Counselling for Children in Liverpool
Hello, my name is Joanne, and I’m a fully qualified, BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist based in Liverpool (L26), working with Think CBT.
For over 16 years, I’ve had the privilege of supporting individuals facing challenges with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Through my training and experience, I’ve developed a range of evidence-based tools to help people find relief from emotional distress and navigate life’s difficulties with greater resilience.
Hello, my name is Joanne, and I’m a fully qualified, BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist based in Liverpool (L26), working with Think CBT.
For over 16 years, I’ve had the privilege of supporting individuals facing challenges with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Through my training and experience, I’ve developed a range of evidence-based tools to help people find relief from emotional distress and navigate life’s difficulties with greater resilience.
I offer space to children and adults to reconnect and find safety through creativity.
I have over 6 years of experience working with ranging child and adult organisations and institutions. I understand the impact that education, hospitals and social services can have on our lives from child to adulthood. Space is always held to allow you to feel more secure and empower you to be your true self.
I offer space to children and adults to reconnect and find safety through creativity.
I have over 6 years of experience working with ranging child and adult organisations and institutions. I understand the impact that education, hospitals and social services can have on our lives from child to adulthood. Space is always held to allow you to feel more secure and empower you to be your true self.
Whether you are navigating personal distress, concerned about your child’s well-being, or seeking to strengthen a relationship, you don't have to carry that weight alone.
I have experience working with adults, children, couples and families. I offer an Integrative approach which allows me to adapt to the needs of each of my clients and include a number of modalities such as Psychodynamics, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt to name a few.
Whether you are navigating personal distress, concerned about your child’s well-being, or seeking to strengthen a relationship, you don't have to carry that weight alone.
I have experience working with adults, children, couples and families. I offer an Integrative approach which allows me to adapt to the needs of each of my clients and include a number of modalities such as Psychodynamics, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt to name a few.
Supporting adults and children to explore emotions safely.
I work with adults and couples who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns that just don’t seem to change—especially when those patterns start to affect your relationships or day-to-day life. Experiences of anxiety, trauma, and relationship difficulties, including the lasting impact of earlier experiences. We can explore how the past may be shaping things now, and look for ways to help you feel more steady, connected, and able to move forward. I offer a calm, supportive space where you can talk things through at your own pace. You don’t need to have the right words or a clear starting point.
Supporting adults and children to explore emotions safely.
I work with adults and couples who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns that just don’t seem to change—especially when those patterns start to affect your relationships or day-to-day life. Experiences of anxiety, trauma, and relationship difficulties, including the lasting impact of earlier experiences. We can explore how the past may be shaping things now, and look for ways to help you feel more steady, connected, and able to move forward. I offer a calm, supportive space where you can talk things through at your own pace. You don’t need to have the right words or a clear starting point.
I specialise in working with children and young people with varied complexities and mental health needs including anxiety, PTSD, OCD, depression and emotion regulation.
I value collaborative, person-centred and systemic working to ensure well rounded, multifaceted support for individuals and their families. I am experienced in advocating the needs of the people and families that I work with to other professionals.
I specialise in working with children and young people with varied complexities and mental health needs including anxiety, PTSD, OCD, depression and emotion regulation.
I value collaborative, person-centred and systemic working to ensure well rounded, multifaceted support for individuals and their families. I am experienced in advocating the needs of the people and families that I work with to other professionals.
Art Psychotherapist with thirteen years’ experience of working with Children, Young People and Adults.
Art Therapy can be helpful because it offers a non-threatening way to express difficult thoughts and feelings. The art making process can provide containment for the safe release of emotions. This enables individuals to gain insight into the root of difficulties and old patterns of relating, providing opportunities for growth and repair.
Art Psychotherapist with thirteen years’ experience of working with Children, Young People and Adults.
Art Therapy can be helpful because it offers a non-threatening way to express difficult thoughts and feelings. The art making process can provide containment for the safe release of emotions. This enables individuals to gain insight into the root of difficulties and old patterns of relating, providing opportunities for growth and repair.
I offer warm, evidence based therapy to help children, teens, and adults feel calmer, more confident, and back in control.
I use evidence based approaches like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and EMDR to help understand what keeps you stuck and build real world tools to help you feel calmer, more confident and more in control.
