The Theraputic Consultants

Being a parent isn’t always easy! Be it the tug at your heart on seeing your child wail while s/he is settling into nursery or going through a long night caring for a child who is having difficulties sleeping, school stress or exam anxiety we mums and dads are altogether familiar with anxiety and on occasion overwhelmed by parenthood. The good news is we don’t need to brave it alone. Support is at hand.. we are lucky enough to a specialist child and family centre local to us.

Introducing The Therapeutic Consultants – a multi- disciplinary team of highly trained and experienced professionals who offer a comprehensive range of services in facilitating you on your journey.

The team at TTC includes experts from a variety of fields such as Psychology, Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Psychiatry, Relationship Counselling and clinicians trained specifically to work with adults, adolescents, children and families.

The ethos at TTC is to offer non-judgmental empathetic support blended with effective interventions based on the most recent up to date research on best practice in the field. Embedded in this ethos of integrity and compassion, all the clinicians at TTC have a shared approach. It isn’t always easy to step out and ask for help especially if one is unsure of what kind of support they may be looking for so they aim to keep it easy and simple for clients. From the very first point of contact the clinician who answers your call will talk through what it is that you are looking for and think with you what might be the next step. A thorough assessment will be made of the individual or family’s needs which in itself is the beginning of an insight into the situation and the best way forward.

Here’s some indication of the kinds of issues covered:

Anxiety
Depression
Bereavement
Family therapy
Stress
Behavioral difficulties in children and adolescents
Relationship difficulties
Childhood disorders such as ASD/OCD/ADHD

However, this isn’t an exhaustive list, they can also help with any kind of concern or mental health difficulties and support you in your specific needs.

Be it practical advice on how to manage your family/ parental concerns or figuring out the root cause of these concerns, the therapists at TTC believe that supporting the parents benefits the whole family. With flexible options of working individually, as couples or family sessions the team offers tailored ways to ensure everyone has the support they need.

This flexibility in the need and ways of communication is also extended to children and adolescents. The facilities include a consulting room which has been specifically designed to cater to their different needs. The room has a warm friendly atmosphere, many therapeutic toys and art facilities to help the child communicate in a mode of her preference. It is a safe containing space for therapeutic work to take place.

The experienced Child Psychotherapists have an in depth training of between 5-7 years in all the major childhood and adolescent difficulties.