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...

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Children and Change: Starting a New School

Starting a new school, whether it's for the first time or a subsequent change during childhood or ad...

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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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Helping Your Teen Cope With Disappointing Exam Results

Here in the UK, teenagers across the country have already received their A level results or are abou...

Understanding the Plight of 'Ghost' Children: Mental Health & School Absence

In recent years, a concerning phenomenon has emerged in educational settings, where children ar

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How To Help A Child With Back To School Anxiety

In this week's blog I am revisiting a post from this time last year, as it is very relevant now . . ...

Helping Children Cope With Change: Part Six - Going To A New School

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

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How Shame Affects Children and Young People

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

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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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