Strive Therapeutic
Strives mission is to provide a professional Therapeutic Service to Children and Young People
We offer the experience and passion necessary to work therapeutically with children and young people.
We offer support for young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues, but will happily advise if more intense support is required from any specialist services.
Strive are particularly passionate about early intervention. Early intervention can prevent mental health issues developing into more serious or even diagnosable mental health conditions in later life. Modern life places many pressures and stresses on our young people. By equipping them with skills and tools to help them become more resilient and powerful to deal with the hurdles in an emotionally healthy manner. These skills are something our young people need now more than ever.
The services of strive offer both individual and groupwork support.
The services of strive will also help support parents and caregivers to help their young people fully flourish socially, emotionally, academically and to become the most resilient and emotionally robust version of themselves possible.
One to One Therapeutic Work
Children and young people will come across difficult hurdles and turbulent times in their lives and may require some one to one sessions to help them explore and work on whats going on individually. Such issues could include:
- Anger
- Identity issues
- Relationship difficulties, family, friends etc
- Sexuality
- Self esteem
- Body image issues
- Low mood
- Anxiety
- Separation and loss
- Bereavement
- Trauma
- Transitions
- Bullying
- And many other
Strive can facilitate groupwork, workshops or mental health programmes in any school, youth club, family centre.
Programmes include:
- Emotional wellbeing toolkit
- Promoting resilience, hope and coping skills
- Transitions to secondary school
- Dealing with stress Bereavement, separation and loss
- Friendship issues
- One off workshop sessions or groupwork programmes can be anything from from 4 to 12 weeks
Please speak with us to discuss any situation to help ascertain what bespoke programme could be facilitated.
Individual therapy
Interventions used will be a two way decision, which will be aimed at empowering and equipping young people with all the tools and inner strength that they can call upon to regulate emotional distress, and change negative thinking or behaviours.
Interventions can take a number of forms and utilise various modalities. These typically include
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Solution Focused Therapy
- Person Centred Approaches
- Art Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Motivational Interviewing
Groupwork Programmes and Workshops
Some of the Programmes Strive has facilitated to date:
- Body Image for Teens (6 week Programme)
- Hope/ Emotional Resilience(10 weeks Programme)
- Connect Your Feeling (2 hour workshop)
- Transition to Secondary School (2-4 weeks)
*Strive can facilitate any bespoke programme tailored to any groups particular needs. Please get in touch to discuss
I am a previous client of Colleen Kearney who was my counsellor for a year and a half. Colleen's compassion and ability to understand is second to none; which as you can imagine helps a lot, especially when you are an anxious teenager as I was.