The Happy Parent and Child Initiative

Here at The Happy Parent and Child Initiative we work with Parents as well as the child. Using integrative therapy, we can tailor the therapy specifically to you and your child’s needs. We are a completely non-judgemental service and as parents ourselves we completely understand the complexities and how hard it can be to do it all on your own. 
We are here to help you and your child regain your calm and happiness and look after your mental and emotional well-being through creativity and self- exploration. 

With children from the age of 3 years we use play and creativity in both a directive and non-directive to help them express their emotions and problems using their natural language. 

We are experienced in: Anxiety, ADHD Autism, Eating issues,Parent separation,Trauma, Sexual abuse, School refusal and attendance issues, Bullying, Depression, Behavioural issues and much more. 

We also do Parent sessions, as we know that the parent is in the best position to help their child. So we can give you the tools you need to do therapeutic parenting at home with your child. Helping them with their mental and emotional well-being. 

Being a parent of 5 children, 3 with additional needs  we fully understand that parenting can be hard and overwhelming, this sometimes means that the parent/child relationship can be strained due to daily stressors. We believe that it doesn’t have to be that way. We can help parents and caters with counselling for their own issues and parent coaching to help form strong secure attachments. 

We also help women who have experience birth trauma and postnatal depression. Using a mixture of sand tray, art, talking therapies and rewind therapy we are able to help women lessen the hurt and move towards a happier you. 

As an integrative service we are fully licensed, insured, DBS checked and registered with the BACP.

We use an integrative approach. This means we are trained in several theories and methodologies, including person centred, cbt, gestalt, Jung, sand tray, narrative, art, psychodynamic, inner child work and others. This enables us to completely tailor the therapy to the needs of each individual. 

We also offer training for nursery’s, schools, individuals and professionals. We cover things from recognising the signs of autism, therapeutic parenting, attachment issues and more. 

We work out of our therapy room in Hadleigh, Suffolk  but can travel to your child’s school if this is needed within Suffolk and Essex(mileage costs apply)