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
We agree together the purpose and frequency of parent meetings. You have a say in the plan. We consider your child’s age, development, consent and needs, and agree what information is shared. Parent meetings protect the privacy of individual psychotherapy, subject to safeguarding responsibilities, and are billed at £360 per hour, pro rata.
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
Your child’s psychotherapy is supported by work with the adults and professionals around them. Parent contact, agreed liaison and clinical administration help connect the therapy with everyday life.
Your child’s psychotherapy takes place weekly during term time. We agree in advance the scope of regular parent meetings, occasional school or medical liaison, reports or letters. You have a say in what we agree. This additional work is billed at £360 per hour, pro rata.
Parent meetings and reviews can give us space to think together about your child. We agree their frequency and purpose with you. Liaison with school or healthcare professionals is arranged when useful, with appropriate consent.
Psychotherapy sessions cost £300 each. Other agreed work costs £360 per hour, pro rata. See Fees for the rates and Practice Policies for attendance, billing and ending arrangements.
A predictable arrangement for ongoing treatment
Your child has a reserved weekly 50-minute psychotherapy appointment during term time, at £300 per session. We agree any additional parent meetings, reviews or other support together.
Psychotherapy appointments are billed on the first day of each month for that month’s reserved term-time sessions. They remain payable if missed or cancelled. Additional work is agreed with you and billed at £360 per hour, pro rata. See Practice Policies for the full arrangements and exceptions.
We plan endings together so your child has time to prepare. Four term-time weeks’ written notice is required; school holidays do not count. Sessions during the notice period remain payable. See Practice Policies for details and exceptions.
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. Psychotherapy takes place weekly during term time. We agree the rest of the treatment plan together, considering your child’s age, development, consent and needs. It may include regular parent work, occasional liaison, reports or letters. You have a say in what is included, and this additional work is billed at £360 per hour, pro rata.
We agree together the purpose and frequency of parent meetings. You have a say in the plan. We consider your child’s age, development, consent and needs, and agree what information is shared. Parent meetings protect the privacy of individual psychotherapy, subject to safeguarding responsibilities, and are billed at £360 per hour, pro rata.
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.
We agree together whether parent meetings, professional liaison, reports or letters would help. You have a say in the plan, and we discuss the scope and likely cost before work begins. This work is billed at £360 per hour, pro rata.
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.