Teen programme at the Family Routes offices.
WHEN: Wednesdays 6.30-8.30pm
10th, 17th & 24th April
8th, 15th & 22nd May 2024
WHERE: Family Routes offices.
To book a place on this course, scan the QR code above or click here.
Fill in the referral form: click here.
TESSA and Family Routes are excited to announce three Family Wellbeing Events hosted by Joe from the Gathering Drum. These sessions will take the form of a Drumming Circle using a variety of different instruments and is open to parents and children over the age of 5. Joe has a wealth of experience in working with participants of all ages and regularly leads family group sessions.
There will be opportunities for families to connect, beat some drums and create some noise together.
Places will be limited so please only apply for one event. Following registration, we will be in touch to confirm your place.
Please click the button and fill in the form to sign up:
Saturday 27th April @ Moira Lakes, 32b Old Church Lane, Aghalee, Craigavon BT67 0EY 1.15-3.15pm
Saturday 18th May @ Hans Sloane Education and Visitor Centre, 23 High Street, Killyleigh BT30 9QF 1.15-3.15pm
Saturday 8th June @ Girdwood Community Hub, 10 Girdwood Avenue, Belfast BT14 6EG 1.15-3.15pm
GDPR Statement: TESSA and Family routes collect data from the form for the purpose of contacting you with details about the programme and may retain your details for future events in line with our data protection policy. Should you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to contact us.
TESSA and Family Routes are excited to announce ‘Play It’ a space for young people to connect with each other, learning new skills and create together. This will include fun and engaging rhythmic musical activities to support social and emotional development.
Please click the button to sign up
Venue: Online
Day: Tuesday
Dates: 30th April, 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th May, 4th June
Time: 5.30-6.30pm
GDPR Statement: TESSA and Family routes collect data from the form for the purpose of contacting you with details about the programme and may retain your details for future events in line with our data protection policy. Should you have any questions about this please do not hesitate to contact us.
Why are so many adopted children verbally or physically aggressive?
What are they communicating through their behaviour?
What is the impact of living with a traumatised child?
How do we stay calm in the face of our children’s overwhelmed and overwhelming emotions?
Love and Rage is a four-week programme offered by TESSA/Family Routes for parents of adopted children to explore these frequently asked questions. This course is aimed at parents of children who are struggling to handle and process their big emotions such as rage and anger.
Please fill in the form below to sign up to the next course:
Venue: Roe Valley Therapy Centre, Limavady, 101A Irish Green Street, Limavady BT49 9AA
Dates: 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th April 2024 10:30am – 1:30pm
Places are limited so please complete the booking form soon and we’ll be in touch to confirm your place.
Location
Antrim/Ballymena area
I am registered/accredited with:
I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a full member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
Code of ethics observed:
My work is underpinned by the fundamental principles, standards and guidelines for good practice as detailed in:
· HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics
· HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Arts Therapists
· BAAT Code of Ethics and supporting Principles of Professional Practice and Guidelines.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW Hons) Queen’s University Belfast (Graduated 2015)
Masters of Art Psychotherapy (MSc) Ulster University (Graduated 2022)
Special interest/experience
Owing to my background in Social Work and experience of working with children and young people who have experienced the care system, my areas of specific interest include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), attachment ruptures and cumulative/complex trauma. Within my practice, I apply principles rooted in neuroscience to aid the healing process through sensory and somatic intervention approaches. I am able to offer sessions tailored to children and young people who have been adopted or who are currently in out-of-home care (kinship/foster care/residential placements).
Additional information:
Art therapy is the process of making art with the guidance and support of a professional art therapist. It is a form of psychotherapy in which the art is the main mode of communication, giving the client an alternative means of expression.
Through art therapy clients are able to explore their inner world, express and interpret their thoughts, feelings and emotions, develop greater self-awareness and gain tools to enable them to better cope with stress and anxiety.
Art Therapy can provide assistance and support to individuals facing a range of difficulties, disabilities, and conditions. These include emotional and behavioural issues, mental health concerns, learning and physical disabilities, life-limiting and neurological conditions, as well as physical illnesses.
Some issues that can be worked through in Art Therapy include; Anxiety, Bullying, Relationship difficulties (family/peers), Identity, Self-esteem, Pain-based/Self-harming behaviours, Stress, Suicidal thoughts, Transitions (primary to post-primary/youth to adult) and Traumatic experiences. For many clients the art process is simply helpful for soothing and self-regulating.
In my art therapy sessions, I strive to create a warm and confidential environment where clients can feel safe and nurtured. It’s a space where the client can freely explore a wide variety of art materials and express their emotions, whether through words or non-verbal means. My approach is centred around the client, taking into account their unique needs and preferences.
I work with clients of all ages, from children to older adults, and my therapeutic style is pluralistic and trauma-informed. Don’t worry if you don’t have any prior art experience – it’s not a requirement at all. Each art therapy session is personalised to suit the client’s individual needs, ensuring they feel comfortable and supported throughout the process.
I work with:
Although I am able to work with clients of all ages and stages, most of my work currently is with children and young people.
I am a social worker qualifying 28 years ago. I have always worked in Family and Childcare, starting my career in residential care, moving to a LAC Looked After Child team, then progressing to therapeutic recovery work with children and young people. I have worked for Family Routes for a few years now and I am passionate about all areas of adoption. I enjoy assessing and supporting adoptive carers.
