Therapy
A holistic, therapeutic approach provides the foundation for every aspect of care at Evergreen Foster Care. We have chosen to follow the pathway of accreditation and continuous improvement offered by ‘The Community of Communities for Therapeutic Communities’. This is an initiative of the College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI), working in partnership with the Association of Therapeutic Communities, the Charterhouse Group and the Planned Environment Therapy Trust. This pathway enables us to ensure the highest standard of therapeutic practice through a process of ‘self-and-peer’ review and provides us with access to best practice and rigorous service standards.
Our qualified and experienced therapists assess the needs of children placed in our fostering families and provide individual, group and/or family therapy, and are dedicated to maintaining a consistent therapeutic approach through targeted carer support, group reflection and training in the home. Each child has a therapeutic plan which is reviewed regularly, providing direction for the child, family, therapists, and school staff. Evergreen Foster Care further harness a strengths-based approach which focuses on the person or child’s uniqueness and personal strengths. Our therapist will help our children and foster carers to utilize their skills personally and socially to grow through their own personalised therapeutic process.
Therapies offered have been found to be effective in helping children and young people with a wide range of problems and difficulties including:
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low self-esteem
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depression
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anxiety
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trauma
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post–traumatic stress disorder
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developmental delay
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attachment disorders
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sleep disorders
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harmful sexualised behaviour
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gender dysphoria
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grief and loss
Therapy Options at Evergreen:
We offer a ‘pluralistic approach’ to counselling and psychotherapy integrating Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Child and Young Person-Centred Therapy, Existential (self-awareness including accepting of limitations and developing resilience), and Systemic (family therapy). We also offer the following:
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Mindfulness, acceptance, and cognitive diffusion (CBT third wave)
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Attachment-based psychotherapy, Psychodynamic
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Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
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Life-story work
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Play based techniques using the Axline principles
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Sensory art and sensory play (meeting sensory diets)
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Harmful sexualised behaviour programmes (integrating CBT, mindfulness, attachment, psychodynamic, well-being, incorporating safe touch)
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Compassion-focused therapy
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Focus on complicated grief and loss
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Brief therapy (solution focused and task-centred)
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Group reflection sessions
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Gender Dysphoria – individually tailored assessment, and planning of intervention most responsive to presenting issues (e.g., shame, self-doubt, relational difficulties)