Saplings Therapy
Helping children and teens grow to their full potential
Assessment
We carry out gold-standard, diagnostic mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments, including ADHD and autism assessments, to find out about your child's strengths and areas of need. Following assessment, we can make recommendations about treatment, therapy, and how your child can be supported at home and in school.
Therapy
We offer a range of creative, play-based, and talking therapies that are chosen and adapted to meet the needs of each young person. We also meet with parents and carers for sessions which help them to understand and support their child, and to manage the impact of parenting a young person with additional needs.
About us
We are a small mental health practice based in South London, offering assessments and therapy to young people and their families.
We know that every young person has hopes, dreams, and aspirations that are as unique as the young person themselves. However, young people who have experienced adversity - be it neurodivergence, mental health difficulties, or childhood trauma - often face lots of barriers to achieving the things that they want. At Saplings Therapy, our mission is to provide young people and their families with the support that they need to reach their goals and realise their full potential.
Families seek our support for a wide range of reasons, including:
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Assessment for ADHD, autism, or foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
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Concerns about their child's emotional wellbeing
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Difficulties understanding and responding to concerning behaviours
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Feeling that their child is 'different'
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Worrying that their child is not managing at school
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Noticing their child is finding it hard to get on with others
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For post-adoption support
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Because their child has experienced something traumatic, stressful, or frightening
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To navigate big life changes like parental separation, illness, or bereavement
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Saplings is run by Holly Dawson, a highly specialist mental health nurse, prescriber, and therapist. Holly has worked in NHS, school, and hospital mental health services for the past 10 years. Holly specialises in working with young people who have experienced trauma, including those who are living in care or adopted. Holly also has significant experience carrying out neurodevelopmental assessments and adapting therapy for young people who have ADHD, autism, or other additional needs.
Fees
We believe in providing mental healthcare that is as accessible to as many people as possible. We are transparent about costs up-front, and keep our fees low by not taking any profit. We always begin with a free 15-minute online consultation to speak about the support you and your family would like to receive.
A full, diagnostic ADHD assessment, including parent/carer interview, young person interview and observation, school input, administration and scoring of questionnaires, formal report with recommendations, and feedback meeting.
ADHD assessment
£500
Autism assessment
A full, diagnostic autism assessment, including parent/carer interview, young person interview and observation, school input, administration and scoring of questionnaires, formal report with recommendations, and feedback meeting.
£750
A full, diagnostic mental health assessment, including parent/carer interview, young person interview and observation, school input (if requested), administration and scoring of questionnaires, formal report with recommendations, and feedback meeting.
Mental health assessment
£500
Combined assessment
A combined ADHD and autism assessment, including parent/carer interview, young person interview and observation, school input, administration and scoring of questionnaires, formal report with recommendations, and feedback meeting.
£1000
Therapy sessions
Tailored therapy sessions for children and teens, including play-based therapy, therapeutic life story work, CBT, and trauma-focused therapies.
£75 each
Parent/carer sessions
Sessions for parents, carers, and other family members to help you support your young person. These can be scheduled alongside therapy for the young person, or as standalone sessions.
£75 each
Book a consultation
You can reach out to us via email to book a free 15-minute online consultation, or to ask any questions about our service.
holly@saplingstherapy.co.uk
Locations and hours
We offer assessments and therapy to young people living in London. Most assessment appointments and therapy sessions for young people take place in-person, either at home or in school. Parent/carer assessment appointments and interviews can take place online or in-person if preferred.
Appointments can be scheduled for weekday evenings and weekends when slots are available, please let us know if this is something you require.