Knitting Neurons

13/11/2025

A original short children’s-story of how, healthy attachments & relationships re-design our neuronal pathways on the inside🧠

I am an experienced trauma informed practitioner,designing creative, personalised re-wiring after: bad experiences, shock, grief and childhood trauma- which leaves un healthy attachment patterns which can break down relationships.

If children are-not allowed to be emotionally or physically safe their body becomes hardwired for stress and survival. When they finally find safety,they need longer term personalised support to make sense of their experiences, separate blame, guilt&learning healthy connections.

👥Relationship difficulties can also show with becoming a parent/ step parent/guardian-children’s emotions can be triggering for individuals whom have not been allowed to be vulnerable or show emotions.This changes interactions with children creating another stress/ trauma cycle. We call this intergenerational trauma.

🧠 Our brain is made up of neuroplasticity - meaning even as adults it can regrow neuron’s with dedication and consistency.

🌱 In Early childhood the brain develops its blue print:if most of what it receives is healthy, this is the core software and if mostly negative, it creates gaps, barriers,avoidance& chronic health difficulties as it will need a software update.

🫂Working with children/families as a whole, experiencing difficulties from any past events, anger,difficult extreme behaviour caused by: trauma, grief,neurodivergence,school systems/ refusal, anxiety, low mood,&having lived in/escaped family violence- long term outcomes can be positive.With help.

🔁❌ Healthy Cycles can be re learnt.If we for the next generation we can create a culture of regulated, young people with confidence, aspirations,self respect, empathy&accountability so in adulthood there are more consistent, positive and long term healthier outcomes in their lives and their connections at:
School,uni,work,romantic relationships, colleagues, neighbours, medical professionals and so on.

ℹ️ Learning understanding the world around us,through kindness

13/11/2025

get in touch 🔗 QUOTE KINDNESS25 for a half price bundle, once needs are discussed. Sharing kindness on ❤️

is a service shaped purposefully around your needs with: kindness, care,empathy, dignity, care and high professional standards and ethical practice, and safeguarding and the rights of the child / family as standard.

👩🏻‍🎓22 years experience across the multi agency sector including crisis work in families and individuals shapes a highly experienced and passionate qualified therapeutic service, by your needs.

👥 I will work along side schools and other support agencies to empower turning difficulties into strength.

💡 Doing things differently with subsidised sessions available.

📦 ❌ 📝 No boxes to squeeze in, only care shaped to meet each client who needs help.

🌲 🏝️ 🏢 🎨 🫟♟️📱 💻 A range of hybrid delivery to suit everyone and the ability to mix and match, best suiting how you feel, ( *minimum of notice the night before to change*) and wish to be supported. Including wrap around emails / messages to check in,support and recap.

❌ 👁️ NO EYE CONTACT is REQUIRED. Sitting still is also not required- sensory mediums will be available.

👥 🌐 Multi agency working, documentation and advocacy as standard, to support and embed effective coping strategies and plans to ensure goals are reached and empowerment occurs to turn difficulties into strength.

💷 🏫 🧾 Subsidised and bundled-sessions available

💬 Facebook Messenger.
📧 knittingneurons@outlook.co.uk
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https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams

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11/11/2025

✝️ Remembrance Day began as a way to commemorate the end of World War One.

🕚 At 11am on 11 November 1918, the armistice began.

🕊️ Today Armistice Day is used to remember all the people who have died in all wars since.
This year also marks 80 years since World War Two ended, in 1945.

🌺 Poppies are worn / laid/ displayed, to signify our respect. Poppy seeds lay dormant until disturbed by fighting, which churned the soil and brought the seeds to the surface where they could germinate. The soil was enriched with calcium and nitrogen from the shattered buildings and explosives, creating optimal conditions for the poppies to flourish bringing colour over the war entrenched landscapes.

🐎 🐕 🐦 Additionally purple poppies also highlight the animals, whom were sadly also lost, and their many roles in the war- especially communications. 💜

🎥 🔗 👇🏻 CBeebies have made a lovely animation for the younger curious generation who still often have questions, after their 11am silence and lessons at school.

🫂 Look after those who are grieving loss, especially alone, and all war veterans whom are also still affected from other service in differing wars, with physical and mental health difficulties and their families alike.

🗣️ 👂🏼 🫶🏼 Having time to listen,applying care and empathy and making others feel valued, can make the difference to someone’s day.

❤️ Always, not just Remembrance Day. ❤️

A beautiful animation following a young rabbit through the poppy fields. Watch together to commemorate Remembrance Day with a message of peace and hope.

15/10/2025

Facebook has ensured I saw this inspiring neurodivergent man, who has written a children’s book about ADHD and has now made a petition aiming to reach parliament, to make it statutory to allow movement and sensory breaks for neurodivergent children, to stop having breaks removed and needs punished, to further ensure needs are met with further legislative backing.

