I'm Melanie, therapist at The Youth Fairy, a team of Solution Focused therapists dedicated to improving the emotional well-being and mental health of children and teenagers suffering from anxiety, stress, anger, emotional regulation and low confidence. I offer a 1 hour consultation (free) face to face in Amesbury or online, to discuss your child's situation and how I can help them regain more emotional control and see them feeling happier, calmer and much more confident in a relatively short amount of time. As well as helping young people make these changes, I’m passionate that educating them on their mental health, which is such an important and essential part of the change process. By empowering them with this knowledge, we can help young people to develop more positive, healthy habits for life. In the consultation, I’ll explain to you and your child how the brain works to create their specific problems and associated feelings, behaviours or symptoms, the role their emotions play and how to stride forward positively. This understanding can be really motivational to children as they realise there is hope, see more clearly what we can do about it and how to promote more mentally healthy behaviours in the future. This knowledge is super helpful for you as a parent too - it allows for greater understanding, creates a common language to talk more easily with your child about their well-being and gives you specific ideas of how you can best support the process (and beyond). I will work with your child in a solution focused way, which means they won’t have to focus on the past in great detail or revisit traumatic events to make really positive changes. The therapeutic process should feel very rewarding, positive and young people enjoy and look forward to coming to the sessions. You’ll also get my relaxation audio downloads to help improve any sleep problems they are having and support the process. You can feel reassured your child is in an experienced and safe pair of hands; before becoming a therapist I've worked with vunerable children for over 25 years in schools ranging from inner city London to rural primary schools as a qualified teacher and headteacher
I have specialised in supporting children with emotional and pastoral needs including introducing community well-being programmes for children and their families. These opportunities have given me a number of experiences working with children with a range of needs. I thoroughly enjoy helping children, young people and their families. I hold an Enhanced DBS certificate, am fully insured and I am also a member of the following professional bodies:
National Board for Modern Psychotherapy (NBMP)
Association For Solutions Focused Hypnotherapy (AFSFH)
National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
