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.

Why Goal Setting Is Good For Your Child

Have you ever set a goal for yourself - personal or professional - and experienced the wonderful ...

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

Welcome back to the second instalment of our four-part series on bullying. Last week, we delved into...

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Why Your Approval Matters So Much to Your Child

Welcome to the 4th and final part of this mini-series on helping boost your child's self esteem.

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Do You Really Listen To Your Child?

Have you ever had the experience of trying to talk to someone and realising they aren't really liste...

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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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