Young People's Service

Due to unprecedented high levels of demand and due to holding waiting lists for many months, all free at the point of entry psychotherapy services (Survivors, Families and Young People) are now already full for 2024/25 and we have closed our waiting list. We are still able to take referrals for family therapy clients via the HOPES contract with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. If you wish to make a referral for yourself or someone else for psychotherapy, the place will need to be funded. We suggest contacting the person’s GP to see whether funding can be made available. Please let us know if you would like details of the costs involved by contacting referrals@respond.org.uk

Our range of services enable children and young people with learning disabilities, autism or both to cope with trauma and develop healthy relationships.

Children and young people with learning disabilities, autism or both can face many challenges including exclusion, bullying, exploitation, abuse and being misunderstood.

Services include…

Individual and group therapy.
Therapeutic support to parents and carers.
Sex and relationships programmes for individuals and groups.
Reflective practice for staff.
Consultancy.
Training.

And include a wide range of subjects…

Body boundaries.
Sexual development.
Healthy relationships.
Consent.
Child sexual exploitation.
Sharing sexual images.
Teenage relationships abuse.
Public and private places and spaces.
Transition.

Outcomes for young people include…

Better relationships, increased resilience, improved emotional wellbeing and improved ability in coping with life experiences.

A sample of feedback…

"Our KS3 classes recently enrolled in a 12-week Harm Prevention Programme. Without exception, feedback is positive – staff have specifically mentioned raised confidence, improved self-esteem and better negotiation skills amongst the students. The sessions are lively, creative and dynamic and I have overheard students saying how much they are looking forward to the next session. Behaviour incidents have reduced for those students engaged in the programme and the staff who support the sessions seem more confident and reassuring when engaged with the students.”
Deputy Headteacher
Riverside School, Haringey.
"Through weekly contact with our [Respond] therapist, students who are both verbal and non-verbal are equipped with strategies that they can own and that enable them not to just ‘get by’ but to actually thrive!”
Sean McDonald
Deputy Head at Richard Cloudesley School, Islington.

Get in touch…

To make a referral, please download a Referral form.

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Apart from funded work in specific schools and at our clinic, our Young People’s Service is not free at the point of entry and we require a strong probability of funding before being able to accept a referral.

Young People's Service

Our range of services enable children and young people with learning disabilities, autism or both to cope with trauma and develop healthy relationships.

Deputy Headteacher

Sean McDonald

Apart from funded work in specific schools and at our clinic, our Young People’s Service is not free at the point of entry and we require a strong probability of funding before being able to accept a referral.