Mandy Dadswell UKCP acc. Teenager/child & adult Psychotherapist

Training, qualifications & experience

Child, teenager and adult Psychotherapist

Masters in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Diploma in Psychotherapeutic counselling adult and child
Degree (Honours) in Psychology
Diploma in Person Centred counselling
Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Life coaching Certificate
Training in therapeutic art and play
Mindfulness based therapy
Safeguarding children and young people
Working with young people - various qualifications and experience (CAMHS trained)
Solution Focused work
Transactional Analysis
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Gamcare trained
St Michaels trained in bereavement support and CBT
Working with couples
Accredited by UKCP
Level 1 Dyadic Development Psychotherapy - working with families
Certificate in Supervision

I work with all age groups via the internet or telephone. Worries about the COVID-19 situation, relationship problems, low self esteem, anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, addictions, self harming are amongst the many issues I can help people with.

I have worked within a wide range of settings that include: a multi national boarding school for 4-18 year olds, secondary and primary education in both individual and group work, in a hospice for long term illness and bereavement.  I have experience in working with physical and mental illness as a result of trauma and addictions. I can offer life coaching and management skills/coping strategies to individuals or as part of group work via online platforms which I can help you set up. I also work with families who feel as their communication skills have broken down.

As well as working privately I also work as part of a training organisation for counsellors and psychotherapists which has now adapted, to fit with new government guidelines, to work through the internet or via telephone.

I attend regular on line development groups and on going training sessions which enhance my work and enables me to keep up to date with regulations, policies and modern, up to date ways of working with wellbeing and neuroscience.

Further information

Being a parent can be a difficult task as it is without the added worry of social distancing and possible isolation. Children and teenagers need their friends and peers to sustain positive mental health. Adults may find the COVID-19 situation difficult to cope with however adult brains have developed fully enough so that anxiety can be managed better than a young persons brain.

A teenager’s brain is continuing to develop, it has not stopped, therefore their brain processes information differently to an adult’s fully grown brain. The part of the brain used to manage emotions, make decisions, reason, and control inhibitions is constantly restructuring during the teenage years, meaning teens are simply unable to think through things in an adult way.

Hormones, produced during adolescence, can further complicate things. The whole brain does not reach full maturity until about the mid-20’s.  Fortunately there are ways to help a young person to understand and manage worries or anxieties such as the uncertainties we face today.

I work with young people to help them understand what is happening and give them coping mechanisms to sustain healthy minds during these difficult times.

I also offer online or telephone therapy to adults giving them strategies to communicate effectively and to support them in managing their own and/or their family's wellbeing.

Contact me for a free telephone consultation.