The referral and assessment process for children and young people is interlinked, and understanding the context of how and why a child is referred for therapy is important. Assessment is a crucial part of the process, and one that I find trainees and practitioners often feel unsure of, particularly when practising from a person-centred perspective. An exploration and discussion of some of these issues from a practitioners perspective.
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Ani is a psychotherapist, creative arts counsellor and supervisor who brings a person-centred and pluralistic philosophy to her work. She is passionate about creative approaches to therapy and training. She has over twenty years’ experience working with children, young people, adults and groups. Her experience includes working in schools, drug treatment programmes, probation services, offender programmes, EAP for Essex Police and Essex Fire Services, and she currently has a small private practice.
Ani is the founder of the Association for Person Centred Creative Arts where she is course director, and is also a senior lecturer at the University of East London. Ani has worked on several projects for the BACP and is an Executive Member of the Private Practice Division. Her research interests include creative arts in therapy, digital media in therapy and pluralistic practice.
The Pluralistic Therapy Primer (PCCS Books 2021)
What Works in Counselling and Psychotherapy Relationships (BACP 2020)
The Handbook of Counselling Children and Young People (Sage, 2018)
Ani de la Prida
Ani de la Prida is a psychotherapist, creative arts counsellor and supervisor who brings a person-centred and pluralistic philosophy to her work. Ani founded the Association for Person Centred Creative Arts (APCCA) and is passionate about creative approaches to therapy. She has over twenty years’ experience working with children, young people, adults and groups in a wide variety of settings. She has a particular interest and experience in working with trauma. Ani is also a senior lecturer and teaches at various universities and at APCCA where she is course director. Her research interests include creative arts and digital media in therapy. Ani is currently writing Person-Centred Art Therapy - contemporary practice in a digital age (expected 2024 Jessica Kingsley Publishers).
Published Work includes:
de la Prida.,A. (July 2023) Person-Centred Creative Arts Therapy in The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy & Counselling. (Sage) de la Prida.,A. (2023) Demedicalised counselling and psychotherapy with children and young people in People not Pathology (PCCS Books) de la Prida.,A. (2022) Disinhibition on The Digital Human BBC Radio 4, Available at; https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ddf0 Smith,K. & de la Prida.A., (2021) Pluralistic Therapy Primer. PCCS Books de la Prida.,A. (2022) What Works in Counselling and Psychotherapy Relationships (BACP) de la Prida., A. (2020) Bread and Jam and Sparkling Wine? Can I be Person-Centred and Pluralistic? Available at https://pluralisticpractice.com/2020/05/12/bread-and-jam-and-sparkling-wine-can-i-be-person-centred-and-pluralistic/ de la Prida., A. (2020) Beyond Words. In Private Practice Journal (BACP) Available at: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d68106f29b1af00013ae3f1/t/601d0941ca18a4036efbeed5/1612515651642/BC404+Private+Practice+December+2020_de+la+Prida.pdf de la Prida,A., & Hay.,W. (2018) Referrals and Indications for Therapy in Pattison et al (2018) Handbook for Counselling Children and Young People, Sage.Website | https://www.apcca.org.uk/