I work with people facing:
Anxiety - including panic, social anxiety etc
Trauma/PTSD
Phobia
OCD
Parenting support and family concerns
I offer warm, evidence based therapy to help children, teens, and adults feel calmer, more confident, and back in control.
I use evidence based approaches like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and EMDR to help understand what keeps you stuck and build real world tools to help you feel calmer, more confident and more in control.
I work with people facing:
Anxiety - including panic, social anxiety etc
Trauma/PTSD
Phobia
OCD
Parenting support and family concerns
Would you say your childhood was fine but can't identify many times where you felt happy?
You are not alone in feeling the way you do and without help it can be hard to know how to identify what you've never had. I have helped many people with these feelings and I aim to tailor my approach to meet the unique life experiences of my clients.
Would you say your childhood was fine but can't identify many times where you felt happy?
You are not alone in feeling the way you do and without help it can be hard to know how to identify what you've never had. I have helped many people with these feelings and I aim to tailor my approach to meet the unique life experiences of my clients.
You might look like you’re managing on the outside, but inside feel stuck — going over things in your head, doubting yourself, or carrying a sense of guilt you can’t quite shift.
Maybe you feel like you’re not quite “enough”, or that you should have things figured out by now, but something keeps holding you back. Over time, this can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself and unsure how to move forward.
I offer a space where you can slow things down, make sense of what’s been building up, and begin to feel more like yourself again.
You might look like you’re managing on the outside, but inside feel stuck — going over things in your head, doubting yourself, or carrying a sense of guilt you can’t quite shift.
Maybe you feel like you’re not quite “enough”, or that you should have things figured out by now, but something keeps holding you back. Over time, this can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself and unsure how to move forward.
I offer a space where you can slow things down, make sense of what’s been building up, and begin to feel more like yourself again.
Is your child struggling with the mental demands that youth sport can bring?
I coach my athletes to apply new knowledge and strategies to develop their mindset, improve their mental well-being and reach their sporting potential. I tailor my approach to your motivations and goals, providing you with the opportunity to see benefits within your sporting arena and beyond.
Is your child struggling with the mental demands that youth sport can bring?
I coach my athletes to apply new knowledge and strategies to develop their mindset, improve their mental well-being and reach their sporting potential. I tailor my approach to your motivations and goals, providing you with the opportunity to see benefits within your sporting arena and beyond.
I work in a holistic, intuitive, transpersonal and creative way. I have 20 years of experience and my training in psychotherapy, shamanism, creativity and play therapy enables me to work with all ages in various ways bespoke to the individual. Some people prefer solution focused/coaching others need a more trauma informed approach.
My intention when I work is to support clients so they become more empowered and resilient. To find their voice and expression in the world. To rediscover or unearth their true potential to work towards their goals whether that is more happiness, success, healing family wounds or building confidence.
I work in a holistic, intuitive, transpersonal and creative way. I have 20 years of experience and my training in psychotherapy, shamanism, creativity and play therapy enables me to work with all ages in various ways bespoke to the individual. Some people prefer solution focused/coaching others need a more trauma informed approach.
My intention when I work is to support clients so they become more empowered and resilient. To find their voice and expression in the world. To rediscover or unearth their true potential to work towards their goals whether that is more happiness, success, healing family wounds or building confidence.
I offer a professional warm confidential counselling service to Adults, Young people and Children
I am passionate about my work and empowering people to make the changers they need to improve their health and well-being. My aim is to help people find new meaning and understanding in their lives. My main areas of expertise are working with: Trauma, ADHD/ASD, Anxiety, bereavement, addiction, stress, sleep. Although I work with many different issues daily.
I offer a professional warm confidential counselling service to Adults, Young people and Children
I am passionate about my work and empowering people to make the changers they need to improve their health and well-being. My aim is to help people find new meaning and understanding in their lives. My main areas of expertise are working with: Trauma, ADHD/ASD, Anxiety, bereavement, addiction, stress, sleep. Although I work with many different issues daily.
I work with adults and children.
I have experience within specialist residential settings, frontline social work and within CAMHS services in NHS. I am a therapist for children and my approach combines yoga, breath-work, meditation and use of psychological techniques with the use of sensory input. Using the mind-body connection to soothe the nervous system and regulate emotions.
I work with adults and children.
