Therapeutic Support for Adoptive Parents and Families

As a parent in an adoptive family or kinship family, it can be hard to know how to respond when your child is finding change difficult. Our highly trained and clinically-supervised professionals provide support to adoptive and kinship families to help build and strengthen relationships. We don't take a one-size-fits-all approach! Our support is tailored to the specific needs of your family.

NEW: Online workshops for adoptive parents and kinship carers

Is your child struggling with school? This online workshop for adoptive parents and kinship carers can help you understand why things may not be working for your child at school, and what you can do about it.

Beacon Family Services CIC support a wide range of struggling families, including:

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Families who are worried about their child's anxieity, emotional wellbeing or mental health

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Parents / carers struggling with their child's behaviours or Childhood Challenging Violent and Aggressive Behaviours (CCVAB)

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Families experiencing a life change, such as illness, divorce or a bereavement

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Fostering, adoptive or blended families looking for support to develop new relationships

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Families looking for support with neurodivergence, such as Autism or ADHD, or disabilities

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Parents / carers who would like to deepen their relationships and be a more connected parent

If you are struggling with family life, please browse our support services on our Families hub.

Alternatively, you can fill out our contact form and we will get back to you to discuss your family's needs.

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We start things off with an initial assessment. This helps us to find out more about you, your family, and the needs of your child.

Because every family is unique, our assessment period and process can vary from family to family.

However, as a guideline, you might expect the assessment to take place over 3–5 sessions, often including a MIM (Marschak Interaction Method).

It might help you to know a little more about our approach:

1. We listen carefully to parents and involve them in our sessions.

Parents are part of our sessions with their children. We listen to your family to understand how feelings and behaviours are linked. Building a shared understanding ensures that changes move into family lives.

2. We prioritise relationships, not behaviours.

A child’s emotional bonds inform how they understand, trust and thrive. By focussing on the child’s perspective, we can work with your family to strengthen relationships, leading to changes in behaviour.

3. We help families learn through play.

During playful interactions we can help relationships feel safe and supportive. This is central to experiencing joy, comfort and connection and it can help your adoptive family to respond to the potential of relationships.

Are you familiar with the tale of Goldilocks? In a seemingly empty cottage she finds three chairs, beds, and bowls of porridge. In each case, two options don't suit her, but there is one that is 'just right'.

Sensory sensitivities can be overwhelming, and feeling ‘just right’ allows children to feel safe and connected. As an adoptive parent or adult receiving SGO support, you can help your child feel safe and understood when you make space to learn about what makes children feel ‘just right’ and support their sensory needs.

Our Just Right State Programme is a virtual (online) programme that can form part of our custom support for your adoptive family, helping you support your child in learning how to self-regulate their emotional states and behaviour.

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Weekly sessions play an important role in our bespoke support for your family.

They can run for 6 months up to a year, and sometimes even longer, depending on the individual needs of your family!

They typically involve a mix of parent-child sessions and parent-only sessions, so you get time to interact with your child in a therapist-led environment, and also get time for yourself as a parent.

Our weekly sessions aim to help you build your capacity to reflect on and understand your child’s needs.

With Theraplay®, we also provide video feedback as part of the process.

“After experiencing some very dark and difficult times we were introduced to Beacon Family Services. At first it was a leap of faith to understand the connection between the play therapy but after a few sessions we began to see some real progress. Now it provides us with a new and effective set of tools to deal with the difficult times which are now few and far between.”

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Further therapeutic support for adoptive families

We have a range of resources and funded therapeutic groups available to adoptive, foster and kinship families, even if you have no access to further funding and support. We also provide training for professionals, equipping schools, social workers, and other professionals with the knowledge to support adoptive families effectively. Our therapeutic services are designed to nurture connection, understanding, and resilience in your child.

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