Creative Therapy: for children and young people

Creative Therapy: for children and young people Utilizing a range of therapeutic methods including CBT, Mindfulness, Sandplay and Theraplay to improve social and emotional wellbeing.

1 in 10 children and young people aged 5- 16 have a diagnosable Mental Health issue. Creative Therapy provides them with the opportunity to express their emotions and learn the skills they require to cope with the issues they are facing. Utilizing a range of therapeutic methods, enables the child or young person to receive a bespoke approach. Methods include CBT, Mindfulness, Sandplay and Theraplay.

ADHD related TikTok content is extremely popular with the top 100 videos in January 2023 with alone reaching almost half...
08/12/2025

ADHD related TikTok content is extremely popular with the top 100 videos in January 2023 with alone reaching almost half a billion views in total.

A study systematically evaluated the content, engagement, and reach of these100
videos under the and found:

Many claims that were characterised as ADHD symptoms were transdiagnostic and actually reflected normal human experience.

Most referenced their lived experience, drawing on their life experience, believe certain behaviours, thoughts, or feelings attributable to their ADHD when in fact it was not related to the criteria for ADHD.

Only 48.7% of the claims were accurately reflecting a symptom of adolescent or adult ADHD as characterised by the DSM-5.

42.0% we’re describing transdiagnostic symptoms that could reflect multiple disorders and 68.5% were better reflecting normal human experience.

This was based on just 100 posts in one month, in 2023! I’ve no doubt we see even more posts now!

THIS is a problem, people sharing their personal experiences making it so relatable everyone thinks they have ADHD.
THIS is a problem, people sharing misinformation.
THIS is a problem, celebrities sharing ADHD info: the halo effect… just because they’re a celebrity they don’t know everything.

What encourages these kind of posts?
The study concludes it’s high follow counts, likes, and the financial benefits.

ADHD is a set of behaviours, that have been translated into symptoms.
The criteria is now wider, the requirement of symptoms for a diagnosis are reduced. It is the most researched childhood label yet still the most controversial and contradictory.

Why i feel a lot of people post about their ADHD experience?
A sense of connection!

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0319335

First online session with a family in New York…made me think I should probably be offering my family therapy programme o...
07/12/2025

First online session with a family in New York…

made me think I should probably be offering my family therapy programme online?!

2026 I’m excited for all things ADHD and Autism.

It’s not “just” blowing bubbles:it’s emotional regulationit’s activating your parasympathetic nervous system it’s calmin...
03/12/2025

It’s not “just” blowing bubbles:
it’s emotional regulation
it’s activating your parasympathetic nervous system
it’s calming your mind

without even realising it! 🧠

127 pages written so far for my PhD! Not sure if that’s good or not. I’ll probably finish with double that amount!127 pa...
01/12/2025

127 pages written so far for my PhD!
Not sure if that’s good or not.
I’ll probably finish with double that amount!

127 pages about ADHD, mental health, connection and yoga.

The amount of reading that’s gone into being able to write those pages is insane 🧠💻

A young boy has created this amazing wreath today with our therapist Debora! Love it 👏🏽👏🏽
28/11/2025

A young boy has created this amazing wreath today with our therapist Debora!
Love it 👏🏽👏🏽

Research shows strong social connections, protects mental health.Social support and having dependable people in your lif...
28/11/2025

Research shows strong social connections, protects mental health.

Social support and having dependable people in your life is associated with less symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, loneliness, substance abuse, violence and trauma.

Connection improves sleep, lifestyle choices, the nervous system regulation, mood, cognition and long term health.

It provides a sense of belonging and identity: being part of a community, group, family, peers, neighbourhood, gives people meaning, purpose, and a sense of being valued:

We are wired to connect! 🧠

I believe there are three elements to connection, connection with the self, others and wider community.
But that’s for another day!

Self care advent calendars! That’s what we made in today’s session. We get so caught up in the pressure of Christmas we ...
26/11/2025

Self care advent calendars!
That’s what we made in today’s session.

We get so caught up in the pressure of Christmas we forget what really matters. What better time to practice true kindness and self compassion…
an opportunity to do it for 24days 🧠❤️

Even on cold days, this place is still beautiful. A day of providing therapy 🧠
26/11/2025

Even on cold days, this place is still beautiful.
A day of providing therapy 🧠

Fridays reminder 💜
21/11/2025

Fridays reminder 💜

‘A significant link between the 6 week Mindfulness Programme and an overall improvement in the parent/ child relationshi...
20/11/2025

‘A significant link between the 6 week Mindfulness Programme and an overall improvement in the parent/ child relationship’.

The Child Parent Relationship Scale measures three areas: Conflict, Positivity (warmth/ attunement), and Dependence (seperartion/ overdependence), all of which are central to a child’s development of a secure internal working model (Bowlby, 1973).

The results evidence after just 6 weeks of my programme there was a decrease in tension and emotional strain within the relationship, stronger parental confidence, attunement and emotional connection, increase in children’s independence and enhanced parental sensitivity and emotional availability.

Additional benefits:
Children less angry
Parent feeling less emotionally drained
Felt effective and confidence as a parent
Felt Intune with what their child was feeling
Childs independence increased
Reduced reliance on the parent
Healthier boundaries
Improved coregulation
Increase in positive interactions

The pattern of reduced conflict, increased positive interactions, and decreased problematic dependence suggests the intervention strengthened the caregiving environment and improved parents availability.

As Ainsworth, (1978) and Bowlby, (1951, 1973) suggest, promoting the child’s ability to search for safety and being responsive to their needs shapes emotion regulation in the child/caregiver dyad, which reduces insecure strategies and dysregualed behaviour.

Connection… is everything!

Looking at these results along with the other:

ADHD – 94.1% improved with a 38.6% reduction in symptoms.
Mood dysregulation – 100% improved with a 77.3% reduction in symptoms
Panic disorder – 88.2% improved with a 70% reduction
Depression – 88% improved with a 60% reduction in symptoms
Social anxiety – 76.5% improved with a 68.5% reduction in symptoms

This 6 week programme empowers and educates both the parent and child, improves emotional regulation skills and promotes overall wellbeing.

Because we don’t fit into one box!
Everything is connected and interlinked 🧠

13/11/2025

I've been working on a certain chapter for my PhD that focuses on connection and attachment.

The more learn, the more I believe THIS is our most fundamental need.

THIS is what impacts upon everything, THIS is what drives everything and THIS is the medicine we need.

Connection!

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