I have experience within specialist residential settings, frontline social work and within CAMHS services in NHS. I am a therapist for children and my approach combines yoga, breath-work, meditation and use of psychological techniques with the use of sensory input. Using the mind-body connection to soothe the nervous system and regulate emotions.
Do you feel anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, or torn between different cultural or family expectations?
Many women I work with feel stuck carrying invisible responsibilities, managing anxiety, navigating family conflict, or living with the impact of intergenerational trauma while trying to “hold everything together’’.
I have particular experience supporting women from diverse cultural backgrounds, especially those who feel caught between two worlds. Therapy with me offers a compassionate, culturally sensitive space to explore how past experiences continue to shape your present, and to build self-trust and emotional balance.
Do you feel anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, or torn between different cultural or family expectations?
Many women I work with feel stuck carrying invisible responsibilities, managing anxiety, navigating family conflict, or living with the impact of intergenerational trauma while trying to “hold everything together’’.
I have particular experience supporting women from diverse cultural backgrounds, especially those who feel caught between two worlds. Therapy with me offers a compassionate, culturally sensitive space to explore how past experiences continue to shape your present, and to build self-trust and emotional balance.
At Inner Shine Play Therapy, I support children navigating anxiety, trauma, school difficulties, or exploring their neurodivergent identity.
As a Certified Play & Outdoor therapist, I specialise in an integrative model of play therapy and neuro-affirming support. Alongside creative tools like sandplay and art, I utilise Sudley Estate's therapeutic garden to bring the benefits of nature into my sessions. This unique bridge between clinical safety and the outdoors helps children regulate and heal.
At Inner Shine Play Therapy, I support children navigating anxiety, trauma, school difficulties, or exploring their neurodivergent identity.
As a Certified Play & Outdoor therapist, I specialise in an integrative model of play therapy and neuro-affirming support. Alongside creative tools like sandplay and art, I utilise Sudley Estate's therapeutic garden to bring the benefits of nature into my sessions. This unique bridge between clinical safety and the outdoors helps children regulate and heal.
I also have a good working of OCD, ADHD and Asperger's and how negative patterns of behaviours and Childhood traumas and PTSD.
Beautiful Minds Talking Therapy Service has been providing counselling for many years. I understand that taking the first step can be scary and overwhelming. But if you can find the courage to take that first step, it can be life changing. Let me help you explore, understand, and unpick the things that are causing your difficulties in your life. I will help you to take back control of your life and take action to find solutions and resolutions that will empower you. I will help you gain a better understanding of your difficulties and develop your knowledge and awareness of your internal constructs. let me help you.
I also have a good working of OCD, ADHD and Asperger's and how negative patterns of behaviours and Childhood traumas and PTSD.
Beautiful Minds Talking Therapy Service has been providing counselling for many years. I understand that taking the first step can be scary and overwhelming. But if you can find the courage to take that first step, it can be life changing. Let me help you explore, understand, and unpick the things that are causing your difficulties in your life. I will help you to take back control of your life and take action to find solutions and resolutions that will empower you. I will help you gain a better understanding of your difficulties and develop your knowledge and awareness of your internal constructs. let me help you.
I am down to earth and easy-going and grateful for having extensive experience of working across multiple services: NHS primary care, secondary care, inpatient facilities (secure, acute and psychiatric intensive care units) and specialists child and adolescent services.
Are you not feeling like you are getting the most out of life and feel somewhat stuck in some way? Maybe you notice that your over-reacting with certain people or when in certain places or situations? Do you avoid doing certain things due to overwhelming feelings? Are you feeling unhelpful amounts of guilt/shame, feel unsafe in someway or out of control? If so, I can help you work through these by tailoring your sessions to your individual needs so that you learn about your self, start working towards your goal(s) and then start become self-sufficient with regard to what life throws at you.
I am down to earth and easy-going and grateful for having extensive experience of working across multiple services: NHS primary care, secondary care, inpatient facilities (secure, acute and psychiatric intensive care units) and specialists child and adolescent services.
Are you not feeling like you are getting the most out of life and feel somewhat stuck in some way? Maybe you notice that your over-reacting with certain people or when in certain places or situations? Do you avoid doing certain things due to overwhelming feelings? Are you feeling unhelpful amounts of guilt/shame, feel unsafe in someway or out of control? If so, I can help you work through these by tailoring your sessions to your individual needs so that you learn about your self, start working towards your goal(s) and then start become self-sufficient with regard to what life throws at you.
