Creating Kids Who Can

Welcome to our blog where award-winning child therapist, Frances Weston, shares advice for parents. Its aim is to help parents help their children manage and express difficult feelings and cope with life's challenges well, so they can feel happy and confident and experience positive mental health.

Don't Be Too Quick To Give Your Child Advice!

I know how tempting it can be to jump in and offer solutions when our child is struggling...

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Do You Really Listen To Your Child?

Have you ever had the experience of trying to talk to someone and realising they aren't really...

1. Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem

How your child feels about themself is super important for a whole host of reasons. Good...

3 Ways Your Child Could Be Fuelling Their Anxiety (without meaning to)

Managing anxious feelings is really difficult for most children and young people, and sometimes...

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Is my child anxious or just being naughty?

This is a question I get asked so often by parents! It can be hard to tell whether your...

👻 How to Make Halloween Fun for Anxious Children 🕷️🕸️

I'm sure I don't need to remind you that it's almost Halloween!

While for most...

Perfectionism, procrastination & anxiety - is there a link?

As a child therapist, one of the recurring themes I encounter in my work is the intricate...

Understanding the fight, flight, freeze response

In today's video I am going to be exploring the fight, flight or freeze response that is...

5 Things Your Anxious Child Wishes They Could Tell You

Have you ever wondered what your anxious child is thinking and feeling?

In this week's video I'm...

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Does Your Child Have Separation Anxiety?

Another common question I get from parents is how can they help their child with separation...

Exploring the Causes of Childhood Anxiety

One of the most common questions I get asked by desperate, worried parents is "Why is my child so...

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Understanding Childhood Anxiety Disorders

This week I want to focus on the subject of anxiety disorders - what they are, how to recognise...

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Frances is an award-winning Child Therapist who is known for using an innovative and creative approach to help her young clients overcome their difficulties and transform their lives. She has spent almost 30 years working in her own successful private practice based in the UK - Brighter Futures Personal Growth - seeing adults and children, and also worked in the NHS as a Highly Specialist Child and Adolescent Therapist for a number of years within 2 CAMHS teams. As well as working with children, young people and their parents professionally, she is also a Mum and Step-Mum, and has eight grandchildren.

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