About CATS
Welcome to Child & Adult Therapy Solutions (CATS). At CATS we have a track record of providing highly professional therapy and counselling, assessments, clinical supervision and continued professional development. We offer a range of therapeutic solutions for children, adolescents, adults, families and offer sessions for individual clients to whole school and children’s service contracts across the North East of England.
We offer a service different to most others. At CATS we offer a range of psychological therapies using only qualified and registered therapists and counsellors who are specifically trained to work with children, families and adults. We do not time-limit therapy and will only work with clients that we can fully commit to.
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Our History
Our Birth
CATS is first registered as a new child & family psychological service.
One Year Later
Interest grows and we gain working contracts with a second Local Authority and a growing number of schools.
What we do with Schools
CATS creates bespoke Service Level Agreements to provide therapy, assessments and supervision to schools across the North East of England.
Kate Houghton Joins Us
Kate Harland Joins the team and we move offices from Thornaby to Norton.
Three years later
CATS takes on more clinical staff due to demand and continue to grow across more schools and Local Authorities. CATS are now regularly providing psychological assessments for social care and adoption support.
Middlesbrough School Alliance Service Provider
CATS becomes the service provider for emotional well-being support & counselling to Head Teachers and senior leaders within The Middlesbrough School’s Alliance.
Middlesbrough’s first child-trauma oriented conference
CATS co-hosts Middlesbrough’s first child-trauma oriented conference with Margot Sunderland at James Cook Hospital.
9 Local Authorities, office expansion
CATS now works across 9 Local Authorities and moves to larger premises at Stockton Business Centre
CATS rebrands
CATS rebrands as Child & Adult Therapy Solutions in order to incorporate a new specific adult counselling and psychotherapy service. Barbara Jones joins the team.
CATS is now operating with 16 therapists, across 9 Local Authorities offering a range of clinical solutions for both adults and children. CATS is also now a provider of certified First Aid Mental Health Training.
Who we are
At Child & Adult Therapy Solutions we are always looking for qualified therapists to join our growing network of therapists within the north east of England. To join our network you must be qualified, registered with an approved organisation (e.g. UKCP/BAPT/BACP) and have completed specific training in working with children. Referral opportunities may vary from individual referrals to yearly contracts with schools and other children’s services.
Our Team
Liliana Ghilardi
Director of Clinical Services, Therapist (BAPT) Instructor – First Aid Mental Health
David Stimson
Managing Director Therapist (UKCP) Executive Coach (AoEC)
Kate Houghton
Schools service manager and therapist
Barbara Jones
Office Manager BA, BMA
Our Clients
If you feel that you would like to be considered to join our network then please complete the following information.