Therapy for Children at our London Clinic

The Family Treatment Service offers evidence based therapy interventions to help children and adolescents thrive.
Our highly experienced therapy clinicians help young people to develop strategies that will support their goals and future well being.

" I wanted to thank you too from the bottom of my heart for everything you did to help our daughter...she is absolutely flying at the moment. It is a joy to watch her... you'll never know how much we appreciate what you and the service did. The warm welcomes each week from the front desk were also much appreciated."

What is Children’s Therapy?

Children’s Therapy is about supporting your child with their thoughts, feelings and behaviours that they are finding overwhelming, and that may be interfering with their life at home, school and within friendships. Childhood and adolescence are crucial times for developing a sense of self, personality and building self-esteem. We believe that a therapeutic space is essential to help young people thrive and to develop strategies that will support their future well-being.

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Difficulties We Support

Problems that may be impacting on a child or adolescents’ life could be, but are not limited to:

Low mood and depression
Anxiety (including phobias, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, panic, social anxiety, separation anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Trauma and post traumatic stress
Low self-esteem
Emotion regulation difficulties (managing big feelings)
Eating difficulties and body image difficulties
Friendship relationship difficulties
Self-harm
Suicidal thoughts
School Avoidance/EBSA

Who Can Benefit from Children’s Therapy?

Any child or young person between the ages of 6-18 years old, and who is struggling with any of the above concerns (if your child is younger than 6, please see our specialist Under 5’s section below). If a child or young person could benefit from a space to talk about their thoughts and feelings, learn new ways of coping with difficult life stressors and/or think about their relationships and identity, then our children’s therapy service may be helpful.

What To Expect

In our child therapy sessions we would always be working with both the child and their family. Depending on the child’s age, they may have more or less sessions on their own with the therapist.

In child-only sessions, a young person might expect to complete worksheets with their therapist, draw, paint and talk.

In a parent-only session we would discuss ways they could support their young person at home, sharing ideas for strategies to help their child along. We would also have some parent and child sessions together, in order to review progress and create an opportunity for people in the family to share their point of view.

The number of sessions and how they are divided up would be discussed beforehand, and we would always review the arrangement as the therapy progressed.

Our Service for Under 5’s

Our Under 5’s service supports pregnant parents and any parents with a child under 5 years old.

We understand that parenthood is not a straightforward journey and that parents may experience different hurdles at various points along their journey. Psychological research demonstrates that the first 3 years of a child’s life are the most significant; during these years they need as much support as possible to ensure that they thrive both socially and emotionally. Our services help parents and children build positive relationships and fulfilling futures.

We support parents with a broad range of difficulties, such as:

Pre-natal feelings of anxiety or worry
Understanding toddler tantrums
Separation anxiety
Toileting
Developmental difficulties
Parental feelings of anxiety or low mood
Parent identity changes
Family relationships
Couple difficulties
Parent-child communications/relationship difficulties · Feeling stuck as a parent
We also focus on supporting parents in the perinatal period (i.e. in the first year of parenthood), as we know this is a time of huge transition and adjustment for many.

How the Under 5’s Service works

In our Under 5’s service, we can offer a combination of different therapy approaches. The set up of the sessions depends on the nature of concerns and what works best for the family.
Our sessions would always involve parent(s) and children together for some, and sometimes all, of the process. Some sessions could just be for the parent themselves, without their child, to explore particular themes and difficulties. Our sessions always focus on reaching agreed goals, so we are continually working towards change. The number of sessions and how they are divided up would be discussed beforehand, and we would always review the arrangement as the therapy progressed.

How to See Us

Get In Touch

The first step to access our child therapy service is to fill in our Registration Form
to give us an understanding of how we can help.
Alternatively book in a free 15 minute call with a clinician who can go through the questions with you.
Personalised Advice

We provide tailored recommendations designed to provide effective results for your child,
with clear expected timescales and costs.
Begin Your Treatment

Start your child’s therapy plan with expert-led and evidence-based care.
The plan will be reviewed as therapy progresses.

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Our Therapy Clinic in Wimbledon

Our children’s therapy sessions take place at our beautiful, welcoming Therapy clinic on Ridgway Mews in Wimbledon.
The space has been purpose built with dedicated therapy rooms designed for children and parents.
We also have a calm, quiet library space for parents to work if they are waiting during children only sessions.

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Children’s Therapy

Initial Consultation: £200
An one hour initial appointment with a specialist child psychologist, psychotherapist, CBT therapist or other child therapist. This enables our clinicians to get a good understanding of your experience and goals, and to design a bespoke care plan.

Follow-up appointments: £180
A one-hour follow-up appointment with a specialist child psychologist, psychotherapist, CBT therapist or other child therapist.. Some of our clinicians offer £20 off per session if you book a package of 10 sessions. Speak to our reception team if you would like to find out more.

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Our Team of Child Therapists