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As the YSF Foundation Manager, Felicity combines her therapeutic work with leading the development of compassionate, trauma-informed services. She works in a warm, collaborative way, drawing on a range of approaches to meet each person's unique needs, whether through talking therapy, creative methods, or family-based support.
About Felicity
Felicity has been working with children, young people and families affected by trauma for over 17 years, initially in children's centres and schools, before re-training as a Psychotherapist.
Felicity has experience of working with clients from the age of 5 into adulthood facing a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges. Her training integrates a humanistic approach with CBT, systemic, play and creative therapies, and her clinical work is grounded in a warm, relational approach that values empathy, trust, and collaboration as essential to healing.
With a background in integrative psychotherapy, Felicity draws on a blend of therapeutic models including Humanistic, cognitive behavioural, creative, and systemic approaches. This allows her to tailor support to each individual’s needs, whether they are experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, loss, or difficulties with relationships or self-esteem.
Felicity has particular expertise in working with trauma and complex childhood experiences. She supports clients in understanding how past events may be affecting them in the present and works alongside them to build safety, resilience, and a renewed sense of identity and hope.
As a clinical supervisor and trainer, Felicity also supports other therapists and frontline professionals in their work, with a focus on maintaining wellbeing and preventing burnout. Her understanding of emotional labour, particularly within schools and caring professions, informs her compassionate and reflective approach.
Away from clinical work Felicity has led service design, delivery and evaluation for local and large-scale initiatives, collaborating with schools, local authorities, community organisations, and charities. She also has a passion for supporting professionals in managing compassion fatigue and burnout.
Felicity is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds specialist training in trauma, safeguarding, and clinical supervision.
Training and Qualifications
MSc - Counselling Children and Young People
LLB - Law
BPS Accredited Clinical Supervision
Certificate Online and Telephone Counselling
Level 5 Safeguarding
Attachment Informed Schools
Home Office FGM Training
Prevent Training
Solihull Foundation and Facilitator Trained