About us
Welcome to our circle
Here at Full Circle we have created an inclusive space which ensures that all parents and children have access to professional and evidence-based support that nurtures both the psychological and emotional wellbeing of the child and family.
Our online service is designed to be inclusive and accessible for all who need it wherever they are.
Click on Support to see how we can help. If you'd like to see examples of the difficulties we work with follow the link for Concerns.
Meet our founder
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"I am passionate about bringing Psychology out of the clinic and textbooks and into everyday life. There are so many evidence-based ideas that can be genuinely transformational, and I am on a mission to positively change the lives of children, teens and parents, one family at a time.
Our approach to working with our clients is one that involves warmth, a genuine curiosity and interest to understand their unique story and to provide help that fits each unique individual client we work with. By providing a safe and secure place for our clients, I find that we quickly build trust and an openness that encourages exploration of what causes that feeling of being stuck with an issue or problem, and out of that the way forward becomes clearer.
We encourage our clients, both young and old to own the journey of discovery and change. I say this a thousand times over… to understand is to be empowered – when we finally gain a clear understanding of what causes our distress or difficulties, the path ahead is clearer and the choices we make or don’t make are ours to be decided upon. This is when real change happens and the shifts we long to see become possible."
– Dr Katharine Ayivor-Nygard
Katharine is a qualified Clinical Psychologist, registered with the Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) and a chartered member of the British Psychological Society. She trained at the University of Nottingham and practiced initially within the NHS, before moving into independent practice. She has completed further training in Trauma treatments - Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Introduction to Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) and assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - Second Edition (ADOS 2).
Katharine has a specialist interest in Attachment and Developmental Trauma and regularly attends conferences, talks and training in how to apply this model to working with children, adolescents and adults who have experienced disrupted attachments.
