Helping children
flourish through
life's challenges.
Psychological support for children, young people, parents and families - building understanding, resilience and brighter futures.
For children & young people
For parents and caregivers
For professionals and schools
For organisations and communities
EXPLORE THE HUB
Support, resources and expertise - all in one place
From psychological support and practical resources to training, consultancy and research, the Hub brings psychological understanding into the places where it can make a difference.
Psychotherapy
For children, young people, parents & caregivers
Psychological support for children, young people and families experiencing difficult experiences, change, loss or uncertainty.
The Children's Psychology Hub
Resources & Tools
A psychoeducational project making psychological concepts and mental wellbeing engaging and accessible for children and young people.
Training & Consultancy
Creating conditions to flourish
Psychology-informed training and consultancy helping organisations better understand and support children, families and parent caregivers.
Projects & Research
Exploring experience. Developing understanding.
Research, writing and psychological projects exploring children’s and families’ experiences, wellbeing and the conditions that help them flourish.
PSYCHOLOGY YOU CAN USE
Understanding made practical.
Professionally developed resources and tools to help children explore, understand and express what can be difficult to put into words.
GROUPS & WORKSHOPS
What's happening at the hub?
Groups, workshops, events and new opportunities for children, families and professionals.
Psychotherapist . Researcher . Parent Caregiver.
MEET THE PERSON BEHIND THE HUB
I’m Zara O’Brien, a psychotherapist, supporting children, parents and families through difficult experiences, life transitions and change.
My work is informed by research, clinical practice and lived experience, with particular interests in trauma, bereavement, displacement, difference and disability.
I believe psychological support should be accessible, inclusive and grounded in real family life — helping people understand what’s happening, what they need and what might help.
Clinical practice × research × lived experience
FOR PROFESSIONALS, ORGANISATIONS & OUR COMMUNITY
Because every child deserves the conditions to flourish.
OUR APPROACH
The Conditions to Flourish Framework.
A practical framework for understanding and creating the conditions that support children and young people flourish within the systems and communities around them.
Understand
Making sense of ourselves, one another and what we are experiencing.
Support
Having the right support around us, at the right time, and in ways that work for us.
Flourish
Feeling valued, included and psychologically safe to be ourselves.
Sustain
Maintaining wellbeing, support and positive change through everyday life.
FOR EMPLOYERS, PROFESSIONALS & ORGANISATIONS
Bringing the framework into your workplace or service
I work with employers, professionals and organisations to apply the Conditions to Flourish Framework in their settings, services and workplaces — helping them understand what children and families need, create the right support, and sustain positive change over time.
From workplaces and schools to activity providers, charities and community services, my work helps the adults, teams and environments around children and families become more psychologically informed, supportive and sustainable.
Bringing the framework into your workplace or service
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Understand
Build a clearer picture of what people need.
Support
Create the right conditions for people to flourish.
Flourish
See the difference in everyday practice.
Sustain
Make positive change part of how you work.