Matthew Schofield

I currently have space for new child, young person and parent work on Mondays and Tuesdays . After-school and early-evening slots fill quickly.

When a child is anxious, withdrawn or struggling with behaviour, it can affect the whole family. I help children and young people understand their feelings and experiences, and I support parents to make sense of what sits beneath the difficulties they see day to day.

My work focuses on the whole child. I pay attention to their emotions, development, relationships and the patterns in family or school life that may be keeping challenges going. Children rarely struggle in isolation, so I work both with them and with the adults around them to create calm, connection and practical change at home.

I am an accredited child and adolescent counsellor with over ten years’ experience working with children, young people and parents. I trained at the University of Cambridge and have completed specialist courses in trauma, attachment and child development. Alongside my clinical work, I am a Senior Lecturer on the MSc in Counselling Children and Young People at University of Northampton, where I teach and supervise trainee therapists.

I work with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, low mood, behaviour, autism, self-harm, emotional regulation, eating difficulties, trauma and family separation.

If you’d like to ask a question or discuss your situation, you’re welcome to email on playandtalktherapy@outlook.com or send a message through this listing. 

Play and Talk Therapy Services offers specialist support for children and young people, with a whole-child focus on emotions, relationships and behaviour. Parent work is integrated when helpful.

In the first session, we talk through your concerns and what feels most difficult right now. I explain how therapy works, answer questions and outline the best way forward for your child or family.

I currently have space for new child, young person and parent work on Mondays and Tuesdays . After-school and early-evening slots fill quickly.

When a child is anxious, withdrawn or struggling with behaviour, it can affect the whole family. I help children and young people understand their feelings and experiences, and I support parents to make sense of what sits beneath the difficulties they see day to day.

My work focuses on the whole child. I pay attention to their emotions, development, relationships and the patterns in family or school life that may be keeping challenges going. Children rarely struggle in isolation, so I work both with them and with the adults around them to create calm, connection and practical change at home.

I am an accredited child and adolescent counsellor with over ten years’ experience working with children, young people and parents. I trained at the University of Cambridge and have completed specialist courses in trauma, attachment and child development. Alongside my clinical work, I am a Senior Lecturer on the MSc in Counselling Children and Young People at University of Northampton, where I teach and supervise trainee therapists.

I work with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, low mood, behaviour, autism, self-harm, emotional regulation, eating difficulties, trauma and family separation.

If you’d like to ask a question or discuss your situation, you’re welcome to email on playandtalktherapy@outlook.com or send a message through this listing. 

Play and Talk Therapy Services offers specialist support for children and young people, with a whole-child focus on emotions, relationships and behaviour. Parent work is integrated when helpful.

In the first session, we talk through your concerns and what feels most difficult right now. I explain how therapy works, answer questions and outline the best way forward for your child or family.

I currently have space for new child, young person and parent work on Mondays and Tuesdays . After-school and early-evening slots fill quickly.

When a child is anxious, withdrawn or struggling with behaviour, it can affect the whole family. I help children and young people understand their feelings and experiences, and I support parents to make sense of what sits beneath the difficulties they see day to day.

My work focuses on the whole child. I pay attention to their emotions, development, relationships and the patterns in family or school life that may be keeping challenges going. Children rarely struggle in isolation, so I work both with them and with the adults around them to create calm, connection and practical change at home.

I am an accredited child and adolescent counsellor with over ten years’ experience working with children, young people and parents. I trained at the University of Cambridge and have completed specialist courses in trauma, attachment and child development. Alongside my clinical work, I am a Senior Lecturer on the MSc in Counselling Children and Young People at University of Northampton, where I teach and supervise trainee therapists.

I work with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, low mood, behaviour, autism, self-harm, emotional regulation, eating difficulties, trauma and family separation.

If you’d like to ask a question or discuss your situation, you’re welcome to email on playandtalktherapy@outlook.com or send a message through this listing.

Play and Talk Therapy Services offers specialist support for children and young people, with a whole-child focus on emotions, relationships and behaviour. Parent work is integrated when helpful.

In the first session, we talk through your concerns and what feels most difficult right now. I explain how therapy works, answer questions and outline the best way forward for your child or family.