Welcome to Little Minds Matter
Emma Hickling Child & Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counsellor BA (Hons), DIPCC IATE, MBACP.
Emma works psychotherapeutically, using her integrative arts training, with clients, usually aged between four and eighteen years. By creating trust and safety within the context of the therapeutic relationship Emma is then able to work with children and young people using a host of mediums, such as art, sand, clay and puppets to deepen t
Emma works psychotherapeutically, using her integrative arts training, with clients, usually aged between four and eighteen years. By creating trust and safety within the context of the therapeutic relationship Emma is then able to work with children and young people using a host of mediums, such as art, sand, clay and puppets to deepen the work together.
Throughout the therapy sessions Emma will utilise, where appropriate, her training in and understanding of, attachment theory, the latest neuroscience frameworks, psychoanalytic theory and psychiatry to effect deep and meaningful change in the children and young people she works with.
Emma has experience in working with the following;
bereavement, parental separation, anxiety, depression, dissociative symptoms, children suffering the effects of parental alcohol and drug misuse, ADHD, developmental trauma, domestic violence, sexual abuse, ASD, sensory processing difficulties and children with developing oppositional traits.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Integrative Child Psychotherapy Studies
Advanced Diploma in The Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts
Fully enhanced DBS certificate, update service registered
Paediatric First Aid Certificate
BACP Membership