needs and preferences, alongside sensory and environmental adjustments where helpful.
The way a child uses the room is individual. Some children may talk, play, draw, move, work side by side or use silence. Lighting, temperature, soft furnishings and sensory materials can be considered as part of creating a setting the child can use.
Direct clinical continuity
Families communicate with me directly. Questions about treatment, scheduling and clinically relevant changes remain connected to the therapeutic work rather than being separated between administrative and clinical teams.
Clear boundaries are agreed around contact, confidentiality and response times. This supports continuity while protecting the child’s therapeutic space and the clinician’s capacity to think carefully.
Time around your child’s treatment
The monthly on-going psychotherapy programme is designed to take the confusion and stress out of the billing process. Rather than paying for individual appointments and having multiple invoices, bills or unexpected appointments to cover each month, the work that happens around the child's therapy session is already accounted for. It reserves your child’s regular clinical time and includes an agreed allocation for parent contact, professional liaison and the clinical administration required around treatment.
The programme includes regular parent meetings alongside the child’s psychotherapy and protected time for relevant school or medical liaison. This helps the adults around your child understand their needs and support changes in everyday life. We agree the purpose of liaison and obtain appropriate consent.
The ongoing arrangement includes a 60-minute parent appointment in each active month, with three formal reviews replacing the ordinary appointment before Christmas, Easter and summer. A separate allowance of up to 30 minutes covers clinically relevant liaison and additional clinical administration. Routine invoicing, scheduling and appointment links are included separately. The defined arrangement has no additional charge.
Families receive one predictable monthly invoice rather than separate charges whenever clinically necessary work takes place around the child.
A predictable arrangement for ongoing treatment
The ongoing psychotherapy programme reserves a regular weekly 50-minute appointment during the published treatment calendar. One 60-minute parent appointment is included in each active treatment month from September to July. Three annual Parent Reviews before the Christmas, Easter and summer breaks replace the ordinary parent appointment in those months; they are not added on top. The first parent appointment takes place as we move from assessment into treatment, if the ongoing psychotherapy programme is agreed.
The arrangement also includes up to 30 minutes of clinically relevant professional liaison and additional clinical administration in each active treatment month. This is available capacity rather than a bank of minutes: unused time does not roll over, accumulate, reduce the monthly fee or create a cash entitlement.
The arrangement is rolling rather than an annual lock-in. The ongoing psychotherapy programme can be ended with at least four weeks’ written notice, with the notice period ordinarily used to help the child understand and prepare for the ending.
What the treatment structure can include
The precise structure is adapted to the child’s age, development, consent and clinical needs. It may bring together:
A regular psychotherapy space
Parent work
Professional liaison
Ongoing clinical thinking
Frequently asked questions
It means that agreed clinical work may take place beyond the child’s weekly appointment. Depending on the treatment plan, this can include parent contact, focused professional liaison, preparation and clinical administration directly connected with the child’s care.
No. The structure is adapted to the child’s age, development, consent, needs and the purpose of treatment. The precise arrangements are explained and agreed before the ongoing psychotherapy programme begins.
Regular parent meetings are a requirement of this programme. We agree how parents or carers take part and what information is shared, taking account of the young person’s age, development, consent and clinical needs. The meetings support the work around the child while protecting the privacy of their individual sessions, subject to safeguarding responsibilities.
Only where contact has a clear clinical purpose, is appropriately consented and has an agreed scope. Liaison may involve a school, SENCO, GP, paediatrician or another professional, but it is not automatic and does not transfer their responsibilities to the practice.
Yes. Families communicate directly with me about treatment and clinically relevant practical matters. Clear boundaries are agreed around contact, confidentiality and response times.
The monthly fee reserves the child’s regular weekly psychotherapy place and includes the agreed parent work, focused professional liaison and clinical administration surrounding treatment. The precise scope, treatment calendar and ending arrangements are explained before treatment begins.
No. Psychology and child and adolescent psychotherapy are distinct professional training routes, although areas of practice can overlap. ACP-accredited Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists complete a specialist training focused exclusively on psychotherapy with infants, children, young people and their families. The pathway includes extensive supervised clinical work within NHS child and adolescent mental health services and doctoral-level study. Professional titles can represent very different forms of preparation. When choosing a clinician, it can be helpful to ask about their specific training in the treatment being offered, their experience with children of a similar age and difficulty, and how parents and the wider professional network are included.
A child is not required to talk on command, make eye contact, sit face-to-face, complete worksheets or disclose before trust exists.
No. Autism and ADHD are not conditions the psychotherapy aims to remove or conceal.
Progress may include greater choice, self-understanding, recovery, communication, relationships and the ability to seek support—not only symptom or attendance change.
Parent Consultation
A 40-minute online appointment for parents, offering specialist guidance without an obligation to continue.