Treatment
“When I grow up I want to work for Family Futures as it is somewhere where everyone feels safe”
Family Futures has a reputation for carrying out the most comprehensive and integrated therapy programmes for children who have experienced trauma or attachment difficulties and are living with adoptive or birth parents, foster carers or special guardians.
Our Child Therapy Service consists of the following elements:
- Theraplay
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP)
- Sensory Integration
- Family Therapy
- Psychotherapy
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Parent Support
- Support Network Management & Maintenance
Our therapists are trained in a range of core disciplines (such as Music Therapy, Dance Movement Psychotherapy, Dramatherapy and Occupational Therapy) and have undertaken a range of additional trainings such as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing), and Executive Functioning Coaching. Therapists will use their expertise to tailor sessions to suit the child/young person.
We are the only adoption and fostering agency in the UK that provides all these therapy services in one place. We provide services up to the NHS equivalent of a tier 4 CAMHS service.
Contact Us today to find out more about all our therapy services.
About our child therapy
Family Futures provides an integrated multi-disciplinary therapy service. We incorporate a variety of therapy techniques and practices including Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Theraplay and much more. All our work is based on evidence from medical research, scientific study and clinical experience.
Our child therapy approach begins on the premise that children, who as infants or young children have experienced some form of trauma, can be thought of as developmentally traumatised, and that every aspect of a child’s development is impacted by poor parenting or trauma. Therefore, we assess not only behavioural development but also sensory, emotional and cognitive development as well.
Based on this, Family Futures has developed our own multi-disciplinary treatment service called Neuro-Physiological Psychotherapy’ (NPP). Read about Family Futures’ approach here.
You can find out more information about our therapy service by downloading our Consultation, Assessment & Treatment Service leaflet.
Information leaflets for children and young people
Information for young children:
- Young adopted children
- Birth children
- Young children who have recently been placed for adoption
- Young children who are under a special guardianship order
- Young children who are fostered
Information for young people:
- Young people who have been adopted
- Birth children and young people
- Young people who have recently been placed for adoption
- Young people who are under a special guardianship order
- Young people who are fostered
Contact Us today to find out more about our NPP assessment and treatment approach.
Helping Families Heal – free parenting videos
A parent who has adopted a child through Family Futures discusses therapeutic parenting questions with leading trauma informed specialists. Watch here.
