Ongoing Support

Some of the young people and families I work with need a short, focused programme with a clear endpoint. Others benefit from something more sustained. Our sessions can work flexibly round a school year, a diagnostic process, an exam season, or a difficult patch.

Ongoing support doesn't follow a fixed format. Sessions might focus on executive functioning one week and managing a difficult friendship the next. A parent might use their time to think through how to handle a particular situation at home. A teenager might arrive knowing exactly what they want to work on, or might spend the first ten minutes working out what that is.

My approach is practical, collaborative, and informed by research. Depending on what's most useful, I draw on coaching, psychoeducation, and therapeutic tools. Having taught across the primary curriculum and a wide range of subjects at secondary level, I'm also often able to help with very subject-specific areas of learning, which is not something every practitioner can offer.

Sessions typically involve some combination of exploring what's going on, identifying sticking points, thinking through what to try next, and reviewing what we've already tried. For younger children, I work much more closely with parents too: the younger the child, the more the support includes the whole family. Teenagers usually benefit from greater ownership of the process.

How does it work?

Ongoing support is designed around your young person, so we would usually start with a Strengths and Needs Consultation before moving on with regular sessions. Sessions are one hour for young people aged 10 and above; for younger children, shorter sessions are usually more appropriate. Depending on location, we can meet in person or online, and I aim to be flexible about scheduling where I can.

What does it cost?

From £150 per month.

If you’d like to have a chat about whether my support is right for your young person, please get in touch.