Why choose us?
A wealth of experience
At the heart of our service is an exceptionally experienced team that has been delivering high-quality therapeutic intervention and training for over a decade. With expertise built from years of hands-on work, we understand exactly what works—and what doesn’t.
Highly specialist team
We bring together highly qualified therapists and internationally recognised trainers, including Clinical and Educational Psychologists, Theraplay® and DDP practitioners, Play and Creative Therapists, BUSS™ practitioners, and Senior Therapeutic Social Workers. Our team specialises in attachment- and trauma-informed family work, delivering evidence-based support.
Personalised to you
We prioritise personal connections to understand your needs and ensure the right fit between what you’re looking for and the service we provide – so that we can achieve the most together. Our extensive experience allows us to adapt to meet the specific needs of each person, ensuring effective and practical outcomes.
Who we work with
What we offer
Assessments
We specialise in a range of in-depth therapeutic assessments which are tailored to the needs of each family situation. We offer Multidisciplinary Family Assessment, Transition to Adulthood Assessment, Together and Apart Sibling Assessment and Rehabilitation Family Assessments.
Therapy
We provide holistic therapeutic support for children, young people, parents, and families. Our highly experienced team works with you to find the most effective and meaningful support using a relationship-focused, attachment- and trauma-informed approach. We help with issues such as anxiety, depression, attachment difficulties, emotional and behavioural dysregulation, self-destructive behaviour, aggression, and sensory challenges, using approaches including TheraplayⓇ, DDP , BUSS™ and EMDR. We have also developed the By Your Side model which supports major transitions in children’s life.
We are a registered adoption support service with extensive experience in working with adoptive, kinship and foster care families and young people in residential settings and we are registered with CIW (Care Inspectorate Wales), meaning we can take private adoption referrals.
Training and Workshops
We deliver a wide range of accredited training courses and workshops which cover all areas connected with attachment, trauma, major transitions and child development. Our courses are for professionals, parents, carers and organisations and we can also develop bespoke training for teams on request.
We routinely receive outstanding feedback about the quality of our training and a number of our team are internationally recognised trainers.
Consultation and Team Support
We provide supervision and consultation to individuals and teams working in residential services, school networks, trauma services, fostering and adoption and clinical psychology. We can provide accredited clinical supervision in DDP, TheraplayⓇ and By Your Side intervention.
We also provide a range of bespoke consultations and team support such as training to teams who have to manage and respond sensitively to customers or clients who may be stressed and anxious when communicating.
Supporting Transitions – By Your Side
We are experts in supporting children and families through major life transitions. Drawing on many years of experience working alongside vulnerable children and the adults who care for them, we developed the By Your Side model—a comprehensive framework for supporting children and caregivers through significant changes, such as moving family.
Informed by our understanding of developmental trauma and the challenges that transitions can bring, the model keeps the child’s lived experience at the centre of the process.
By Your Side offers a clear, compassionate framework for helping children and those around them navigate change with greater understanding, stability, and confidence.
Enquiries and referrals
We welcome enquiries and referrals from a wide range of sources, including parents and carers, GPs, local authorities, schools, Regional Adoption Agencies, Rehabilitation Case Managers and any organisation looking for training or support in attachment and trauma or relationship building. Fees vary and will be discussed at the enquiry stage.
Our assessments, therapy, training and consultancy can be offered in person across the West Midlands, South West and Mid and South Wales or online nationally and internationally. We are registered with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) as an Adoption Support Service. CIW is the Welsh regulator for care services, equivalent to Ofsted in England, giving families and professionals confidence in the quality and standards of the services we provide.