Dr Ruth Butterworth

Chartered Clinical Child and Family Psychologist

Ring: 07854 878026

The process of having children, supporting them to grow and develop and helping them to meet the challenges that life throws at them is a complex, demanding and often exhausting course for any family. When these challenges are increased - whether because of specific life events, parents' own difficulties, or wider stressors, the demands can become overwhelming for one or more members of the family.

Working with a Clinical Psychologist can help families to develop a new, shared understanding of the difficulties that they are facing. This, in turn, can help us to highlight ways of moving forward for the individual child or young person and for the family as a whole.

This work tends to fall into two categories:

Individual work with children and young people addressing difficult feelings and the patterns of thought and behaviour associated with these. Common difficulties might include anxiety, low mood, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress or difficulty managing anger and frustration.

Work with parents or whole families where concerns relate primarily to younger children or to family relationships. This might include parental post-natal depression, difficulties 'bonding' with babies or young children, worries about feeding, sleeping or behaviour or high levels of family conflict.

Often, just one or two appointments will be sufficient for families to make sense of their worries and highlight avenues for change. At other times, a series of sessions might be beneficial in order for difficulties to be explored in more depth and a new path established. The right approach for your family will always be negotiated from the outset and throughout the course of our work together.

For more information, or to arrange an appointment, please contact me:
Email: ruthbutterworth@ntlworld.com

Ring: 07854 878026