Changeworks - Family Therapy Services for children and young adults, families and parents

About

This is an independent service, which is not run by the NHS or WSCC.

This service is not checked by WSCC and including it on the Local Offer website does not mean that it is a recommended service.

Before using this service, we recommend you make your own checks. Your checks should include being happy that: the service will meet your needs; staff are properly qualified; policies are in place to keep everyone safe and you know how much the service will cost.

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Family Therapy helps people in close relationship help each other. It enables family members, couples and others who care about each other to express and explore thoughts and emotions safely, to understand each other's experiences and views, appreciate each other's needs, build on strengths and make useful changes in their relationships and their lives. Individuals also can find Family Therapy helpful, as an opportunity to reflect and strengthen important relationships.

What we do

• Changeworks offers highly specialised Family Therapy services to children and families in West Sussex. Lynsey is keen to support children and families to explore difficulties or dilemmas and to help improve communication, understanding and wellbeing.
• Lynsey can work with a wide range of child and family issues, including significant experience of working with SEND, children and young people impacted by chronic illness and supporting siblings and families following bereavement.
• Changeworks is based in Chichester. Daytime, afterschool and early evening sessions are available.
• Family Psychotherapists are qualified to Masters level and must have a previous professional qualification. Lynsey previous qualification was as a Social Worker but she retired in July 2021.

Age range

1-upwards

Wheelchair accessible

No

Free to use

No

Our users say

It was nice to see kids in a more relaxed state, sitting and conversing and not in a hurry to get out! It's amazing how they are trying or are more aware of their behaviour.