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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to continue with £50m for 2025-26

Community Care

Funding beyond 2026 is subject to the government’s spending review, which will report this summer. Therapies funded include creative and physical therapies, family therapy, psychotherapy, parent training and therapeutic life story work. Ill be sharing further details with the House in the next few days and opening applications.”

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Thousands of children risk losing access to vital therapy, warn support providers

Community Care

In 2023-24, 16,970 therapy applications were approved for services including creative and physical therapies, family therapy, psychotherapy, parent training and therapeutic life story work. ASGSF support ‘a lifeline’ They called on the government to confirm funding arrangements for the ASGSF urgently for April 2025 onwards.

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DfE makes huge cut to Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund payments

Community Care

Furthermore, its clear that the welcome steps taken by the government to boost awareness of the ASGSF and increase applications from eligible kinship families are not being supported by commensurate funding to provide the level of therapeutic support needed,” she added. So there has to be an assessment process.

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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund expires with no news on future

Community Care

Therapies cease for thousands of children The lack of a decision means therapy for thousands of children and families will cease, with large numbers of new applications for services left on hold, as the government continues to defer an announcement on the ASGSF’s future.

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DfE proposes law change to improve adults’ access to adoption therapy

Community Care

The government has proposed changing the law to make it easier for adults to access adoption-related counselling. The government should consider as a matter of urgency how to make sure that the necessary regulations to protect standards do not prevent mothers and adult adoptees getting the support they need.”

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Clinical Philosophy

I don't know about you, but the reason I often make notes after psychotherapy sessions is because I need aides-memoires. I've about 18 patients - in my private psychotherapy practice - at any one time; most of them attend just once a week. and so I make them. Now all of that seems to me rather straightforward. So, good: there is that!

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Depression & Perfectionism

Gateway Foundation

Psychotherapy can also help people identify their harsh self-beliefs to change them over time. CBT can also help clients become more adaptive and less governed by self-imposed rules. Specifically, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective in helping people overcome perfectionist tendencies.