Rooted within clinical research and best practice, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy offers a safe space and supportive relationship for children, young people and parents to understand their experiences. It helps put unconscious feelings into words and to explain emotional, behavioural or physical expressions.

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists are trained to notice verbal and non‑verbal cues — including language, play, drawings, dreams and how the child or young person uses the therapeutic relationship and the space. In a safe therapeutic setting, individuals can explore troubling feelings and behaviours, begin to find their causes, and work toward changes that aim to improve the relationship with themselves and with others.

I work with presentations of anxiety, attachment issues, bereavement, change, communication struggles, depression, eating difficulties, identity issues, low self‑esteem, mood and anger problems, sleep and toileting issues, somatic expressions, trauma, and relationship difficulties. I have specialist experience supporting neurodiverse individuals, including those with ADHD and autism, and their parents and siblings.

The work is both specialised and expansive, as I look to engage with the core values of the individual behind the difficulties, offering careful sense-making together.

I offer a calm, low‑arousal therapy setting in nature, without busy waiting rooms or a public interface with the aim to minimise sensory or emotional overwhelm.

To ensure the comfort and well being of all visitors, Nest & Nurture is a nut and fragrance free site.

Additional information for parents and professionals on how child psychotherapy treatment can help is available from the Association of Child Psychotherapists.