It does Need 100,000 signs. I have already signed it.

I will add petition link in first comment.

I was only posting about this earlier. 🫶🏼 Please support and share 🔄 Thankyou. ☺️

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BF7LXCA6N/?mibextid=wwXIfr

15/10/2025

Children learn through play and their senses- most children can cope with minimal sensory input but still rely on regular movement breaks.
As adults we still need to utilise play, breaks and sensory mindfulness to help us stop and regulate.

So why is it that children are expected to not need more breaks - when they are learning skills - modelled by the adults?

When there are children who are sensory seeking, the assumption that they only need planned breaks in line with the organisation’s routine - which does not fit particular needs.

Our senses regulate us and our nervous system. There are actually 7 sensory systems:

- Tactile
- Auditory
- Visual
- Gustatory
- Olfactory
- Proprioception
- Vestibular

When these are not met, children seek it through innate sensory seeking behaviours, which in society can be seen as ‘rude’ ‘disruptive’ ‘ or ‘NOT paying attention?’ Etc. These children can develop emotional and sensory distress and overwhelm: lowered self esteem, low mood, anxiety and deep shame alongside difficulties learning/ socialising- because their basic needs are not being met to learn.

Eventually we get: school meetings, legal fear frameworks, exclusions and school refusals. All punitive to the child and family- when the child’s basic needs have perhaps not been known to be supported?Removing thier right and access to education.

Recovering from trauma can also reduce the capacity to use executive functioning and can also look like neurodiversity.

If you’d like help to identify, support to attend meetings to re shape the plans for your child and how their over all needs should be being met to enable them to:

✨ Attend school.
✨ Feel safe and relaxed.
✨ Feel heard and able to access education - in a way that is right for them?
✨ Be able to BE THEMSELVES with pride. 💗

🔗 👇🏻📧 Please Get in touch and see how I can work with you/ your family, advocate and reduce presenting behaviours - turning difficulties into strength.

https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams

*subsidised and bundled sessions available.*

12/10/2025

embraces and celebrates that everyone is different.

❌ 📦 ❌ We do not fit into one box and I will ensure the right sessions needed, within my expertise, are tailored to meet the needs of the person on front of me.

🌻High amounts of research tell us that being outside even for 30 minutes a day boosts our wellbeing, mental health and our cardiovascular system, and calms the vagus nerve.

🫶🏼I am passionate about creating the best holistic overall approach, and mindful that particularly and communities naturally calm and gain the grounding needed -Outside.

🗣️ 👥🪻🎨🫟👩🏻‍💻🏢I can provide sessions outside in local green / beach spaces: therapeutic stationary or walk and talks, online, or within community settings as an inside session.

❌ 🏫 📉 School refusals and behaviour which is communicating needs and distress- labelled as ‘difficult behaviour’ is welcome and a shared understanding will be gained and advocated through Multi agency working if this was support you may also like, at meetings such as: IEP, EHC, or SENDco meetings to advocate adaptations in school to evidence plan, do , review and support needed for the child/
Adolescent, to feel safe, to re integrate into school.

🏫 🧾 Subsidised and bundled-sessions available

💬 Please use the 🔗 ACCPH platform to get in touch to see how I can help. 👇🏻

https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams

10/10/2025

has a range of options to support individuals who are struggling and need support, empathy and non judgemental understanding.

Adults, teenagers, children and families and education settings: aiming to help individuals understand themselves, behaviours, and improve coping skills and to embrace strengths.

💁🏻‍♀️Advocation and support is also included to help: those young people who have challenging behaviour, are struggling to attend school and leave the house, those who need neuro profiling tools to refilled in and help to make plans for the present while waiting for diagnostics.

👩🏻‍🎓22 years experience across the multi agency sector including crisis work in families and individuals shapes a qualified therapeutic service, by your needs. I will not put you into a box, or exclude.
👥 I will work along side schools and other support agencies to empower turning difficulties into strength.

💡 this do things differently with subsidised sessions available.

💬 Facebook Messenger.
📧 knittingneurons@outlook.co.uk
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https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams

10/10/2025

Today, . I had the privilege in advocating on behalf of a family, using a child’s voice and holistic needs, in a school meeting to best support sustainable positive change.

Mental and physical wellbeing come hand in hand and are as equally important as each other- particularly difficult where there are illnesses, restrictions and pain to manage while still moving to manage day to day.

Learning to tell: ourselves, our children, friends and loved ones that our feelings are valid and matter: strength will appear by reaching out,to reciprocate care, compassion and sitting with the thoughts and feelings and talking about them, as they are key.

Flipping cultural harm to ‘man up’ to hide tears and distance from emotions or hide still needs highlighting and change.

By reaching for support, through sitting in silence, talking, walking, art, learning individual grounding and coping strategies, including what is within our own limit to control and accept, your mental health and goals, will be valued even more when you re-gain control- with the right support and person centred care.

