Psychological Assessments and Individual Therapy
We provide comprehensive psychological assessments and individual and systemic therapy for a range of presenting difficulties.
We offer a range of comprehensive psychological assessments for children, adolescents and families.
Our tea m of psychologists and psychological therapists are experienced in undertaking a range of psychological assessments which aim to develop an understanding of a young person’s difficulties. Information to inform the assessment is gathered from a range of sources (e.g., file information, observations and data obtained from appropriate assessment tools and may include more specialist assessments, such as:
- Intellectual/cognitive assessments (i.e., WISC-V)
- Complex risk assessments e.g., Harmful Sexual Behaviour/AIM3 and assessments of violence risk (i.e., SAVRY).
- Assessments of Protective Factors (i.e., SAPROF-YV)
Why You Should Choose Us For Psychological Assessments and Individual Therapy
Empowering: When we acknowledge what is working, we celebrate and magnify our successes. We believe that it is essential to reflect on our own and others’ resources, skills, strengths and positive qualities.
Inclusive: Here at Meadows Psychology Service, we are curious and reflective about our own and others social, cultural and institutional experiences and how these can shape our assumptions and beliefs. Every member of our team is encouraged to do the same by creating a safe space where each individual can bring authenticity to the work we do.
Compassionate: The MPS team is compassionate and always seeks to understand and make meaning of each individual and team experiences.
Integrative: Our team works to integrate knowledge and skills in relational trauma into other fields such as therapeutic work, staff training, consultation, language, reflective spaces and leadership style.
Responsive and adaptive: MPS recognises the importance of being responsive to trauma and the needs of individuals or teams.
Based upon the assessment information, we will provide a comprehensive assessment report inclusive of a psychological formulation. This aims to provide the reader with an understanding of the young person’s current areas of need and provides recommendations and guidance for future support.
Contact Us
If you want to develop a trauma-informed approach in your school or need expert psychological support, Meadows Psychology Service is here to help. We are committed to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to thrive in a supportive educational environment.
Call our friendly team on 0345 216 1201 or email us at hello@meadowspsychologyservice.co.uk.
We also offer individually tailored interventions for children, adolescents and families struggling with any social, emotional or behavioural difficulties that are impacting their functioning such as:
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Low mood / depression
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Anxiety (i.e., general, social, panic, phobia)
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Anger and disruptive behaviour
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Emotional regulation
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Self-harm
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Harmful Sexual Behaviour
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Disturbed sleep
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Family difficulties
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Loss of any kind
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Attachment difficulties
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Peer difficulties
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Therapeutic Life Story Work
We offer a range of Psychological Assessments and Individual Therapy services. We will work with you to develop a bespoke package of support that meets your needs and the needs of the children and young people you look after:
Psychological Consultation provides a safe space to explore the needs of the young people you support alongside the challenges of looking after young people who have experienced significant trauma. These sessions can include intervention planning, safeguarding and risk management sharing resources that will support you in your service. Utilising psychological theories of attachment and trauma informed principles we will provide you with therapeutic strategies and support.
Psychological formulation is a structured process used by psychologists and mental health professionals to understand an individual’s difficulties within a broader psychological framework. Through our support we will work with you to understand a young persons story and begin to tentatively make sense how these experiences have influenced their beliefs about themselves, others and the world, how they have developed strategies to keep themselves safe and how their underlying feelings shape the behaviours we see. Psychological formulation provides a way for us to understand the complex interplay of factors contributing to a young person’s difficulties, it also helps us to guide therapeutic interventions. Finally, formulation provides a shared language and framework of understanding so teams are able to work consistently to support the psychological needs of young people.
We want to work closely with you to understand your service and teams. Our MPS consultants will embed into your homes and get to know the staff teams. We work relationally and know that the greatest outcomes will be achieved when we work together and understand each other.
Reflective practice enables teams to reflect on key themes and challenges in their work, and understand the emotional impact of working with children who have experienced trauma. Everyone brings their own experiences into working with children and sometimes we can experience our own relational triggers in work. It is helpful to understand these. We thread reflective practice through all our work in residential children’s homes but also offer reflective spaces.
We understand that working in residential care is both a rewarding and challenging journey. We offer staff wellbeing services to support the emotional needs of staff teams. This can include training around supervision, embedding a supervision framework, wellbeing days, check in calls, 1:1 support and signposting to appropriate services.
We understand the critical importance of clinical and reflective supervision in promoting professional growth and enhancing the quality of care. We can provide a supportive and collaborative environment where practitioners can explore complex cases, reflect on their practice, and gain valuable insights to inform their work. Through a combination of clinical expertise and reflective practice principles, our supervision sessions empower practitioners to deepen their understanding, refine their skills, and enhance their effectiveness in supporting clients.
A psychological assessment is a structured process for gathering information, and understanding a young person’s psychological functioning, cognitive abilities, personality traits and emotional and social wellbeing. We utilise a variety of assessment tools including both standardised and idiographic measures. We have practitioners including forensic psychologists who specialise in the assessment of complex risk including risk of violence and assessment of harmful sexual behaviour.
Our team of consultants have extensive experience working with young people who have experienced significant attachment disruptions. We understand that establishing safety within the therapeutic relationship is paramount and, as such, the approach to, and pace of, therapeutic work is carefully planned in accordance with a young person’s psychological assessment.
All the services we deliver are supported by a robust outcomes monitoring framework to ensure that we are able to evidence the impact of the work we are completing with you and to be able to provide you evidence to your commissioners, social workers of the therapeutic input you are embedding.
We are proud to be able to offer a large resource bank for your service. This includes keyworker tools such as workbooks, mental health information and guides, resources for you to complete direct work, and resources for staff.
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