Real psychology
for real childhood experiences
Making children’s psychology engaging, accessible and useful — beyond the therapy room and into everyday life.
How the Hub can Help
Support for every part of childhood
Therapeutic Support
Psychological support shaped around children and families.
Practical psychology
you can use.
What's On
Groups, workshops and drop-ins at the Hub.
Resources & Tools
For Professionals
Training, consultancy & reflective practice.
Resources
Children's Psychology Made Engaging
Professionally developed resources and tools to help children explore, understand and express what can be difficult to put into words.
What's Happening?
Coming Up
Saturday Hub Drop In
Saturday 5th Sept
9am - 11am
Drop in, view the clinic space, meet Zara, view, understand and purchase resources, book in for support or receive helpful signposting!
Meet Zara
Hello! I'm Zara O'Brien, a psychotherapist, mum and parent carer, and the founder of The Children's Psychology Hub.
My work with children and families, alongside my own experiences of parenting and caring, has shaped the way I think about children's psychology. I believe understanding children means looking beyond behaviour — to what they are experiencing, what they need, and the conditions around them that help them flourish.
But psychology shouldn't stop at the therapy room. I created The Children's Psychology Hub to make psychological ideas engaging, practical and accessible, and to take them into the places where childhood actually happens.
Children don't flourish m simply because we tell them to. They flourish when the psychological conditions around them, encourage growth.
Creating the Conditions to Flourish
For Professionals & Community
Taking psychology beyond the therapy room
Children experience the world through their schools, communities, activities, relationships and everyday environments.
That's why the Hub works alongside the people and places around children — from schools and healthcare to museums, leisure settings, arts organisations and childcare.
TRAINING
Practical, psychologically informed training that builds understanding, confidence and skills.
CONSULTANCY
Collaborative support to review, develop, and strengthen your systems, practice and environment.
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
Structured reflective spaces for individual professionals and whole teams to think together, connect and consider what children and young people need from us.
