Some of the young people in our care homes have endured painful and traumatic experiences. Repeated losses and broken relationships often lead to deep mistrust, making it challenging for them to believe in the commitment of adults to consistently meet their needs. At Priesgate Home Care, we provide a nurturing and safe environment where young people can heal, grow, and build healthy, trusting relationships.

 

Once our young people have settled into their placement and built trusting relationships with the staff, psychological assessments can be conducted, followed by the appropriate therapeutic interventions. These assessments help us gain a deeper understanding of a young person's history, personal experiences, emotional, psychological, and cognitive challenges, as well as their strengths and resources. This insight enables our team to develop an approach aligned with the most suitable therapeutic practices, ensuring we address the young person's specific difficulties effectively. Our care team organises and coordinates personalised therapy programmes for youths, carefully tailored to meet their unique needs and requirements.

 

We offer our young people access to a variety of assessments and therapy services, encompassing a wide range of disciplines. These include art and music therapy, as well as systemic therapy, counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Trauma Informed Care therapy and training.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We work with a diverse panel of consultant therapists, offering a wide range of therapeutic approaches and methods, including the following:

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• Trauma Informed Care: This is a framework for relating to and helping people who have experienced negative consequences after exposure to traumatic experiences.

• CBT:  is a short-term, goal-oriented psychotherapy treatment that takes a hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving. It's goal is to change patterns of thinking or behaviour that are causal factors to people's difficulties, and so change the way they feel.

• Wellbeing support and advice: Wellbeing is a complex combination of a person's physical, mental, emotional and social health factors. 

• ​Mindfulness: The practice of promoting awareness of one's behaviours and thoughts to have autonomy over the emotions that induce these thoughts and subsequent behaviours.

• Art therapy: Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy, where art-making and the creative process are used to help explore the client's thoughts, feelings and emotions.

• Counselling: This may help to manage the anxiety, anger and any other emotions people may be experiencing.

• Music therapy:  This provides individuals with opportunities for self-expression and communication. Music therapy can also give young people the opportunity to identify their strengths, providing a way for them to maintain a sense of self-esteem.

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