I am a fully qualified, person-centred counsellor and a clinical hypnotherapist, registered with the BACP. I always work with my clients in a way that allows them to feel safe, valued and respected. I facilitate spaces that allow my clients to lead sessions and explore their feelings in a non judgemental and confidential environment. Together we work to reach their best self, both psychologically and physiologically, no matter what their concerns are.
I am a fully qualified, person-centred counsellor and a clinical hypnotherapist, registered with the BACP. I always work with my clients in a way that allows them to feel safe, valued and respected. I facilitate spaces that allow my clients to lead sessions and explore their feelings in a non judgemental and confidential environment. Together we work to reach their best self, both psychologically and physiologically, no matter what their concerns are.
I'm a qualified integrative therapist , working with adults, children and adolescents.
Hi, my name is Paula, I'm an integrative therapist working both face to face and on line. I wonder, when was the last time you allowed yourself to be vulnerable? When did you last talk about things which make you uncomfortable? I wonder, what would the possibilities might look like? Who would you be? What could you achieve? Is it time for change? This isn’t a journey you need to travel alone. We can work on change together.
I'm a qualified integrative therapist , working with adults, children and adolescents.
Hi, my name is Paula, I'm an integrative therapist working both face to face and on line. I wonder, when was the last time you allowed yourself to be vulnerable? When did you last talk about things which make you uncomfortable? I wonder, what would the possibilities might look like? Who would you be? What could you achieve? Is it time for change? This isn’t a journey you need to travel alone. We can work on change together.
Life can be challenging do you feel you're not coping you may feel anxious, angry or low. You might be stuck in a circle of over thinking; I am here to help and ultimately offer a safe environment. I have also been where you are which has given me a deep understanding, I have trained in a broad spectrum of therapy's including psychodynamics, cognitive behaviour therapy and transactional analysis to name a few but to me everyone is an individual so I will tailor the therapy to YOUR needs if you feel that now is the time to take those steps towards a happier you, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Life can be challenging do you feel you're not coping you may feel anxious, angry or low. You might be stuck in a circle of over thinking; I am here to help and ultimately offer a safe environment. I have also been where you are which has given me a deep understanding, I have trained in a broad spectrum of therapy's including psychodynamics, cognitive behaviour therapy and transactional analysis to name a few but to me everyone is an individual so I will tailor the therapy to YOUR needs if you feel that now is the time to take those steps towards a happier you, don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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When does a child need to see a therapist?
Children naturally experience emotional ups and downs. Sometimes, though, they need support from a professional. A child may benefit from therapy if their emotions or behaviours change significantly within a short period of time. For example, if a child usually spends time with friends after school but begins isolating in their room, further inquiry is warranted. Other areas for concern include altered sleep patterns, lack of appetite, intense anger, irritability, or hopelessness, or developmental regression in young children (bedwetting, thumb-sucking).
What can a child therapist help with?
A therapist can help with any difficult experience a child may encounter growing up, including learning problems or anxiety related to school, relationship challenges with friends or parents, bullying, intense emotions or phobias, divorce and family dynamics, or the death of a pet or loved one. A therapist can help children process their experience and develop coping skills in an age-appropriate way
What therapy types are most suitable for children?
Children can benefit from different forms of therapy, including family therapy, parent-child interaction therapy, play therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, and exposure therapy, depending on their condition. Play therapy is a great option for younger children who may not be able to fully articulate their feelings. In this approach, kids play with toys and games while a therapist observes and helps the child express their emotions and develop coping skills.
Do I need to attend therapy with my child?
Parents are an integral part of a child’s therapy, but the specifics of their involvement vary. If your child is young, you may attend most or all sessions; if your child is older, you may attend a few sessions or none; sometimes a therapist may ask you to have a session on your own. Whatever the arrangement, you should expect to work collaboratively with the therapist, your child, and your family members to take steps to help support your child.
How can I tell if a therapist is a good fit for my child?
A child needs to feel comfortable opening up about their thoughts and feelings, so if your child feels a sense of comfort, ease, and trust with their therapist, that’s a great sign. In addition, a therapist is a good fit for your child if the two can communicate well together; a clinician should be able to communicate clearly, effectively, and in an age-appropriate manner.