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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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: Is Digital Media To Blame? Mar 10, 2023

Welcome to Part 9 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase of children...

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Rising Mental Health Concerns in Children and Young People: The Role of Trauma Jan 20, 2023

Following on from my video last week when I was talking about the very concerning increase in the...

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Is Your Child Being Bullied? Nov 18, 2022

Today is the last day of Anti-Bullying Week here in the UK. This is an annual event held...

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Helping Children Cope With Change: Part Six - Going To A New School Dec 16, 2021

Starting school for the first time, or going to a new school at any point in the childhood or...

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How Shame Affects Children and Young People Sep 10, 2021

If your child is experiencing anxiety, or angry meltdowns, or perfectionism or low mood, it could...

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How to Help A child With Back to School Anxiety Sep 03, 2021

Its very common for children to struggle to get back to school after the school holidays . . ....

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Bullying - Part 4 - Cyberbullying: how to help your child Jun 24, 2021

Welcome to the final post in this 4-part series all about bullying.

We've looked at how to spot...

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Bullying - Part 3 - How To Help If Your Child is Being Bullied Jun 18, 2021

I see a lot of children and young people in my private practice who have experienced bullying and...

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Bullying - Part 2 - How Bullying Affects Children and Young People Jun 16, 2021

Welcome to part two of this 4-part series of posts on the subject of bullying.

Yesterday we...

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Bullying - Part 1 - How To Spot The Signs That Your Child is Being Bullied Jun 11, 2021

Bullying can have a devastating effect on a child - not just at the time, but potentially...

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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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