Clare Warland

I am taking on new referrals so please get in touch as I can work flexibility to meet your needs.

I am a Play and Creative Arts Therapist and have experience of working with young people aged between 3-21 years old. I take a holistic and integrative approach that considers developmental trauma, attachment styles, sensory processing needs, developmental needs and family functioning. I can offer family work and sibling work as well as one-to-one sessions. Talking doesn’t come easily to everyone and so using arts to process difficulties can often provide effective ways for people to understand themselves, their experiences and their relationships. Playing and creating can be a powerful vehicle for deeper exploration and healing.

I have additional training in:

- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy

- Theraplay, MIM &Group Theraplay

- Solution Focused Brief Therapy

- Family Links Nurturing Programme

I have over 8 years' experience of working with children, young people and parents therapeutically in a trauma-informed way and I have 20 years' experience of direct work with children, young people and their families. I have worked as a School Counsellor, in children’s social care, the youth offending service, the NHS, within multiple schools and in a consultancy role for a private company.

I have worked with young people with the following presenting difficulties; developmental trauma, sexual harm, gender- questioning, neurodiversity, loss, bereavement, childhood and relational trauma, traumatic events, intergenerational trauma, adoption and foster care, children in Local Authority residential care homes, identity difficulties, disordered eating, sexually harmful behaviour to name a few. I regularly undertake therapeutic assessments and write review and ending reports.

I am non-directive, client-led therapist. My training and experience has proven that it is YOU who holds the resources for healing and empowerment, my job is to support you on your journey through offering an accepting and safe space for you or your child to explore any difficulties that may be impacting your relationships.

Sessions are 50 minutes long and will run at the same day and time each week. 

Initial sessions are fee and are a chance for you to ask questions and gain a sense if I am the right therapist for you / your family. The therapeutic relationships is key to successful therapy so this is an important part of your process. This initial meeting / session will be 45 minutes long.