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 Mar 24, 2023

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

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How To Help A Child With Back To School Anxiety Aug 26, 2022

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

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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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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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