What help can I get?

What treatments are offered?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the way you think about things, feel about things and behaviors affect each other and your day to day life.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

DBT helps you to accept that you can’t always change difficult thoughts or feelings and gives you ways you can cope with them.

Group work (DBT and CBT)

This is done in a group setting with other young people whilst supporting each other and having fun.

Theraplay

A special therapy designed to help build relationship and trust with those who care for us (usually parents) and increase your own self esteem.

Medication 

When other treatments don’t work. Your lead professional will complete the assessment with you and will talk to you about the most appropriate way to help

Specialist teams

We have specialist teams that are able to provide support to children and young people requiring specialist knowledge on particular subjects. Some of these are:

• Looked after children’s team. This team look after young people who live in local authority care with foster carers or in a residential placement.

• Learning disability team. This team works with young people who have special needs and have to have extra support at home and school.

• ADHD team. This team works with young people who are struggling with their focus, concentration, thoughts, feelings and behaviours because of their ADHD.

• Psychology team .They can help work out why you might find it hard to make sense of things that you read or hear or why you feel anxious or depressed.

We also provide training to professionals and parents or carers via our online workshops.

See below for advice on various mental health and emotional wellbeing problems: