Therapy & Support

Therapy & counselling

Boarding School Survivors run weekend workshops in London for male and female adult former boarders. They can also provide you with details of therapists specially trained in boarding issues.

Boarding Recovery is a growing network of therapists who have undertaken specialist training to work with boarding issues.

The Counselling Directory can provide you with details of therapists near you.

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) maintain a list of therapists.

The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) maintain a list of therapists.

Some former boarders have found the Hoffman Process to be very helpful, particularly around the relationship with their parents

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard is a UK-based not for profit, established to support the wellbeing of past pupils of boarding and independent day schools, and their families. It offers free online connection groups, self-help and learning resources, a specialist therapist & practitioner directory, a space to share your story and journey, news, advocacy, campaigning and more.

The UK Council for Psychotherapy

The UK Council for Psychotherapy advises how to find psychotherapists and counsellors

https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy maintains lists of qualified therapists by area.

https://www.bacp.co.uk

Boarding Recovery

http://www.boardingrecovery.com is an organisation peopled by a group of accredited psychotherapists and trained counsellors who specialise in working with ‘boarding school survivors’. Boarding Recovery offers a support service for adult ex-boarders whose emotional damage often lies hidden until at some point in their adult lives it re-surfaces in the form of depression, burn out, marital problems or alcohol/drug abuse.

Support for Partners of Ex-Boarders

INFORMATION FOR SPOUSES/PARTNERS

Being the partner of someone who went to boarding school when they were young can be difficult.  That’s why we thought of offering group support – whether it’s to throw some light on why your partner behaves as he or she does, or that they don’t appear to be able to listen to how you feel.  When your partner has closed down emotionally it is more than difficult to understand.

This is what this group is here for. It is specifically designed for you to be able to vent. We can listen, give you links to organisations or suggest a list of books that might help you to understand where your partner is coming from, and can also give you some insight into the effects that boarding school might have had on your partner. 

It is run by a qualified psychotherapist, Helena Thomas, and is open to anyone who is, or has, lived with an ex-boarder. If you are interested, please go here.

There is also a website called Living With an Ex Boarder.

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