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 Lack of Support Making Things Worse?

Welcome to Part 8 of my mini-series exploring possible causes for the sharp increase of...

Helping Your Child Get The Best Out Of Therapy

Did you know that the success of your child's therapy depends on YOU just as much as on your...

Recent Posts

Understanding the Impact of Bullying on Children (and why it's important to take action)

Is Your Child Being Bullied? How to Spot the Signs

Diet and Mental Health - Part 3 - Is Your Child Using Food to Avoid Difficult Feelings?

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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