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.

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Back to School Anxiety

Many parents contact me asking for help with back-to-school anxiety, particularly at this time of...

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A Good Night's Sleep - My Top Tips

This week I am sharing a post from the blog archive on the subject of sleep, as I know many child...

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Nurturing Young Voices: Supporting Children Who Fear Speaking in Public

As parents, we often witness our children experiencing a wide range of emotions as they navigate the...

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Helping Your Anxious Child: Your Qs Answered - Part 6

I'm so pleased to share the final instalment of my mini-series on the top ten questions that parents...

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Helping Your Anxious Child: Your Qs Answered - Part 5

Welcome to this week's post, in which I'm continuing my mini-series on the top ten questions that pa...

Helping Your Anxious Child: Your Qs Answered - Part 4

Welcome to part 4 of my mini-series in which I'm answering the top ten questions that parents of anx...

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Helping Your Anxious Child: Your Qs Answered - Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of my mini-series on the top ten questions that parents of anxious children ask.

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Helping Your Anxious Child: Your Qs Answered - Part 2

Welcome to the second part of my mini-series in which I'm answering the top ten questions that paren...

What are the Common Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety in Children?

Welcome to the first week of my new mini series in which I will be answering the Top 10 most common ...

Has Your Child's Anxiety Been Caused, or Made Worse by, a Bereavement?

This week I have been contacted by a Dad who recently joined our mailing list, as he had requested o...

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How To Protect Your Child's Mental Health

We have finally made it to the end of the of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp ...

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Helping Your Child Cope With Big Feelings at Christmas Time

While Christmas is a magical time of year for most children, it can of course be a very difficult ti...

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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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