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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Helping Children Who Might Find Christmas Difficult

As Christmas approaches, many parents find themselves wondering how their child will cope with th...

Big Feelings At Christmas Time: Helping Your Child To Cope

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

Worried how your child will cope with Christmas?

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

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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