Therapeutic approach.

We believe that the most valuable part of the Physis Care service is the very high level of integration that exists between the residential, educational and clinical support services. To achieve this degree of individualised programme planning we have developed a comprehensive programme of assessment and therapeutic intervention that impacts across all aspects of service provision within Physis that is best described as the therapeutic milieu. The core principles of our therapeutic model are informed by current leading research and best evidence available in trauma informed therapeutic practice.

We recognise that recovery is a process rather than ‘an event’ and that it can not be prescribed, but needs a safe environment or therapeutic milieu, with a phased, neuro-sequential approach.

The principle aims of Physis Care is the provision of a safe, secure and nurturing environment delivered within clearly defined and robust boundaries.

The underlying ethos of the Physis approach is humanistic, in that we maintain a strong commitment to a belief that given the appropriate level of engagement, support, resource and encouragement, the children and young people we work with can make sense of their past experiences, make full use of opportunities on offer, and subsequently live fulfilled and productive adult lives.

These core beliefs  enable every aspect of service delivery to be affirming and empowering, in that it recognises that ‘challenging behaviours’ often represent powerful defence mechanisms developed by children and young people as a response to their earlier experiences of insecurity, fear and trauma.