Parent and Child or Parent-Only programmes
We offer two different programmes: one for you and your child, and one for just you. Choose the best option for your family’s situation and needs. Both include sessions with a mental health specialist, and both accommodate different learning and attention styles.
Parent and child programme
16 weeks
Weekly therapy for your child, monthly parent coaching sessions, parent-child catch-up sessions, online content, and more.
Parent programme
Go at your own pace
Parent coaching sessions, guided learning modules, a peer support community, and more.
Specialised, clinical therapy for young people who self-harm
Speek uses Dialectical Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A). This is a type of therapy that helps young people manage their emotions and handle distress. It’s considered the gold standard care for clinical self-harm treatment, and is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Why DBT-A works
DBT-A is proven effective at reducing self-harm long term. It helps young people develop core skills like decreasing impulsive reactions and improving relationships. Clinical studies show that DBT-A greatly improves outcomes for young people when compared with traditional therapy, including:
- Decreased self-harm: Sharp drops in self-harm right away, including 50-60% less hospital visits
- Fewer suicide attempts: No attempts during treatment or at one-year follow-up
- Fewer side effects: No adverse effects that can happen with medication
- Long lasting benefits: Reduced frequency of self-harm after 3 years
“The importance of emotional validation blew my mind. I am aware I should have already known this but I wasn’t raised that way. I also learned to accept the situation more and my anxiety has decreased. I find I can be more present with her now”
Jane, Mum of 2 and Speek user for 5 months
Get to know the Speek team
Therapy that fits around you and your child’s life
Our online DBT-A sessions are safe, flexible, and just as effective as being face-to-face.
Have sessions from home
Online therapy means no travel, higher engagement, and increased retention.
Access the best specialists
Work with the best self-harm clinicians in the UK, not just whoever is in your area.
Learn at your own pace
Supplement your sessions with guided content, on your own time.
Together, we can end the cycle of self-harm in children
“We’ve worked alongside over 400 families, children, and healthcare professionals to build the digital DBT intervention – gold standard of care in self-harm recovery.”
Dr. Olivia Collier, Chief Clinical Officer, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PhD)