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Please look after yourselves, be kind and reach out for help if need some extra support to unpack life and to slow down.

23/09/2025

is formed from 22 years experience from pre-birth, early years, childhood, adolescence, youth work to adulthood.

I am accredited, insured, empathic, neurodiverse, passionate, dedicated, caring and person centred. My mission is to truly anyone especially those who DO NOT FIT IN criteria and feel un supported.

I have worked in: nurseries, specialist sure start, speech therapy support and perinatal mental health services and across all tiers of social care, within CAMHS and within school settings and extreme crisis situations- with positive outcomes for the young people and their families in my care.

Please get in touch if you’d like to know more.

💬 Please message/ email or use the 🔗 ACCPH platform to get in touch to see how I can help.

Knittingneurons@outlook.com

https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams

*subsidised and bundled sessions available.*

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23/09/2025

prioritises the vulnerable families and students who struggle to feel heard and supported and feel alone with un-met needs which often escalate into frustration and anger- and school refusal while they are not supported adequately.

Classrooms can feel difficult to fit in, isolating and overwhelming when children’s/ young people’s needs are not understood also stopping meaningful learning and crucial positive social interactions and friendships forming- developing into: loneliness, isolation, low mood, anxiety, and longer term struggles with managing for the individuals and wider families.

ℹ️ My support can include identifying un-met needs, past trauma triggers, emotional regulation, including what could be causing: anger, frustration, academic struggles, school refusal and difficult behaviour at home.

👩🏻‍🏫 Multiagency working as standard. 🛜

Please get in touch if you’d like to know more.

💬 Please message/ email or use the 🔗 ACCPH platform to get in touch to see how I can help.

Knittingneurons@outlook.com

https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams

*subsidised and bundled sessions available.*

09/09/2025

is registered with Cornwall Council: Together for Families within the family information service directory- bringing you even more piece of mind for: Ethical and safeguarding practices, Quality of service, and professional accountability to bring you the best strength based, positive therapeutic experience.


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24/08/2025

🏡 Pace based Therapeutic Parenting..⚧️
.Is a highly nurturing, strength based and structured approach, designed to support children who have had adverse childhood experiences, such as: trauma, neglect, abuse, or disrupted attachment.

👤Designed in line with attachment theory and trauma-informed care, therapeutic parenting focuses on: building trust, emotional regulation, and secure attachments. To include our own journey, responses and gaining a shared understanding of our child and how to respond.

What is PACE?

🫂The PACE model, was developed by clinical psychologist Dr. Dan Hughes, is a foundational framework within Therapeutic Parenting.
PACE stands for Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy. Each element plays a critical role in creating emotional safety and supporting healing from childhood trauma.

👥PACE supports parents & carers, in family /individual therapy and also professionals in: schools, social care and fostering. Creating individualised compassionate, trauma-sensitive-interactions, embedding consistent plans and contributing to a more holistic healing journey.

🌱 PACE is used in:homes, schools, and therapeutic environments to strengthen emotional connection and attachment. Fostering: validation, trust, healthier connections and improved mental health and wellbeing, developing healthier abilities to find and be oneself, find joy, focus, develop and thrive.

💡 Designing care to meet chronological and developmental ages as these can differ depending on specific needs or trauma experienced and when in a person’s life- the gaps left in development and emotional literacy, often cause difficulties. PACE can identify and hugely improve progress and healing- while rebuilding: attachment, strength, validation, self confidence and advocacy.

🎨 🎭 🫟♟️ Playfulness also includes the arts and play opportunities, even simply playful therapeutic interactions or adding mediums to: awaken the subconscious and humour, giving permission for individual expression through ( and not limited to) a third person such as: stories, puppetry, sand tray narrative therapy, writing and acting out a screen play/ comics, journaling- and more. I am also trained in writing therapeutic stories to mirror and assist in trauma processing.

I have had the privilege to attend PACE conferences with Dan Hughes and pride myself in my ability to incorporate PACE as my golden thread and see it as a foundation of best practice.

✨ If you feel that Therapeutic Parenting and therapeutic individual sessions could help you, your child, or adolescent, please get in touch.
*subsidised and bundled sessions available.*

📦 ❌ 📝 No boxes to squeeze in, care shaped to meet each client who needs help.

❌ 👁️ NO EYE CONTACT is REQUIRED. Sitting still is also not required- sensory mediums will be available.

👥 🌐 Multi agency working, documentation and advocacy as standard, to support and embed effective coping strategies and plans to ensure goals are reached and empowerment occurs, to turn difficulties into strength.

Please Facebook 💬 message.
📧 email knittingneurons@outlook.com
or use the 🔗 ACCPH platform link below, to get in touch to see how I can help.

https://www.accph.org.uk/united-kingdom/camborne/therapists-and-coaches/hayley-williams



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