Services
About me
Hello, I’m Lucy, a child and young person psychotherapist. I offer a safe, supportive space where children and teenagers can feel understood and less alone with their worries.
Together, we explore what feels difficult and find ways to make life, family and school easier. I tailor sessions to each young person’s needs.
I am trauma-informed and sometimes bring the creative arts into therapy, helping children and teens express themselves beyond words.
I support young people with:
- Anxiety and stress
- Low mood and depression
- Low self-esteem and confidence issues
- Trauma and difficult life experiences
- PANS and PANDAS therapy (specialist support for children and families)
I see clients in person at my Central London or Kew therapy practices and also offer online therapy for teens, children, and parents across the UK.
Whether your child is struggling with anxiety, mood changes, or the impact of trauma, therapy can provide a safe space for healing, growth, and resilience.
Parent support
I offer parent support sessions. This is a warm and reflective space to listen and think about family difficulties, and explore ways to help. These therapeutic sessions focus on finding ways to cope in difficult times, so parents can support themselves and their children. As a therapist, I help parents develop insight and increase their capacity for effective, healthy parenting. I work with parents whose children have anxiety, depression, low self esteem, PANS/PANDAS, and other emotional difficulties.
Anxiety and OCD treatment (SPACE)
SPACE Therapy Protocol
Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) is an evidence-based treatment developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Centre. It empowers parents to support their children's anxiety by adjusting their responses, rather than directly confronting the child's fears. This approach has been shown to be as effective as traditional child-focused therapies like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in reducing anxiety symptoms.
SPACE is particularly beneficial for children who are reluctant or unable to participate in therapy. It has been successfully implemented in clinical and research settings across various countries, including the UK.
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Listening therapy
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a gentle, music-based intervention that helps children feel calmer, more regulated, and more connected. It helps the nervous system shift out of “fight, flight or freeze” responses and into a state where social engagement, learning, and emotional connection become easier, all within a safe and supportive therapeutic environment.
The programme runs for five hours in total, divided into shorter sessions that can be integrated into a standard therapy appointment, either in person or online. In practice, the child listens to music through headphones while I observe. During this time, we may draw, play simple games, build with Lego, or knit, all alongside the music-listening experience.
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PANS/PANDAS therapy
Children and families affected by PANS/PANDAS need specialist support from people who understand. That is where I can help. For information on PANS/PANDAS therapy book a free consultation to find out how therapy with me can help your family. Sessions can take place on-line or in Kew or central London.
Advocacy and campaign work
I am a passionate advocate for child mental health. For many years I was a journalist and I have written on mental health and PANS/PANDAS for the Times, Tortoise and BACP, as well as other chronic health conditions
I also host the PANS/PANDAS Stories podcast.
I helped set up the All Party Parliamentary Group for PANS/PANDAS, and am currently helping develop therapeutic guidelines for the PANS/PANDAS UK charity.
Listen to my podcast here.