Therapy
A holistic, therapeutic approach provides the foundation for every aspect of care and education at Evergreen Foster Care. We have chosen to follow the pathway of accreditation and continuous improvement offered by The Community of Communities for Therapeutic Communities. Community of Communities is an initiative of the College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), working in partnership with the Association of Therapeutic Communities, the Charterhouse Group and the Planned Environment Therapy Trust. This pathway enables us to ensure the highest standard of therapeutic practice through a process of self- and peer-review and provides us with access to best practice and rigorous service standards.
Since most children referred to us have experienced a childhood fraught with difficulty. We encourage every child and family to engage in regular group and individual therapy sessions in addition to the therapeutic approach that underpins everyday life at Evergreen Foster Care.
Our qualified and experienced therapists assess the needs of children placed in our foster care, provide individual, group and/or family therapy, and are dedicated to maintaining a consistent therapeutic approach through targeted carer support, group reflection and training in the home. Each child has a therapeutic plan which is reviewed regularly, providing direction for the child, family, therapists, and school staff. Evergreen foster care further harness a strengths-based approach which focuses on the person or child’s uniqueness and personal strengths. Our therapist will help our children/carers to utilize their skills personally and socially to grow through their own personalised therapeutic process.
Therapies offered have been found to be effective in helping children and adolescents with a wide range of problems / difficulties including:
- low self-esteem
- depression
- anxiety
- trauma
- post–traumatic stress disorder
- developmental delay
- attachment disorders
- sleep disorders
- harmful sexualised behaviour
- gender dysphoria
- Grief and loss
Therapy Options at Evergreen:
Pluralistic approach to counselling and psychotherapy integrating CBT, Child & Young Person-Centred therapy, Existential (self-awareness including accepting of limitations and developing resilience,) Systemic (family therapy)
- Mindfulness, acceptance, and cognitive diffusion (CBT third wave)
- Attachment-based psychotherapy, Psychodynamic
- Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
- Life-story work
- Play based techniques using the Axline principles
- Sensory art and sensory play (meeting sensory diets)
- Harmful sexualised behaviour programmes (integrating CBT, mindfulness, attachment, psychodynamic, well-being, incorporating safe touch)
- Compassion focused therapy
- Complicated grief and loss work
- Brief therapy (solution focused and task-centred)
- Group therapy
- Gender Dysphoria – individually tailored assessment, and planning of intervention most responsive to presenting issues (e.g., shame, self-doubt, relational difficulties)
Complimentary Therapies:
- Individual and group relaxation and well-being
- Creative visualisation
- Progressive muscle relaxation
- Mindfulness meditation (breathing techniques)
- Creative techniques via music, drama, and movement
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