Lesley Simpson-Gray

Child psychotherapist, Independent Mental Health Advocate, adoptive Mum, wife♥️chocolate...and funky glasses.🤓

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

Watch this, heartbreaking & hopeful, a cry in the chaos to be seen & heard, to simply be who they choose to be. http://t.co/gFW2VhIw1T

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

@A470Training @fishercoaching @Siblingadopter @lynda_heitzman @5inthemadhouse @FairyAyling @BraveHeartEdu lovely meet such a fab group!!

[Ben Ashcroft @AshcroftBen]

No matter where any Looked After Child lives, they should have the option of aftercare support to 21. Do you AGREE? If YES Please RT #ECLCM

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

@TalkAdoptSupp Herts post adoption said last wk they don't hv info on fund or how it'll run. Booked for assessment but sounds confusing.

[Alex Stavros @dastavros]

The roots of resilience are to be found in the sense of being understood by the mind and heart of a loving and attuned other. - Diana Fosha

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

ReMoved: http://t.co/j30m9C6XaV via @YouTube. Watch this. Together we can break the cycle for children in care...one child at a time.

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

@sfmspeakout @ShareThis and thanks for this link! Never appreciated my sister's role in my own complex family. Need to raise awareness.

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

Profound insight into the moving, complex lives of young carers.The Junction Foundation: http://t.co/CNnSEZ1rhv via @youtube @sfmspeakout

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

Totally amazing young people. Let's give them a chance! Broken: A video by young people in care http://t.co/AHlJTI1Qua via @sharethis

[Dr Lisa Cherry @_LisaCherry]

I have learnt that freedom from your past, from any of the chains that bind you, is through the telling of your... http://t.co/z6j4lFyri3

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

@mixedracefamily (*blush*) thanks!!..it's all work in progress and still got loads to learn. Hope we can share more insight & experience.

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

@JenniferGarrett thanks for the #famichat invite. Nice to chat to some live people. Freud and Klein weren't sayin' very much tonight! :0)

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

It's like off-road parenting! Training helps, matching is good, it's the hardest job in the world, potential to transform lives #famichat

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

If you know you can truly put child at the centre, grow with & support them, pass them over to family, deal with anxiety & loss... #famichat

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

@JenniferGarrett @familychat7 @positiveimagep don't know till you try, think of the impact on child of failed placement if you get it wrong

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

The fact that a child has been separated from parents & family will have huge emotional impact. Can't always predict hidden needs #famichat

[Lesley Simpson-Gray @Simpsongray]

Essential to know you have secure, emotional resources not just good intentions, in order to foster a traumatised child #famichat

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In honor of Caribbean-American heritage month, art from the islands is taking over New York in June. http://t.co/uj6emMyp

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Why the Jamaican Olympic team could be the best-dressed athletes at the games (PHOTOS) http://t.co/44qdhgZd

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Art meets neuoscience http://t.co/qRjdRTSd