ABOUT
FAMILY
PSYCHOLOGY MUTUAL
Empowering families and individuals towards a safer and happier future.
We work together with young people and families in their own homes and communities to create and sustain positive changes using high quality outcome-based psychological therapeutic based interventions.
WHAT DO WE DO?
Family Psychology Mutual CIC delivers evidence-based clinical interventions for families of young people at risk of care entry or involvement with the criminal justice system, including those experiencing conduct disorder, antisocial behaviour, or risks of extra-familial harm and child criminal exploitation.
We increasingly use Functional Family Therapy (FFT) to support reunification of young people from care back into their families.
Our experienced clinical team is supported by a dedicated business development and administration unit.
Being offered support can feel daunting. Many families feel nervous, unsure, or sceptical at first especially if this is their first experience of therapy. But, we’re here to support you and your family, every step of the way.
We focus on understanding what’s really going on, reducing stress at home, and helping families find practical ways forward — together.
WHO DO WE HELP?
Families experiencing conflict, breakdown in communication, concerns about behaviour or emotions, school difficulties, or worries about the future.
Young People at risk of extra-familial harm, parental neglect, criminal exploitation, entering care, or are returning from care.
Professionals across children’s services, who support families facing complex challenges.
Commissioners interested in the services we offer and how these could be commissioned in your area.
Therapists looking to joining one of our teams, or find out more about the work we do.
HOW DO WE
HELP?
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
FFT (Functional Family Therapy) is a short-term, strengths-based programme for families. A trained FFT therapist visits your home once a week, usually for about five months.
What the therapist does:
Works with the whole family, not just one person
Follows clear steps to build family strengths
Helps repair relationships and improve communication
Teaches practical problem-solving skills to lower risks and support lasting change
We deliver the licensed FFT model with care and offer extra support services, including clinical variants of FFT for Child Welfare (FFT-CW) and for young people at risk of extra familial harm/child criminal exploitation (FFT-EFH).
Our goal is to help families get better outcomes and make the best use of team support.
Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST)
We have a strong track record delivering and managing Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) services and teams. MST is an intensive, evidence-based program that helps young people who are facing serious challenges and supports their families. Key features families can expect:
Regular in-home family therapy sessions, usually at least twice a week.
24/7 on-call support while the family is in the program.
Proven approaches tailored to each problem — we have also used MST-based programs for child abuse and neglect, problematic sexual behaviour, adolescent substance misuse, and reunification from care.
Our goal is to work closely with your family to reduce risky behaviour, improve relationships, and support long-term positive change.
DISCOVER OUR RANGE OF SERVICES
Functional Family Therapy
Parental Psychology Services
Multi-Systemic Therapy
Commissioning and Governance
Programme Management
WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE SAYING ABOUT US:
“FPM consistently demonstrate their commitment to the children and families they support. Their team upholds the highest ethical and clinical standards, bringing dedication, skill, and compassion to every case. They work diligently to navigate complex, continually evolving systems to ensure that the right families are reached and that high‑quality interventions are delivered reliably.
A deep sense of investment across the organisation is clearly reflected in their therapists’ care, professionalism, and pride in their work. They are a trusted and respected collaborator, and we greatly value the expertise they bring.”
— Marie Pye, Bridges Outcomes Partnership
EMPLOYEE-OWNED
Family Psychology Mutual is a 100% employee-owned social enterprise. We are not profit-driven and invest any operating surplus into training and company development.
We believe strongly in the positive impact of social enterprise.
Every colleague is given an equal stake and voice in how we work and grow. Each employee holds a single nominal share, ensuring shared responsibility for our success and reputation.
Proud members of the Employee Ownership Association and Social Enterprise UK.
Interested in joining the team?
MEET THE
TEAM
We’re here to support you in building safer, stronger relationships, reducing risk, and helping your family thrive through evidence-based interventions.
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Raphael Cadenhead, Programme Manager, London
Raphael is an experienced Programme Manager, social worker, systemic psychotherapist and former FPM Employee Director. Read more…
During his career with FPM, he has progressed from Functional Family Therapist to Supervisor and now Programme Manager for three new London based teams.
Raphael has been seconded part-time to the Maya Angelou Family Centre in Haringey, providing case consultation and advice to social workers and family practitioners in the parenting assessment, family outreach and FGC teams. In addition to this Raphael is an External Facilitator and Assessor for Frontline.
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Kim Mabbutt, Programme Manager, Norfolk
Kim is an experienced operational manager, leader, systemic practitioner, and registered Mental Health Nurse, with 20+ years’ experience working in the public, private and third sectors. Read more…
Her areas of interest include; innovative and creative solutions to resolve complex organisational dilemmas, design and implementation of strategic vision into operational actuality and organisational communication and culture.
She has programme management experience of delivering clinical services within Local Authority Children’s Services contexts, having undertaken extensive training, including Leadership & management in the public & voluntary sectors: a systemic perspective, Post Graduate Certificate in HealthcareManagement and a Diploma in Systemic Leadership & Consulting Practice.
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Dr Vicky McCaig, Programme Manager, Suffolk
Vicky is an experienced clinical psychologist and supervisor. She worked in Child and Adolescent mental health services in the NHS for 6 years and then in Multi Systemic Therapy for 10 years as a supervisor and consultant. Read more…
She has been a programme manager in FPM for almost 5 years. Vicky also works in private practice and is a qualified Meditation Teacher and KonMari Consultant.
