About us
Healing the past, Nurturing the present, Embracing the future.

Our goal at Beyond the Waves is to help children and families impacted by life’s challenges. Many of the families we support are impacted by early relational and developmental trauma (care experienced, adopted, SGO’s) those with SEN and struggling to navigate in education.
We support families by developing their own strengths. Whether that is through Therapeutic Life Story Work, Theraplay and Nurture Groups or DDP Attachment Focused Support, we help families understand and decode current behaviour and help to explore person’s early life history.
Is your child struggling to make sense of who they are? Do they have questions about their life story that you don’t know how to answer? Are you struggling with your child’s current behaviours or finding parenting a challenge?
Does your child / a child at your school struggle to connect to others, or have difficulty accessing their learning?
Play is a mechanism through which children can learn about the world and learn to trust in the adults around them. We provide a space for reconnecting with self and other in joyful connection and help children to heal and families to thrive. Get in touch if you would like support.
Who are we?
Beyond the Waves is run by Anna Harris, an Independent Social Worker based in the UK, who provides therapeutic support, training and consultancy, with a passion for supporting children and families impacted by trauma. Supporting children and families since 2007, Anna holds a BSc in Applied Psychology and Sociology and a MSW Master of Social Work. She has a Diploma in Therapeutic Life Story Work (Richard Rose Model) and is a Certified Practitioner with TLSWuk and has undertaken training both Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Level 1 and Level 2, Theraplay Level 1 and Group and Non-Violent Resistance which informs her practice. She is registered with Social Work England and the British Psychological Society.
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