All Things Therapy Centre
Meet The Team
All Things Therapy Centre is a fully inclusive therapy service. We offer individual counselling and psychotherapy, family therapy, couples counselling and Speech and Language therapy to any age or ability. We have a range of experiences in different healthcare settings, with different client groups and with various difficulties. We use a range of therapy styles to support individual needs and have significant experience working with neurodiverse clients.
Dr Rachel Casper-White (PhD.)
Director and Lead Psychotherapist
Rachel is the Director and Lead Psychotherapist at All Things Therapy. She works predominantly with neurodiversity and young people but enjoys all aspects of therapeutic work including adults and younger children. Rachel works in a non-directive and child-led way, which allows for different methods, activities, games and talking!
Rachel has a background in Psychology and an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is also a lecturer at the University of Leeds on their MA Programme in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She completed her PhD. researching mental health and therapy for autistic adolescents. Her research has been published in international journals. She completed further training in ADI-R, ADOS and DIVA-5 for autism and ADHD Assessments. Rachel is very passionate about neurodiversity, therapy and inclusion.
Emma Carlin-Marshall
Associate Play Therapist
Emma is a PTUK registered Play therapist. She had additional training in Autplay, a neurodiversity affirming framework for play therapy, and Parent and Child attachment play (PCAP). She works in a holistic and integrative way, adapted to meet the needs of individual children and families. Art, therapeutic storytelling, sand and puppets are common aspects of her therapeutic toolkit.
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Emma has a background in creative writing, drama and youth work, having previously worked with vulnerable adolescents for many years. Emma currently also works therapeutically with children and families in cluster school settings, a role in which she has been established for nearly a decade.
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Emma loves her job and believes in the power of play and creativity to enhance children’s wellbeing. She recognises that life can be challenging at times, and hopes to bring a compassionate and non-judgmental approach to help alleviate children and families’ struggles, whilst drawing on everyone’s inner strengths and wisdom.
Dr Eloise Smith
Clinical Psychologist
Eloise is an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist who has joined the team to form part of the Autism assessment pathway. Eloise has 6 years of experience in Autism assessments for both children and adults, within NHS and private settings. Eloise’s NHS experience spans both local community teams and a specialist Social Communication service at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Eloise is passionate about helping others learn more about themselves, and hopes to provide a neuro-affirming diagnostic experience working within All Things Therapy team - where diversity is celebrated!
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Eloise is also able to offer a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment for children and young people aged 6 to 16 ½ years old to help identify learning strengths and weakness.
Eloise also currently works within a Child and Adolescent Complex Mental Health team within the NHS, where she supports young people struggling with a range of mental health conditions, and their families.
Claire Mills
Speech and Language Therapist
Claire is very experienced in working with adults, young people, and children in both the NHS and education settings. This experience ranges from adults with neurological conditions, stroke, and swallowing difficulties, to young people with speech sound disorders, autism, and specific learning difficulties. Her focus is on speech, language, communication, and cognitive changes.
She has a strong focus on combining impairment and functional therapy approaches, focusing on individuals’ strengths, whilst delivering therapy to target their difficulties. She is also passionate about supporting families and training others to generalise therapy outside of therapy sessions.
She also has a special interest in technology based therapy approaches, and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC).
She is HCPC registered and works as a Stroke Specialist SLT in the NHS. She is passionate about delivering holistic, person centred care.
Shirley Phelan
Associate Therapist
Shirley has 15+ years of experience supporting children, adults, couples and families in various mental health settings. Shirley qualified as a Systemic Therapist in 2005 and has supported hundreds of families over the years with various difficulties.She specialises in Eating Disorders but has experience in a wide range of areas.
By creating a safe and confidential space, Shirley facilitates through a non-blaming and respectful stance, a sharing of problems. Informed by evidence-based practice, working together, Shirley hopes to develop new solutions for clients, building upon their existing resources and strengths, while nurturing new hopeful possibilities for their future.
Katy Frankish
Associate Therapist
Katy has experience working with adults and young adults/teenagers on a wide range of issues including trauma, mental health diagnoses, self-esteem and abuse. She has an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Using an integrative, relational approach Katy focuses on building a trusting relationship with the client and adapting to the client's needs. She has extensive experience supporting neurodiverse clients. Katy works with the client to help them understand and accept themselves and their needs within the counselling relationship and their other relationships. She actively seeks CPD to improve her own therapeutic skills and works in a non-directive way to support every individual she meets.
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Caroline Mpiana
Speech and Language Therapist
Caroline is a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist who has joined the team to form part of the Autism assessment pathway. Caroline has numerous years of experience working within the NHS and now provides consultation, assessments and speech therapy in mainstream primary schools.
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Caroline has also completed her ADI-R and ADOS-2 training which informs our assessment process. She has also compelted an It Takes Two to Talk® Certification (Hanen) and is an Elklan Trainer.
Kate Ellis
Speech and Language Therapist
Kate is a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist, who has over 16 years experience working within the NHS in clinics, and a range of education settings, including Special Education schools and a Specialist units for Deaf and Autistic pupils.
Kate has predominantly worked with children and young people in the 0-19 age range with a variety of speech, language and communication difficulties, and she specialises in:
· Early language development
· Articulation and speech sound development
· Stammering- all ages, including adults
· Deafness, including cochlear implant
· Developmental Language disorder
· Social Communication
· Autism
· Selective mutism
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Kate’s work is child\young person-centred, and involves working both directly and/or indirectly with the child/young person and their family.
Patricia Stienstra
Associate Play Therapist
Patricia qualified as a Play Therapist in 2022 and is registered with PTUK. She has a background in theatre arts, storytelling, music and dance, and has experience in working with neurodivergent children and young people as well as children and young adults with physical and learning disabilities, and mental health challenges. Patricia also offers therapeutic parenting support to families and works with young people aged 3-12 years.
Patricia is comfortable connecting with any child and person who comes to her clinical practice. Being a person-centred therapist, Patricia meets a child on their level and follows
the child’s lead. Language is often not necessary to communicate, which makes play therapy especially suitable for neurodivergent children, children with developmental delays, or children who experienced trauma at a very young (pre-verbal) age.
Originally from The Netherlands, Patricia has been living in Skipton since 2008 and very much enjoys being of service to her local community. Making a positive difference to
children and their families is what motivates and inspires her.
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