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.

Childhood Anxiety - Part 4 - What Causes It?

One of the most common questions I get asked by desperate, worried parents is "Why is my child so...

Childhood Anxiety - Part 3 - What is An Anxiety Disorder?

There are so many different ways anxiety can affect children, and the range of anxiety disorders...

Childhood anxiety - Part 2 - What Happens in Your Child's Body When They Are Feeling Anxious?

Welcome to part two of this mini-series all about childhood anxiety.

This one is all about the...

Childhood Anxiety - Part 1 - How To Spot The Signs

Welcome to the first part of a mini-series of posts on the subject of childhood anxiety, which is...

Is Your Teen About to Go to Uni? How to Help Them (And You) Cope Emotionally

Is your teenager about to go to University? If so, congratulations! Its a major milestone...

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How Shame Affects Children and Young People

If your child is experiencing anxiety, or angry meltdowns, or perfectionism or low mood, it could...

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How to Help A child With Back to School Anxiety

Its very common for children to struggle to get back to school after the school holidays . . ....

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Separation And Divorce: What To Do When Your Child Doesn't Want To Visit Their Other Parent

Is your child refusing to go on contact visits to see their other parent, or getting very...

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Bullying - Part 4 - Cyberbullying: how to help your child

Welcome to the final post in this 4-part series all about bullying.

We've looked at how to spot...

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Bullying - Part 3 - How To Help If Your Child is Being Bullied

I see a lot of children and young people in my private practice who have experienced bullying and...

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Bullying - Part 1 - How To Spot The Signs That Your Child is Being Bullied

Bullying can have a devastating effect on a child - not just at the time, but potentially...

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Protecting Children from the Negative Effects of Separation & Divorce - Part 3

Welcome to the third and final part of this 3-part mini-series of posts about separation and...

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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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