What is Orca Psychology?

Our mission

To amplify parents' and carers' voices and strengthen their knowledge and wellbeing through compassionate listening, trusted guidance, and accessible, high-quality information.

Who we support 

Orca supports parents and carers of children and young people with social-communication differences. By children and young people with social-communication differences, we mean:

• Autistic children

• Children on a waiting list for an autism assessment

• Children whose parents/carers recognise that their child has an autistic communication style but don't wish or need to pursue a diagnosis. 

Focus 

Orca supports parents and carers to help reduce their child or children's distress and to increase positive wellbeing. Orca also seeks to help parents and carers to reduce their own distress and increase positive wellbeing. 

Approach

Orca support parents and carers through: 

• Trusting their knowledge and decision-making, 

• Deepening their understanding of their children’s and their own distress,

• Providing relevant and reliable information about contextual and psychological approaches to supporting their and their children’s emotional wellbeing.