Healing Trauma and Strengthening Attachment: Empowering Children and Teens to Thrive Mentally, Emotionally, and Socially
Welcome to our specialized support services for young people, their families and professionals. The LEAD approach offers expert care, blending the latest scientific research with clinical insight and lived experience in trauma, attachment, mental health, and social engagement.
Our mission is to deeply understand the challenges faced and work collaboratively to bridge the gaps in CAMHS through a tailored, relational model of care.
Laura Newman
Founder and CEO
We provide the following services
Speech & Language Therapy
A relational approach to Speech Language and Communication development
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
A trauma and attachment approach for mild / moderate CAMH needs
Referrals we accept
- Children/Adolescents identified with SEND and complex presentations
- Foster & Adoption Families
- Children/Adolescents identified with SLCN Speech Language Communication Needs
- Children/Adolescents identified with mild/moderate mental health concerns
LEAD approach addresses
- Attachment disorder
- Childhood trauma
- Social engagement difficulties
- Anxiety, panic, risk-taking behaviours
- Aggression, self-harm, suicide ideation
- Obsessions, resistance, controlling behaviours
- Sensory integration, impulse control, emotional regulation
- Eating disorders
- ASD, PDA, ADHD, Selective Mutism
What Some of My Clients Say
"When we contacted Laura we were at a crisis point with our son. In this last year, he has come on in leaps and bounds and is much happier. As a father my relationship with my son is like night and day. We don't know where we would be if we hadn't met you!"
Parents of 6 year old with ASD
"Laura is an approachable and knowledgeable professional who has the ability to make the complex understandable."
Client
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