Thinking about support for your child or young person?

Every child and young person deserves the opportunity to feel heard, understood and supported. At Artricia Therapy, therapeutic support is tailored to the individual needs, interests, age and developmental stage of each child or young person, creating safe and creative spaces where experiences can be explored and understood.

Children and young people may seek support for a wide range of reasons, including anxiety, low confidence, emotional regulation difficulties, neurodivergence, school-based challenges, emotionally based school avoidance, hospital-related anxiety, family changes, trauma, loss, bereavement or difficulties in relationships. 

Therapeutic support can help them develop greater emotional understanding, resilience and confidence in expressing themselves.

Therapeutic Life Story Work supports children and young people to develop a coherent understanding of their personal history and experiences. This approach can be particularly helpful for children who are adopted and/or who have experienced adversity, trauma, loss, separation, care experience or significant life transitions. 

Through a structured and therapeutic process, children and young people are supported to make sense of their experiences, develop emotional understanding and strengthen their sense of identity, belonging and self-worth.

As Therapeutic Life Story Work often involves exploring difficult experiences and memories, it is important that children feel emotionally safe and ready for this process. For some children and young people, a period of Art Therapy may be recommended initially to help build a trusting therapeutic relationship, develop emotional regulation skills and assess readiness for Therapeutic Life Story Work. 

This ensures that support is tailored to the individual needs of the child and provided at a pace that feels safe and appropriate for them.

Artricia Therapy recognises the importance of confidentiality in creating safe and trusting therapeutic, supervisory and professional relationships. Information shared during Art Therapy, Therapeutic Life Story Work, supervision, consultation and other services will be treated with respect and handled confidentially.

There are, however, circumstances where confidentiality may need to be breached or information shared. This may occur where there are concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a child, young person or adult, where there is a risk of serious harm, or where there is a legal, ethical or professional duty to do so.

Any information sharing will be undertaken responsibly, proportionately and in accordance with relevant legislation, professional guidance and safeguarding responsibilities. 

Wherever possible, information sharing will be discussed with the individual concerned unless doing so would increase risk or compromise safety.

Further information can be found in the Safeguarding Statement and Confidentiality & Information Sharing Policy available on this website.

Individual Art Therapy
£60 per hour 

Therapeutic Life Story Work
£60 per hour 

Family and sibling sessions may incur an additional charge depending on the number of participants, session length and any additional preparation or consultation required. Fees will always be discussed and agreed in advance. 

Payment is accepted by bank transfer and can be made either following each session or via a monthly invoice, depending on individual preference

Sessions for children and young people can be attended on either a weekly or fortnightly basis, depending on the needs of the child or young person and availability. Saturday appointments are also available for children, young people and families who may benefit from greater flexibility.

A block of six sessions is recommended initially to allow time to build a therapeutic relationship, explore needs and review progress. Therapeutic goals and progress are reviewed regularly to ensure support remains responsive and meaningful.

Artricia Therapy is committed to making support as accessible as possible. A limited number of reduced-fee spaces are available for individuals and families who may benefit from a sliding scale arrangement. Please get in touch to discuss your circumstances in confidence.

Further information can be found in the Fees section on this website.