THERAPY FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
A space that's just
for them.
Children and young people often carry things they don't yet have the words for. Therapy gives them a safe, consistent space to begin to find them.
Ages 4-17
Eastbourne & Online
MBACP Registered
Self & professional referral
I work with children and young people facing a wide range of experiences — from anxiety and low mood, to bereavement, diagnosis, family change, and the quieter struggles that don't always have a name.
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My approach is child-led and creative where needed. That means using play, imagery, conversation — whatever gives this particular child a way in. Not every child can or should be expected to sit and talk.
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As a parent, you are never an afterthought. Ialways hold you in mind and will seek to keep you informed and involved in creative ways that supports the work, without compromising your child's trust in their space and relationship with me.
What children and young people bring
Anxiety and worry. Low mood and withdrawal. Bereavement and grief — including the grief of a family separating or changing shape. Diagnosis and SEND — making sense of a mind that works differently. School difficulties and transitions. Identity and self-esteem. Chronic health and medical trauma. The particular complexity of growing up between cultures or far from home.
I work with children and young people navigating
Anxiety and worry
Low mood and withdrawal
Bereavement and grief
Family change — separation, blended families, new siblings
Diagnosis and SEND
School difficulties and transitions
Identity and self-esteem
Chronic health and medical trauma
Third culture and globally mobile experience
HOW I WORK
My practice is evidence-based. Before we begin I use a small set of validated clinical measures to understand where your child is and what we're working toward. I also ask your child how they want me to be with them — because even in child therapy, the relationship is everything, and getting it right from the start matters. I review progress every six sessions, so we always have a clear picture of how things are moving.
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Therapy doesn't have to mean sitting and talking. Depending on what your child needs, our work might draw on play, art, music, or creative approaches alongside conversation — because sometimes the most important things find their way out sideways, not head-on. I also use my worksheets and therapeutic resources from The Children's Psychology Hub where they're useful, many of which your child can take home to continue the work between sessions.
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In the room I'm warm, down to earth, and I'll use humour where it belongs. I'll also sit in silence — because not everything needs to be filled with words.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Sessions
Fee
50 minutes, weekly or fortnightly
£65 per session
Where
In person (Eastbourne) and online
Contract
No minimum sessions · no contract
A NOTE FOR PARENTS
Your child's therapy space is their own — and that privacy is part of what makes it safe. Your child leads how much you're involved in the content of our sessions. That said, I will always let you know if I have any concerns about their safety or wellbeing, and for younger children or where Gillick competence hasn't been established, we'll work together more closely from the start. You won't be left in the dark about anything that matters — and you'll never be kept out of anything that's yours to know.
EQUIPING THE VILLAGE
Therapy doesn't happen
in isolation.
Every child lives in a village. The therapy room is one small part of that village — and what happens in it is most useful when the rest of the village knows what to do with it. The child is always at the centre of that: what goes beyond the room, and to whom, is their conversation to lead.
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What can extend beyond the session is the work itself — worksheets to borrow, resources to use at home, a teaching conversation with a parent about a strategy that's helping. These are tools, not disclosures. The child knows what's being shared and has agreed to it. The content of their sessions stays private. The benefit doesn't have to.
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