Counselling & Student Therapy

our records. Please update us whenever anything changes by calling the school on 0207 313 5800 and asking for the School Registrar, or by emailing info@kaa.org.uk. You can also update your contact details directly via the SIMs Parent App.

As part of our pastoral support at KAA, we offer a range of counselling, therapeutic and psychological support to students and parents.

Students are offered these services based on referrals by parents, academy staff or care workers, or by self-referral from students themselves. If you think your child would benefit from the services available, please contact their Director of Learning initially.

Place2Be

Talking therapy and other counselling services at the academy are provided by Place2Be, the leading UK provider of school-based mental health support. Place2Be provides the academy with clinical staff and highly trained volunteer counsellors to help students to achieve their full potential and deal positively with the challenges they face. They provide both universal and targeted services for our students, including:

- One-to-one counselling (short and long-term) - A drop-in/self-referral service (Place2Talk) - Brief counselling (short, solution-focused sessions) - Parent support for parents of students being seen by Place2Be. - Group sessions and targeted support for students struggling with the transition to secondary.

To find out more about the counselling and other support provided please visit the Place2Be website.

MIND

MIND offer short term interventions for students identified as requiring Cognitive Behavioural Therapies. A MIND practitioner is on-site for one day per week and accepts referrals for students made by school staff and CAMHS. MIND also offer support to staff and parents in the form of signposting, resources, workshops and training opportunities.

LCAT

Latimer Community Art Therapy (LCAT) is a grass roots community organisation which provides accessible professional mental health support through art psychotherapy as well as community services & activities, to support creativity, physical, social, and emotional development.

The Current LCAT service at KAA is 3 days a week art psychotherapy this includes 15-17 individuals and space for 2 groups (one closed group 5 members and an open group co-facilitated by 2 art psychotherapists for up to 15)

External partners

The academy also works closely with a range of external providers to provide more tailored support for those who require it. A selection of our external partners are listed below, however, this is by