Becks
Clinical Psychologist
Becks is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. She has over six years experience within the NHS working therapeutically with both children and adults.
Sometimes life can be tricky and we need space to think about the difficulties or some help in managing how we feel. Becks specialises in working with children and young people who are experiencing psychological distress. She has worked with children and young people with mental health difficulties and additional needs such as Learning Disabilities, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and long term physical health conditions. She is qualified to utilise a variety of different psychological models to support children, young people and their families in understanding what may be contributing to how they are feeling and she supports children and their families in thinking about different ways to relieve this distress.
Outside of her work at Therapy4Kids, Becks works in an NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) team. This compliments her work at Therapy4Kids and ensures she keeps up to date with the evidence base, has access to different types of training and provides her with the opportunity to work with and learn from colleagues of other professions. She utilises supervision to think about her work and to ensure that she is offering the best possible service to anyone that comes to see her.
Becks is an experienced, thoughtful Clinical Psychologist who utilises playful approaches to ensure that each child feels comfortable in speaking to her. She works in line with the British Psychological Society’s professional practice guidelines.
Allison
Educational Psychologist
Allison gained her masters in Educational Psychology from University College, London. She worked for a local education authority in London for eight years before moving with her family to Tokyo, where she worked independently, with clients from the international community. Allison has worked closely with a wide range of primary and secondary schools, at the level of the individual child and by offering consultation and training to parents, teachers and management staff. She has also worked extensively within multidisciplinary teams. Allison has developed her experience of and interest in working with families by completing the foundation course in systemic family therapy. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and has assessed and supported many bilingual children. Allison is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Allison adopts a holistic and problem solving approach to each child’s individual case, assessing them in a number of ways, which may include:
- discussing the child and the concerns with their parents/carers and teachers
- observing the child in their classroom, playground or at home
- reviewing the work the child has been doing at school
- speaking to or playing with the child
- using standardised tests, to check the development of the child’s thinking and learning skills and gain an insight into their strengths and relative difficulties.
Alix
Child and Educational Psychologist
Alix is a Chartered and Practitioner Psychologist registered the British Psychological Society and the Health and Care Professions Council. Alix is a passionate and creative psychologist, psychotherapist and consultant with exceptional knowledge and experience in working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families.
She has a keen interest in the emotional development and is able to engage hard to reach children and young people who have difficulties that may interfere with family life successful learning, and participation in school and other activities. Alix believes in a multidisciplinary approach, and works in partnership with families, teachers, social workers and other health care professionals that may be involved.
At Therapy4kids, Alix offers Psychotherapy to children and adolescents, Play Therapy, Family Therapy, Parent Consultations and full Psycho-Educational Assessments.