Grace Bright Child & Family Therapeutic Practitioner

18/09/2025

Did you know…

In 2020, women were 3x more likely to die by su***de during or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy compared to 2017-19, representing 1.5 women per 100,000 giving birth in the UK.
(Source:Papyrus UK)

We must nurture those who nurture. We must mother those who mother ❤️

10/09/2025

The Athlone Trust Nurturing Potential Grant is open for applications.

This one-off payment of £500 is available to support adopted children and young people up to the age of 19 with their education and development. The grant can go towards things like tutoring, assessments, learning equipment, or extra-curricular activities that help them grow and thrive.

It’s open to adoptees living in the UK, in families with a household income of up to £70,000 per year. Applications will close on 30th September 2025.

Find full details and the application form here: https://theathlonetrust.org/application/

04/09/2025

After months of campaigning by Adoption UK with others in the sector alongside thousands of families, we warmly welcome confirmation by the Children’s Minister that the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will continue for 2026/27. We await clarity on the details. We have fought hard for public consultation about reforms to the Fund and are pleased to see the Minister commit to this in today’s statement. It is crucial that reforms are in the best interests of adopted children, that the impact of this year’s cuts are carefully considered, that consultation is thorough and reforms not rushed through. https://ow.ly/teJi50WR97N

01/09/2025

Sending lots of luck and love to everyone returning to school this week! 🤩

13/08/2025

How can I be useful to you?
Let me know what feels missing in the overwhelming social media therapy world! 🌞

13/08/2025

Here here, what a generous offering Peacock Counselling
Thank you 🙏 ❤️

🌟 Welcome to Peacock Counselling 🌟

Over the next few weeks, Fiona will be sharing practical tips to help you and your children navigate the summer holidays. Follow now so you don’t miss out!

Dr Fiona Peacock is a BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist, Certified Theraplay® Therapist, Supervisor, and Trainer.

With over 30 years’ experience working with children, young people, and their families - including in CAMHS and school settings - Fiona’s work is grounded in attachment theory. She supports children through challenges such as anxiety, anger, friendship difficulties, neurodivergence, bereavement, and family breakdown.

05/08/2025

“Play”: what does it mean to you?

“Play is the work of childhood”
“Play is how children learn”
“Parents should play with their children”
“Parents get in the way of children’s play”
“Play should be self directed by the child”
“Play should be structured by an adult”

We all have different experiences of play! It means different things depending on how you grew up, your culture, what part of the world, accessibility, context, your values and your own unique interests.

Yet somehow, “play” seems to have become another yardstick by which to judge parents and children. Another thing by which we measure worth and output, in the capitalist, white supremacist patriarchy.

To me, play is about connection (to self and to other) And to me, that cannot be commodified ❤️

05/08/2025

Happy National Play Day!

22/07/2025

Grey areas: the space in between, the uncertainty, the unknown. Grey areas can be scary, uncomfortable places to be. As humans we like to know what’s coming, we like to be able to predict what will happen, we like to feel in control, we like to have the answers. So we stay out of grey areas.

It takes a great deal of courage to begin to open the door to grey areas…internal and external ones.
We never know what we might find. It could challenge everything we thought we knew.
And yet- what a gift! To grow, to expand, to let go of things that keep us stuck, to open to new opportunities and new ideas and new relationships…who knows‽ ❤️❤️❤️

“That which we need the most, will be found where we least want to look” Carl Jung

16/07/2025

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📣 This week is Birth Trauma Awareness Week and PANDAS are supporting the

This is a vital moment to recognise the voices of women who’ve experienced trauma during birth. ❤️

This year, the focus is on marginalised groups who face additional barriers in maternity care, from racial disparities to the challenges faced by disabled and neurodivergent mothers, younger and older mothers and more.

We stand with those speaking out. Let’s listen. Let’s learn. ❤️





[ID - Black and white image of a mum holding a baby boy in the air and kissing him. Text reads: Birth Trauma Association. Birth Trauma Awareness Week. 14th-19th July 2025. ]

09/07/2025

Excited for some active Theraplay this morning! 🤩

Theraplay provides the space and relationship to support sensory regulation, emotional regulation, safety and connection through play ❤️