Children in MindLeading private mental health clinic for young people in Gloucestershire, Cardiff and Bristol

Children in Mind offers a comprehensive suite of assessments, interventions and treatments designed specifically for young people. Their multi-modal and personalised approach ensures high-quality care across a broad spectrum of conditions:

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – ADOS/ADI
• Depression
• Emotional Dysregulation
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Trauma
• Anxiety
• Sleep Difficulties
• Gender Dysphoria
• Psychosis
• Mood Disorders
• Attachment Difficulties
• Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts
• Substance Misuse and Psychoeducation
• Adoption, Fostering, Children in Care
• Young Carers and Transitions
• Network Liaison
• Parental Health and Parental Conflict

Services

• Child Psychiatry
• Child Psychotherapy
• Informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) approaches
• Parent-specific interventions, including for infants and children under 5
• ADHD Assessments
• Autism Assessments
• EMDR (Eye Movement Densensitisation and Reprocessing)

About Children in Mind

Children in Mind is a specialist private clinic providing psychiatric and psychological therapy to young people aged 0 to 25. With over 20 years of experience in NHS child mental health services, their team of highly qualified practitioners delivers flexible, evidence-based care tailored to the unique needs of each child and their family. Their service spans multiple locations across Gloucestershire, Cardiff and Bristol, and even remotely via Zoom, ensuring accessible, timely mental health support for those in need. Children in Mind is committed to helping young people lead improved and fulfilled lives through expert intervention, diagnosis and treatment.

Grounded in internationally recognised classifications such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), the clinic was founded in response to the increasing pressures and long waiting lists associated with public mental health services. Their approach is holistic, child and family-led, and focused on delivering the right support at the right time. Whether supporting infants or young adults, their clinicians remain at the forefront of mental health research, development and therapeutic practice.

The Team

Children in Mind is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of specialists with extensive experience in child and adolescent mental health. Their practitioners are professionally registered and hold advanced qualifications in child and adolescent psychiatry, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, EMDR and cognitive behavioural therapies. Each team member contributes to a collaborative, child-centred model of care that integrates psychiatric expertise, psychotherapy and behavioural interventions.

Sunil

Dr Sunil Pulapaka is an experienced Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who is dedicated to helping children and adolescents to manage and overcome complex mental health issues in order to live successful and fulfilled lives. He is clinical lead for a neurodiversity and neuro disability service in the NHS, a national advisor in child mental health service governance and an educational supervisor for Health Education Improvement Wales (HEIW).

Sunil works in a multi-agency disciplinary framework. His specialist area of expertise is neurodiversity and neuro disability (autism, ADHD and TICS) and he is trained in 3DI, DISCO and ADOS tools for the assessment of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC).

Sunil has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of the full range of child and adolescent mental health presentations, including anxiety, depression, OCD, social anxiety and early onset psychosis and has worked in collaboration with local services to identify and treat complex issues such as attachment disorders, PTSD and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Gary

An experienced senior practitioner, Gary brings over 18 years of experience working in various CAMHS services, including community, crisis, substance misuse, criminal justice, general and forensic inpatient services.  He has held senior commissioning roles in quality and patient safety, working closely with CQC, Ofsted and national health systems and has specialised knowledge of safeguarding.

Gary is a qualified psychiatric mental health nurse, child adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapist, EMDR therapist and ADOS-2 practitioner. He is trained to observe and respond to complex emotional communications in children and young people and works across the spectrum of mental health difficulties with compassion, empathy and cultural sensitivity.

Locations

Children in Mind operates across multiple convenient locations:

• Cheltenham Medication & Counselling Rooms, 10 Bath Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1YE
• Cheltenham Private SPA Medical, 31 New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, GL52 3LB
• Palace Chambers, 38 London Road, Stroud, GL5 2AJ
• Sam’s Rooms, First Floor, 174 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff, CF14 3NB
• 13/14 Orchard Street, Bristol, BS1 5EH
• 2&6 Therapy Rooms, Wainbridge House, Shepherd Road, Gloucester, GL2 5EL

In addition to their physical clinics, Children in Mind offers secure and flexible remote therapy sessions via Zoom, accommodating those with accessibility needs or busy schedules.

Children in Mind welcomes both self-referrals and professional referrals, providing rapid access to mental health care for young people and their families. They also work with the health insurance provider WPA. Treatment costs vary depending on the intervention. For more details contact Children in Mind to learn more about how they can support your child’s mental health and wellbeing.