Catriona Brown

Counsellor and Therapist

Catriona Brown is a BACP Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, who retrained following a career in editing. Her approach is integrative and relational, and she aims to help clients find their own path through challenge towards growth and change. She has also trained in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, with a view to becoming a certified practitioner. Catriona has worked one-to-one with parents at Action for Children, offering therapy for a range of mental health concerns and parenting issues. She has worked long-term with clients caring for family members at Devon’s Counselling for Carers, and most recently, with adoptive parents and their children. To assist the therapeutic process, Catriona often draws on creative interventions. She has a special interest in early trauma, loss and attachment. Experience has led her to being passionate about how attachment-focused therapy, namely DDP, can help families with children who have experienced early trauma.

Specialism

Adoption And Fostering, Child Assessment, Child Therapy

Locations Covered

Devon

As you may be aware, on the 14th April 2025 the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) announced changes to the Fair Access limit with a reduction of funding to £3000 and the discontinuation of the separate Fair Access Limit for specialist assessments.

We are currently working really hard to amend quotes for ongoing therapy work to fit within the new Fair Access Limit and working closely with Adopt South West and other local RAAs. We are also working closely with other specialist adoption support providers and therapeutic organisations including DDP connects and Theraplay UK to explore how we can continue to deliver specialist therapies within this limit.

If you are waiting for a new package of therapy please look out for correspondence from ASW or your regional adoption support agency, as they will need to regain your consent for the amended therapy contract.

If you are concerned about the impact of the delay on your family or have questions about the therapy or assessment you are waiting for please get in touch with Ellen or Jen and we will do our best to support you.

We will be contributing to a wider response to this and the following is a link to a petition requesting government action – Petition · Action Against ASGSF Changes (Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund) – United Kingdom · Change.org