Because
change
is possible ...
Youth Untroubled is changing the way childhood emotional and behavioural difficulties are understood, assessed and treated.
Many of the therapeutic and support services that are intended to help children and young people address their difficulties don’t always fit the bill. Long waiting lists, brief or unsuitable interventions for inadequately understood problems, multiple professionals trying to tackle different problems in different ways. And what about when children and young people simply refuse to engage with the services finally offered to them?
We believe the key to affecting sustainable change in a child or young person is to focus on the adults closest to them and provide them with the skills to change the young person’s behaviour and improve their emotional wellbeing.
And, guess what? It works.
What we do
We use an evidence-based, innovative, multi-systems approach to create bespoke, needs-led interventions - including our highly acclaimed Intensive Systemic Therapy Around the Child (ISTAC) programme, and adaptations of the model including ISTAC Transitions (for young people currently in out-of-home placements including CAMHS inpatient units), ISTAC Schools and Colleges, and ISTAC Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB). Our therapeutic approach has been developed in accordance with NICE guidelines to support children with Autism and other neuro-developmental conditions.
We also offer a range of free, live and interactive parenting workshops tackling a range of childhood issues, as well as short courses (coming soon), 1:1 parenting consultations and ongoing support sessions, plus training for professionals in a multitude of settings, and professional consultation services.
Whether you’re a parent, carer, education or healthcare provider, or any other professional working day-in day-out with children and young people, our team of highly skilled clinicians and clinical consultants are here, ready to help YOU support your children and young people to thrive.
"I'm really worried about my child"
Are you concerned about your child's emotional wellbeing or behaviour?
Are things getting worse?
Do you feel like you've tried everything yet nothing is working?
Our team of highly skilled therapists and consultants are ready to listen and guide you. Book a 1:1 parenting consultation at a time that suits you.
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About Us
The Youth Untroubled team initially developed the ISTAC model (also known as Systemic Integrative Treatment) in 2017, whilst working at the Brandon Centre, London. Drawing on the team’s extensive experience of providing Multi-systemic TherapyⓇ (MST) and other therapeutic models in various community and inpatient settings, ISTAC was developed in accordance with NICE guidelines to better meet the needs of children and families with complex and multiple problems and ultimately reduce out-of-home placements for children on the edge of care or other out-of-home placement.
In 2017, our founder, Natasha Gold led on development and later manualised the model, whilst our co-directors Una O'Brien and Carly MacDonald led the clinical teams at the Brandon Centre. The Youth Untroubled team’s skills, expertise and passion for helping the most complex families to overcome significant challenges and truly thrive, and our shared desire to further develop the model and facilitate a national rollout, drove us. So, in 2023, Youth Untroubled Ltd was born.
Since launching Youth Untroubled, we have devised various adaptations of the ISTAC model, including brief interventions such as 1:1 parenting workshops and consultations. The Youth Untroubled team currently provides ISTAC and ISTAC Transitions across London, the South of England and the Midlands, and ISTAC Schools and Colleges (SAC) in West Sussex. We are in the process of facilitating a national roll-out of all ISTAC adaptations. The team also provides brief parenting support services and interventions, and specialist consultation and training for other professionals.