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For LOCAL AUTHORITIES, IFAs and adoption agencies

Specialist psychological care for children who have experienced trauma

Trauma-informed assessment, therapy and consultation for fostered and adopted children, care leavers and the carers who hold them. Delivered by clinicians with genuine specialism in developmental trauma.

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DBS

All clinicians who work with children have DBS clearance

Over 1,600 clinicians

Across our UK-wide network

54+ languages

Mother-tongue therapy as standard

For LOCAL AUTHORITIES, IFAs and ADOPTION agencies

Developmental trauma work, delivered properly

Children in the care system have often experienced adversity that does not fit tidily into a diagnostic manual. Standard therapy pathways can miss the picture entirely. Our clinicians are trained in developmental trauma, dyadic work and the specific needs of children in care.

The child is at the centre. Their carer is right alongside. Everything else is designed to serve those two people.

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  • Trauma-informed by default
  • DDP, Theraplay, EMDR and Play Therapy provision
  • Parent and carer support alongside child work
  • Consultation to social workers, IROs and IFA panels
  • DBS on every clinician who works with children
  • Life story work and identity work with adopted children
How we work

How we work with the care system.

The specific pieces of work we deliver for LA fostering teams, IFAs, adoption agencies and post-adoption support commissioners.

Child assessment

Trauma-informed psychological assessment of children in care or newly adopted.

Assessment

Parent-child dyad work

DDP and Theraplay for adoptive and foster parent-child pairs.

DDP / Theraplay

Carer support

Individual psychological support for foster carers, adopters and special guardians.

For adults

LAC medicals input

Psychological perspective into statutory LAC health reviews and Initial Health Assessments.

Statutory

Complex case consultation

Clinical formulation and reflective consultation for social work and placement teams.

Team support

Life story and identity work

Therapeutic life story work with adopted children and long-stay looked-after children.

Adopted children

What our CLIENTS say

"I’ve had a great experience working with my clinician. She creates a safe, non-judgmental space and really listens. Her insights are thoughtful and practical, and I’ve seen real progress since starting sessions."

Client Feedback

FAQ

Questions fostering and adoption teams often ask

Answers to the specific commissioning and clinical questions we hear most.

Yes, plus practitioners trained in Theraplay, EMDR for children, Play Therapy and Non-Violent Resistance. We match modality to the child, not the other way around.

Yes, and we recommend it. Carer wellbeing is a strong predictor of placement stability. We run individual work with carers and dyadic work with carer-child pairs as standard.

Carefully. We hold consistency for the child through placement transitions where clinically appropriate, and we work directly with the receiving carer to hand over the therapeutic work.

Yes. Clinical formulation, reflective consultation and complex-case discussion, either one-off or as ongoing supervision to your team.

Every clinician working with children has DBS clearance.