Specialist Counselling Interventions

Family Therapy:
Family Therapy helps to support family members to find constructive ways to help to communicate with each other, whilst respecting that everyone has different perspectives, beliefs and views.  A therapeutic space provides an opportunity for family members to say how they feel about a problem in a safe and caring environment.  By doing this, the therapist helps the family to nurture change and to strengthen the interactions and conversations between them.

The Family Therapist may also offer practical advice and information about further sources of help. 

Filial Therapy:
Filial Therapy combines Play Therapy with Family Therapy, strengthening families and enhancing the parent-child relationship.  It is an alternative method for treating emotionally troubled children in which the parent/carer acts as an agent for change in their child’s life. 

Filial Therapists are qualified Play Therapists who have undergone further intensive training in this approach.  They work in partnership with the parent/carer in a carefully supervised way, training them in the basic principles of non-directive play.  The parent/carer will learn and practice new skills with the Filial Therapist and then use them in a special weekly play time with their child.      

 * Research endorses the efficacy of this approach and supports the involvement of parents/carers in their child's therapy.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy:
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an integrative method of psychotherapy that was developed by Dan Hughes and is a specialised form of Attachment Focused Family Therapy.  It was developed for the treatment of children and young people who have experienced trauma and loss; including looked after children and adopted children.

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