Precious Hands SEND Support & Therapies

18/10/2025

We offer 1-hour sessions which aim to provide parents and carers with information to help support a child or young person when someone important to them has died, while also looking after yourself.

To register for one of the dates, visit: childbereavementuk.org/support-webinars

Upcoming sessions will be held on:
Monday 27 October: 12.30pm
Monday 24 November: 5.30pm

17/10/2025

🌞 Limited sessions available at Precious Hands 🌞

Some young people may find themselves ready to talk more freely about what is going on for them, but for others this might not be so easy...so creative media is available for use alongside, or instead, of talking, enabling difficulties to be expressed in this way when words just can't be found.

In Counselling for Teens & Young People Using Creative Arts, each client is provided with a wide choice of art materials, alongside other such mediums as sand, clay, and games, and our therapist weaves in various approaches as and when needed.

Play & Creative Arts Therapy uses a child's natural medium- play- to support them to process big feelings and/or traumatic events.

We have a large toolkit of toys including our sand tray and miniatures, messy play, creative arts, role play, small world & games for our children to explore and use to support them to understand their thoughts and feelings.

Our qualified therapists specialise in supporting children who have suffered trauma and/or loss, who struggle with emotional regulation, suffer with low self-esteem or have difficulties with anxiety.

Find out more and contact us now through our website
www.precioushands-sendsupport.co.uk or email us on precioushands.send@gmail.com to find out more about the services we offer.

15/10/2025

We are thinking of you all tonight 💕

10/10/2025

⭐⭐⭐ It's World Mental Health Day ⭐⭐⭐

The driveway to Precious Hands is turning a beautiful colour again. It's so important to spend some time in our natural world. Especially at the moment with all the beautiful Autumnal colours around us 🍂

What are you doing today or this weekend to nurture your mental health? Especially when you are taking care of others, it's so important to take time out of your busy day to breathe and do something just for you, even if it's just for 10 minutes. Please make it your priority this weekend⭐⭐⭐🍂🍂🍂

08/10/2025

🎨 Free Online Creative Arts Sessions for Young Sibling Carers 🎄
Join us on Saturday 22nd November for a fun and festive craft activity—designing your own tree-themed table decoration!
🕙 Session Times
• 10:00–11:30 AM – Ages 4–10
• 1:00–2:30 PM – Ages 11+
📌 Booking is essential as places are limited
www.sibs.org.uk/art

07/10/2025

Here are some helpful clues for dysregulation.

16/09/2025

Irlen Syndrome can cause challenges with everyday life, including:
⭐ Reading difficulties
⭐ Visual stress
⭐ Attention & concentration difficulties
⭐ Headaches
⭐ Light sensitivity
⭐ Depth perception difficulties

Precious Hands can offer you a full clinical screener, assess you or your child for the correct coloured overlay to take home and a professional report for schools and work places. Screening is available for adults and children.

Take a look at our website to find out more information. www.precioushands-sendsupport.co.uk

13/09/2025

Thank you Matt Bishop MP for your kind words about our team and services following your recent visit to Precious Hands SEND Support & Therapies. We appreciated being given the time to discuss the importance of play therapy and our concerns around the available support for children with additional needs. Our services are growing, and we will continue to strive to meet the needs of our community. ⭐
www.precioushands-sendsupport.co.uk

02/09/2025

🌻🌻🌻Our door is open for you. 🌻🌻🌻

Take a look at our services on our website www.precioushands-sendsupport.co.uk to find out more about how we can help you and your family.

We offer:
🌞 Play and creative arts therapy
🌞 Counselling using creative arts for teens and young people
🌞 Irlen screening for challenges with light sensitivity and light processing
🌞 Adult therapeutic support- Creative Journeys
🌞 Send advice & support
🌞 Creative Clinical Supervision
🌞 Parent Child Attachment Play

Email us now on precioushands.send@gmail.com or click on our Contact Us link on our website.

We are here to support you.

02/09/2025

A really useful explanation of PDA from the inside.

What PDA Feels Like From the Inside

"But you WANTED to go swimming!"

Sound familiar? Here's what might actually be happening inside a child's nervous system 🏊‍♀️

Wanting to do something and being able to handle the demands of doing it are completely different experiences for children with highly sensitive nervous systems.

We can all relate to this feeling to some extent. Think about a time when you really wanted to do something - maybe attend a social event or take on a new project - but as the time approached, your anxiety kicked in. Your heart raced, you felt overwhelmed, maybe you wanted to back out despite genuinely wanting to participate.

For children with PDA, this experience is much more intense and happens with much smaller triggers. Here's what might be happening inside:

💭 "I really want to go swimming"
⚡ Getting ready = transition = demands detected
🚨 Nervous system activates: "THREAT!"
😰 Heart racing, can't think clearly, feeling trapped
🏃‍♀️ Fight/flight response kicks in
😭 Meltdown happens

From the outside, it looks like:
"They're being difficult about something they wanted"

From the inside, it feels like:
"I want to go but my body is screaming danger and I can't make it stop"

This is why traditional logic doesn't help in these moments:
- "But you said you wanted to!" (Their nervous system doesn't care what they wanted)
- "If you don't get ready, we can't go!" (Increases the threat response)
- "Last chance!" (More pressure = more activation)

What their highly sensitive nervous system needs:
- Time to adjust to transitions
- Reduced pressure around the demands
- Understanding that the anxiety response is genuine and intense
- Support and patience, not consequences

Children with PDA aren't being manipulative when they want something but struggle with getting there. Their nervous system is working overtime to protect them from what feels overwhelming 💝

Tomorrow: The myths that prevent us from truly understanding this experience

31/08/2025

A great resource for school staff. Please take a look to develop your understanding when you are supporting traumatised children in school. When organising funding...please fund qualified therapeutic services first...before tutors.

NEW FREE RESOURCE!

Written by Julie Neale, a psychotherapist and teacher, this resource explains how the impact of early adverse experiences may affect children's ability to learn.

Download free here: http://bit.ly/44CyA9V