30 Jul 2021
BRIDGING THE GAP: Claire Hesketh has launched Teesdale Therapy TM pic
A MENTAL health expert has launched a new service in the dale to help bridge the gap between “wha’ s available and what’s needed” for children and young people.
Teesdale Therapy, which has been set up by child psychotherapist Claire Hesketh, will complement her work as a schools therapist.
Ms Hesketh worked as a mental health nurse in the NHS across the North East from the early 1980s before taking early retirement.
In recent years she has
specialised in working with children and adolescents, undergoing enhanced training as a child psychotherapist.