Help your child to Think Wright.
About me.
Hello, and thank you for visiting this site, hopefully you will find it useful; be reassured that you have already taken the first step to seeking help and that is always the hardest one.
To tell you a bit about myself, I am a married mother of three teenage boys and work as a mental health practitioner in a secondary school in Hertfordshire. I have over 25 years of experience in education; qualified as a Neuro Linguistic Programmer (NLP) practitioner 10 years ago and in 2021 qualified as an Education Mental Health Practitioner via the NHS, working in numerous primary and secondary schools with students, parents and teachers.
Please feel free to contact me about any of your worries, I’m sure we can tackle them together!
Kind Regards,
Lauren
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”
Qualifications.
- NHS trained Education Mental Health Practitioner
- Post Graduate Diploma in low intensity talking therapy (CBT) – University of Reading
- Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistics Programming
- Master Practitioner in Hypnosis
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education
- Enhanced DBS Certified
Services.
- Evidence-based CBT treatments
- Worry management programmes
- Overcoming fears and phobias
- Problem solving strategies and management
- Behavioural activation for low mood
- Parent Intervention – supporting parents whose children suffer with anxiety
“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.”
Experience.
- 25 years of experience working as a teacher and senior leader in secondary schools.
- NHS trained Mental Health Practitioner and working across 8 Primary and Secondary schools in Bedfordshire, assessing mental health presentations and delivering evidence-based CBT treatments to students.
- I also deliver whole school approach services such as staff inset, assemblies, workshops for students and parents.
- I am highly qualified in assessing risk and am able to liaise with signposting services when required.
- I am confident in a safeguarding of children role and hold the relevant DBS certification to assess minors.
Strategies.
A course of sessions would typically include a psychoeducation, combining elements of cognitive behaviour therapy and education. The overall aim is to provide the client with knowledge about the presenting issue (low mood, anxiety etc.) and its treatment. Working together we create a framework for facing, understanding and coping with the problem. Ultimately, together we will create problem solving strategies to help overcome any issue.
Typical courses would run for between four to six sessions, preferably on a weekly basis, for the strategies to have maximum benefit.
Prices.
- Free 15 minute phone consultation
- £50 per session thereafter