Tricia Di Pino

Experienced Psychodynamic Child and Family Psychotherapist working with children, adolescents, young adults, parents and co-parents. I provide a reflective and collaborative space to explore emotional, behavioural and relational difficulties, helping families develop a deeper understanding of the experiences and dynamics that may be shaping a child’s wellbeing.

Training, Qualifications & Experience I have over 30 years’ experience working with children, young people and families across education, social care, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and private practice. My career began as a Nursery Officer, where my fascination with childhood development first emerged and led me to pursue a career supporting children and families. Following completion of my Social Work degree in 2003, I worked as a Children and Families Social Worker across several London boroughs, specialising in parenting assessments and therapeutic interventions. This provided me with extensive experience working alongside families facing a wide range of challenges, including family breakdown, trauma, safeguarding concerns, loss, mental health difficulties and complex family dynamics. My desire to develop a deeper understanding of children’s emotional worlds led me to train as a Psychodynamic Child and Family Psychotherapist. I subsequently worked within a London CAMHS service for 11 years, initially as a Clinical Social Worker and later as a Child and Family Psychotherapist, providing assessment, consultation and therapeutic interventions for children, young people and their families. Throughout my career, I have developed particular expertise in working with emotional and behavioural difficulties, anxiety, attachment difficulties, trauma, bereavement and loss, family breakdown, parental separation, co-parenting difficulties and relationship challenges. I also provide consultation and support to schools, social care professionals, GPs and other organisations working with children and families. Qualifications • MA Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with Children, Young People and Families (Distinction) – Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, 2019 • MSc Psychodynamics of Human Development – Birkbeck, University of London, 2008 • BSc Social Work – Buckinghamshire University, 2003

I am an experienced Psychodynamic Child and Family Psychotherapist with over 30 years’ experience working with children, adolescents, young adults and their families.

Parents often contact me because they are worried about their child but are unsure what is happening or how best to help. Their child or young person may be struggling with anxiety, low mood, difficult or challenging behaviour, friendships, bullying, loss, family changes or relationships. Sometimes there is no obvious explanation — simply a sense that something isn’t quite right.

My approach is based on the understanding that a child’s difficulties do not exist in isolation. I work closely with parents and families to think about what may be happening beneath the behaviour or symptoms and to develop a deeper understanding of the child’s emotional world, relationships and experiences.

I offer psychotherapy to children, adolescents and young adults, alongside parent consultations and family work. Depending on the needs of the child and family, working with parents may itself become an important part of the therapeutic process.

Before establishing my private practice, I worked extensively within children’s services and spent 11 years within a London Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), initially as a Clinical Social Worker and later as a Child and Family Psychotherapist.

I aim to provide a thoughtful, confidential and non-judgemental space where difficulties can be explored and understood, helping children, young people and their parents make sense of what may be happening and find a way forward.