I am a mum of one teenager and together we enjoy spending time in nature, dancing, and music. We love the cinema and spending quality time with our extended family.
TESSA Therapist
Location:
Northern Ireland, Ireland
Registered/accredited with:
Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
British Association Social Workers (BASW)- registered as Independent Social Worker.
Code of ethics observed:
NISCC and BASW
Qualifications and Training:
2023 Techniques for processing emotions – (The Centre for Healing)
2023 Somatic experiencing Masterclass: (The Centre for Healing)
2023 Build Bridges (Psychological Pathways- Narrative Model)
2022 Theraplay LEVEL 2 with Trauma Component
2021 Theraplay level 2 (Theraplay Institute)
2021 Group Work
2021 Diploma in Trauma Informed Psychotherapy
2021 Trauma and the Sensory (System Arizona Trauma Institute via Zoom)
2021 Introduction to Somatic Experiencing (SOSI Internationale)
2021 Complex Traumatic Childhood Losses, Mourning, acceptance, endings & Beginnings.
2021 Compassion focused Therapy
2020 Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (T.C.I)
2020 Developing Trauma Sensitive approaches to Practice
2017 Non Violence Resistance Training
2015 DDP Masterclass
2015 Dr K. Golding, Foundations for Attachments Trainer Programme
2014 Theraplay Level 1 and MIM’s Assessment Model
2014 Anger Management – (British Association of Anger Management)
2013 Narrative Training
2013 Applied Suicide Intervention Strategies Training (Antrim New Horizons)
2013 Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) Level 2
2013 Using Filial Therapy Skills to Support Permanence
2013 Helping children with unmet needs to recover – attachment
2012 Life Story Work Family Futures
2012 Trauma Triggered behaviour (BAAF)
2012 Life Story Books, Life Story Work with Children
2012 Dyadic Developmental Psycho-therapy (DDP) Level 1
2014 NIPQ Specialist Social Work Award 1-3
2009/2010 Children and Residential Experiences (CARE MODEL)
2005 Dip. SW
Special interest /experience in:
My particular areas of interest includes providing therapeutic support to children, and their care-giving networks -foster cares, parents who have adopted, and professionals working with children who have experienced developmental trauma. I have a keen interest in enhancing others knowledge in relation to therapeutic parenting; understanding and responding with curiosity and empathy, to the child’s hidden and miscued need for connection and safety.
I am also interested and experienced in supporting adults in the child’s network to have meaningful conversations with children about tough, challenging issues, and topics. I practice in a therapeutic team who has developed a Narrative Model for communicating with children about tough issues; and co-authored 2 peer reviewed articles on the Model.
Additional information:
I have been supporting children and families in NI for approximately 34 years. I commenced my journey into Social work as a Care experienced adult, and began as a volunteer in a residential unit for adolescents in 1989. I then secured a part time post as an unqualified Residential SW, and completed my Diploma in SW in 2005. Having worked as a Residential SW for 16 years I successfully secured a Senior Practitioner in Social work post, and have been supporting children who have experienced relational trauma, and their care giving networks for the last 16 years. Within the post I offer consultancy, training and direct therapeutic interventions.
My theoretical approach:
I utilise a range of trauma informed modalities including:
Attachment,
Trauma,
Neurobiology of trauma,
Child Development
Principles, and skills of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP),
Directed Play/Non Directed Play
I see: Parents, Carers, Children & professionals
TESSA Counsellor
Location
Belfast/Lisburn
I am registered/accredited with:
Registered member BACP with Certificate of Proficiency, working towards accreditation
Code of ethics observed:
BACP
Qualifications
Trauma informed Practice for Children and Young People( Level 5)
PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy ( Level 4)
BA Hons Youth and Community work (Level 6)
Special interest/experience
Counselling for teens and therapeutic group work
Additional information
Alex Mosley brings nearly 20 years of experience of working with Teens to the Tessa programme. Initially training and working in Youth and Community work, he is also a qualified counsellor who works with children and young people that experience behavioural and emotional difficulties using an integrative counselling model. He has a creative streak and enjoys using a variety of methods to help young people at stuck points in their lives. He has experience working with adoptive children and teens in both a therapeutic, mentoring and group work capacity. Alex has also been part of the TESSA teens facilitators group, alongside Belfast Exposed in the Photography Wellbeing programme.
Following graduating from QUB in 1980, Joe trained as an accountant with the NI Health and Personal Social Services and qualified as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in 1984.
He has worked in numerous accounting and audit roles in the NI Health and Personal Social Services, UK central government and agencies and private companies.
He is currently employed as Director of Corporate Services/Company Secretary with Co-operation Ireland, the leading peace building charity in the island of Ireland.
Joe was elected as a Trustee and Chair of Family Routes in Spring 2022 and looks forward to the continuing contribution of Family Routes in supporting children, individuals and families through their adoption and fertility journey.
TESSA
Family Routes
Ground Floor
Unit 2
18 Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE
T: 028 9046 9211
TEXT: 07484054774
E: tessa@familyroutes.co.uk
Family Routes Charity No: 101826 Company No: NI24153
