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The Mulberry Bush School features well-kept grounds that include multi-purpose sports areas. Picture: The Mulberry Bush School

Research 25 February 2020

Between Love and Behaviour Management: the Psychodynamic Reflective Milieu at the Mulberry Bush School

Therapists tended to rate alliance lower than children and caregivers. Picture: Adobe Stock/posed by models

Research 25 February 2020

Child, Caregiver, and Therapist Perspectives on Therapeutic Alliance in Usual Care Child Psychotherapy

Families can need support for at least a year before a secure attachment is formed and the relationship is mutually rewarding. Picture: Motortion/Adobe Stock

Best Practice 25 February 2020

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

Practitioners are able to support more young people than just those deemed to be most at risk and most likely to respond to treatment. Picture: Becky Nixon/posed by model

Best Practice 25 February 2020

NHS specialists and secure setting staff create therapeutic environment to address complex issues

Milk & Honey’s sessions are co-produced by the young women who attend, with creative expression helping them to feel safe

Best Practice 25 February 2020

Art therapy helps girls affected by youth violence

Increasing evidence of the success of psychological interventions help to make the case for early intervention. Picture: Ekaterina/Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2020

Commissioning for wellbeing

Children take part in creative activities that help them to explore their feelings

Best Practice 25 February 2020

How peer support helps children cope better with grief

The Mulberry Bush School’s “staff therapeutic milieu” supports group living and group learning through which therapy occurs. Picture: The Mulberry Bush School

Other 25 February 2020

Therapeutic Care Special Report: Research evidence

The demand for therapeutic care has never been greater. Picture: Photographee.eu/Adobe Stock

Features 25 February 2020

Therapeutic Care: Special Report

Kate Collins: Pressing for action on the NHS Long Term Plan

Features 28 January 2020

Interview: Kate Collins, chief executive, The Teenage Cancer Trust

Right Here focused on young people’s mental health and involved young people in youth service development and delivery. Picture: Rawpixel.com/Adobe Stock

Research 28 January 2020

Evaluation of Right Here: A Young People’s Mental Health Initiative of the Paul Hamlyn and Mental Health Foundations

One in four young people have been denied mental health treatment, new figures show. Picture: Shutterstock

News 10 January 2020

One in four children seeking mental health support rejected for treatment

Childline has seen a rise in the number of children seeking counselling. Picture: NSPCC

Analysis 2 January 2020

Solutions to crisis in CAMHS

As musicians, Noise Solution workers can engage with young people who may have been wary of professionals in the past

Best Practice 2 January 2020

How music mentors instil confidence in young people

The first December general election since 1923 takes place on 12 December. Picture: Martin/Adobe Stock

Analysis 26 November 2019

General election 2019: Key policy guide