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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Under Pressure: The Link Between High Expectations and Kids Mental Health

Welcome to Part 11 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase in the numbers...

Perfectionism, Procrastination & Anxiety: Helping Children Break Free

As a child therapist, one of the common patterns I observe in my work is the complex relationship be...

Childhood Anxiety: Part 1 - How to Spot The Signs in Your Child

Welcome to the first week of a re-run of my popular mini-series on childhood anxiety, where I'll be ...

Perfectionism, procrastination & anxiety - is there a link?

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

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 ...

The Link Between Procrastination, Perfectionism and Anxiety in Children

Is your child a perfectionist, a procrastinator or maybe both?

In this week's video I am exploring ...

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Under Pressure: The Link Between High Expectations and Kids Mental Health

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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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