James Naylor

Therapeutic Counsellor

James Naylor is a NCS Registered Therapeutic Counsellor working with a varied range of clinical presentations. He works regularly supporting clients in and throughout a cancer pathway, working alongside clients living with long-term and complex issues, such as addiction and trauma, as well as loss grief.
Through his career, James has explored many areas of interest within the field of health and social care, including; autism and learning disabilities/difficulties, general physical health conditions and illness as well as end of life stage care in NHS community hospital inpatient and community-based home intervention care. James has built upon this experience, developing his skills and knowledge within severe and enduring, chronic and acute mental health inpatient care, and in primary care treatment working with common mental health conditions, drug and alcohol misuse, self harm, suicide, as well as areas of social deprivation as in homelessness, domestic violence and abuse, sex working and sexual exploitation.

Specialism

Adult Therapy, Child Therapy

Locations Covered

Cornwall

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