Gateway Psychology

Gateway Psychology is a private child and adolescent mental health service based in Stoke-on-Trent. We provide for the psychological needs of children, young people and families in the Stoke-on-Trent area and surrounding regions (including but not limited to Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire and Greater Manchester). Our aim is to facilitate each individual child’s movement through the challenges or ‘gateways’ being faced at a particular time, whether emotional, behavioural, relational or developmental. We have a team of highly qualified clinical psychologists with many years’ experience in working with children, young people and families. At our purpose-built facility in Stoke-on-Trent, we provide a wide variety of services including: • Adoption support (we are a registered Adoption Support Agency and we are regularly inspected by Ofsted for our work with adoptive families) • Psychological and therapeutic support for children in foster and residential care • Psychological consultations and support for children, young people and families • Psychological assessments and psychometric testing • Specialised psychological training for individuals, groups and organisations (including our well-regarded TR-UST training course for parents or carers of children who have suffered trauma, abuse or neglect) • Expert witness assessments and reports • A variety of different therapeutic approaches that are tailored to our clients’ specific needs. However, our experience includes: play-based therapies, Nondirective Play Therapy, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), Systemic and Family Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Behavioural Therapy and a variety of others. We work extensively with children and adolescents on behalf of a variety of different organisations and individuals too. These can include local authorities, solicitors and legal representatives, residential care facilities, schools and parents or guardians.