What we know:

Children who have experienced sexual abuse and trauma in or outside of the home maybe suffering with ….(signs and indicators)

(The words need to speak to the child/parents situation – relate that this is the service for them)

Children need the offer of a healing door.

How we can help:

We provide therapeutic interventions for children who have been affected by child sexual abuse and sexual trauma. We work with children from 3 up to their 19th birthday who have been referred to our service.

We can help families who have been affected by their child’s lived experience through our adult education sessions, helping parents and carers to understand the impact of sexual trauma on brain development and behaviour.

We provide advice, guidance and resources to professional’s who are supporting children and families on their healing journey.

About our Therapeutic support:

With now over 30 years specialist experience in supporting families affected by Child Sexual Abuse and Harmful Sexual behaviour we pride ourselves in our ongoing commitment to responding appropriately to referrals with a team of highly skilled therapists. We deliver Healing interventions in packages of 12 sessions at a time and we work through 6 stages of the therapeutic relationship:

· Engagement

· Stabilisation

· Processing

· Integration

· Completion

· Maintenance

The aim of our Healing work is help children and young people make sense of their muddles and worries and to understand that they are not to blame for anything that has happened to them. Sessions are held in our therapeutic building so that the work can be contained, however we do have the skills and facilities to work virtually and the flexibility to work in other locations depending on the needs and wishes of the child.

Our Harmful Sexual Behaviour interventions are delivered in packages of 24 sessions and meet the needs of children whose harmful sexual behaviours are complex and concerning. The aim of our work is help children and young people to live safer lives by integrating our relationship building skills, psycho-educational direct work and goal setting in our ending sessions to promote sustainable change.

Our Adult Education sessions support parents and carers to respond effectively to the behaviours of their children when they have been affected by Child Sexual Abuse.

What we Provide:

We help children and their families whose lives have been affected by Child Sexual Abuse.