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Lara, Employee Director, Norfolk
Lara trained in South Africa as a Child and Family Counsellor, before moving to the UK in 2005, where she has undertaken further qualifications in systemic practice, and data management and analysis.
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Known for her warm and welcoming style, she brings an innovative and family-focused approach to her work, shaped by over 20 years of experience supporting vulnerable children and families. This includes several years working as a Multisystemic Therapist, in both standard and harmful sexual behaviour contexts. In her current role, supporting the Norfolk Stronger Families FFT-CW team as the Referral and Data Coordinator, she seeks to bring creativity, humour, enthusiasm, and intentionality to all aspects of the job.
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Charlie, Employee Director, Norfolk
Charlie qualified as a social worker in 2016 and worked in frontline child protection for several years in Norfolk. Read more…
She subsequently spent 3 years living in Sydney, Australia and practiced as a therapeutic caseworker using the Neuro-sequential Model of Therapeutics.
Charlie also supervised a team of caseworkers in Australia for a year and returned to the UK in December 2021 to start working for FPM as an FFT worker.
Charlie is passionate about working for an EO company and feel privileged to contribute to the company’s success. She believes that her personal values align closely with those of FPM, and hopes to bring creativity, positivity and determination to the role whilst also seeing things through the lens of diversity and ownership.
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George, Employee Director, London
George has worked with young people and families for many years across a range of settings. From 2018 to 2020, he worked in Pupil Referral Units and as a youth worker within a college.
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He qualified as a Social Worker in 2021 and has since specialised in working with young people at risk of contextual harm. In 2022, George completed a Master’s in Advanced Relationship-Based Social Work Practice.
George is deeply passionate about supporting young people and families and brings commitment and passion to his role. He is hardworking, values collaborative practice, and is dedicated to supporting families to achieve meaningful and lasting change.
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Carl Bridge, Non-Executive Director, Co-Chair
Carl has been a supporter of health and social care professionals, and SMEs for over 25 years. Read more…
He has experience working as a successful entrepreneur himself, and has developed numerous innovative products, services and facilities for sectors including, medical legal pioneers and healthcare.
Carl brings a wealth of experience and expertise in governance, business and partnership development. Although semi-retired, Carl is committed to ensuring integrated and transformational building blocks from family values to create possible future successes.
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Helen Poole, Non-Executive Director, Co-Chair
Helen has over seventeen years commissioning and contracts experience in the NHS and is currently Managing Director of a Primary Care Network.
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Helen started her management career as a graduate trainee within the rail industry, fulfilling various operational and business management roles.
She joined FPM as is committed to their empowering ethos, aims and values. She has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, holds lay roles with a number of regulatory organisations and is a charity trustee.
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Neil Stanworth, Non-Executive Director
Neil has more than 30 years’ experience in supporting change and improvement in the public sector. Read more…
He is a founding Director of ATQ, which has been supporting the delivery and measurement of social impact since 2012, and previously held roles in the civil service, in consultancy and in organisations delivering public services.
He is strongly committed to FPM’s staff-led ethos and values and brings wide experience and knowledge of business and service development, and the innovative delivery of social interventions.
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Liz Burbidge, Head of Finance
Liz is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in the private and not-for-profit sectors. She has been working in senior Finance roles for the past 10 years, with a focus on Management Accounting and financial systems.
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At FPM Liz supports the Senior Leadership Team by producing budgets and management reporting, as well as advising on strategy. She maintains strong relationships with our funding partners in order to produce accurate reports. Liz also works closely with our Virtual Finance Office to ensure we comply with all statutory reporting requirements.
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Judith Hill, Operations Director
With a background and experience in technology, Judith moved to Cambridgeshire County Council’s MST Services and in 2015 established Family Psychology Mutual with Tom, Brigitte and fellow MST colleagues as an employee-owned, not for profit, social enterprise.
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Judith is passionate about employee ownership and ensuring that everyone in our company has a voice, is heard, and can contribute and influence about how we manage and govern our company. Judith brings a wealth of skills and experience of providing support services to colleagues delivering evidenced based therapeutic interventions to children and families who use our services, to empower them become happier and healthier.
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Dr Tom Jefford, Joint CEO & Business Director
A registered social worker with a doctorate in health and social care, Tom established Family Psychology Mutual with Brigitte after a career working for Cambridgeshire County Council as a Head of Service for youth justice, drug and alcohol, alternative education and other services. Read more…
Tom has a long interest in systemic evidence-based interventions and their implementation. With a focus delivering sustainable behavioural change, Tom seeks to bridge between practice, innovation and research with partners who share a passion for achieving outcomes for children and families at risk. This is where Family Psychology Mutual is positioned to be.
Interested in joining the team?
Help us make a difference in the lives of young people and families. Join our diverse team of FFT professionals and support staff.
OUR PARTNERS
Our partners are key to our success and to the commissioning and management of our services. We aim to work collaboratively with our partners and to establish trust and long-lasting relationships.
In the last ten years we have worked with Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, FFT LLC, MST Services, Mutual Ventures, E3M, The Youth Endowment Fund, The National Lottery, The University of Greenwich, Suffolk County Council, Norfolk County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Redbridge, Haringey, Sutton, Merton, Bromley, Newham, Kingston, Barking and Dagenham, Hounslow and Richmond
Diversity &
Inclusivity
We deliver inclusive, accessible services that respect diversity and tackle inequality. Our Diversity Group ensures equality is embedded in our culture, policies, and recruitment, so every family’s needs are met fairly.
