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Kids and teens may need psychotherapy for a variety of reasons, as this stage of life comes with unique developmental, emotional, cognitive, and social challenges.
MeaningfulCompany psychotherapy gives kids and teens a safe space to explore their feelings, thoughts and behaviours, helping them build resilience, gain perspective, and develop healthier coping mechanisms for the challenges they face.
In addition to talking therapy, MeaningfulCompany utilises creative approaches such as creative and play therapies, where children can express themselves through art, games, sandplay or storytelling. This makes it easier for children of all ages to articulate feelings and challenges they might not have the words for yet.
“Set within the seed of the soul is not just a fleeting image or a vague pattern but a lifelong story enfolded within, waiting to be cracked open and lived all the way out.”
— Michael Meade

  • Emotional Needs

    Children may struggle with anxiety, depression, anger, or mood swings that affect their well-being and daily functioning.

  • Behavioural Needs

    Addressing the root cause of displays of behaviours like a aggression excessibe tantrums, or difficulty following rules, to help children find more appropriates ways to express feelings.

  • Trauma or Loss

    Experiences like bullying, abuse, family disruptions (divorce, death, etc.), or a significant life change can create emotional distress.

  • Developmental Needs

    Children and teens are still learning to understand and manage their emotions, social relationships, and identity. Psychotherapy can help them navigate these changes in healthy ways.

  • Academic or Social Needs

    Struggles at school, issues with peers, or difficulty fitting in socially can create stress and feelings of isolation.

  • Family Dynamics

    Conflicts within the family or challenges with attachment to caregivers may make psychotherapy helpful to improve relationships and communication.

FAQs

  • MeaningfulCompany offers integrative psychotheray through a transpersonal perspective. This involves blending different psychotheraputic approaches that are relevant to your child's developmental stage and presenting issues. The transpersonal perspective values and respects family, culture, gender, race, religion, class and social influences, while also working beyond these constructs to support the true, soul nature of the child that upholds the psychological nature of self.

  • MeaningfulCompany's therapeutic space is confidential, and what your child shares is kept confidential. This is explained to your child at the onset of therapy; and includes their consent of what can be shared with you at parental reviews.

    The only conditions in which confidentiality may be broken are in line with UKCP professional guidelines:

    - legal or ethical reasons, such as if your child's welfare, or welfare of others, is considered to be seriously at risk. This will be discussed with your child first.

    - if compelled to do so by a court of law, child protection, or the terrorism act.

  • MeaningfulCompany treats parental/carer collaboration as a vital aspect of effective psychotherapeutic practice with young people.

    Active parental/carer engagement is facilitated through quarterly reviews, undertaken with your child's consent, and/or attendance when necessary.

    While parental/carer reviews do not cover the details of the therapy, which are kept confidential by the therapist, they provide an opportunity to explore therapeutic themes, care plans and strategies that support your child's wellbeing.

  • The guiding principle for the Child Protection policy is that the welfare of the child is paramount (Children’s Act 1989).

    - the therapist working with your child will hold an Enhanced Police Check.

    - the responsibility to investigate any suspicions of abuse lies with the statutory agencies. Any cases that give rise to serious concern for the safety of a child or young person will be referred, in line with appropriate procedures, to the appropriate agency.

    Agencies may include: Local Children's Social Care Service, GP, Police, NSPCC Child Protection.