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Building safer,
more effective
services

Specialist clinical psychology-led consultancy and workforce development for organisations and service providers working with complexity, risk and change.

Who we work with 

We support systemic change, helping health, social care and education services strengthen practice and support staff by:

 

  • equipping staff with practical strategies for de-escalation and emotional regulation

  • providing clinical input into risk assessment, care planning and transitions

  • offering trauma-informed support for children, young people and adults

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Children's care
services

Residential homes, foster care and education settings supporting children with complex needs, trauma histories and neurodiversity.

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Adult social care
services

Providers supporting adults with complex mental health needs, intellectual disability, neurodiversity and forensic histories.

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In-patient care and
Transitional services

Community, hospital and secure settings managing high-risk presentations, transitions and systemic pressure.

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Education support
services

Helping professionals understand stress, build resilience and care for their own wellbeing in demanding roles.

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How we support
Organisations  

Our work with organisations brings together clinical consultancy and workforce development. 

 

Our psychology consultancy for services and care organisations provides the structure, expertise, and tools for meaningful change.

Structured, clinically informed reviews to help services understand current practice, identify risk and strengthen quality.

  • Practice and systems reviews

  • Risk assessment and analysis

  • Post-incident review and reflection

  • Clear written summaries with practical recommendations

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Practice,
Risk and
Compliance

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Clinical input focused on improving the safety, quality and coherence of day-to-day practice.

  • Shared formulation for people with complex needs

  • Ethical and defensible support planning

  • Building reflective practice within teams

  • Supporting consistency across staff and settings

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Clinical and
Practice 
Development

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Training and coaching that supports staff to respond to distress with greater calm, confidence and safety.

  • Low Arousal training programmes

  • Managing Signs of Distress and crisis management

  • Training adapted to service context and experience level

  • Follow-on coaching to embed learning in practice

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Workforce 
Training
and Development

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Specialist support for services under inspection, regulatory scrutiny or seeking to reduce restrictive practices.

  • Strengthening defensible documentation

  • Support following inspection or regulatory feedback

  • Reducing restraint, seclusion and restrictive practice

  • Post-incident and recovery support

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Regulation and
restrictive practice
reduction

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We’re happy to explore your context and discuss how clinical consultancy and workforce development could support your service.

"We have worked with Studio 3 for over 12 years, and the values and approaches they’ve shared have shaped a care environment we are incredibly proud of."

Our approach

We do not arrive with pre-set solutions.

Our work begins by carefully scoping the needs of the service, its staff and the people it supports.

 

Drawing on clinical expertise, consultancy experience and workforce development practice, we shape support that fits the specific context, challenges and goals of each organisation.

Support may include clinical consultation, training, coaching or a combination of all three.

 

We work at all levels of organisations, alongside leaders, managers and frontline teams, to build confidence, reduce risk and support sustainable improvement.

We work alongside services, not above them.

When organisations
work with us

Organisations typically engage Studio 3 when they are:

  • experiencing challenge, instability or crisis

  • responding to inspection or regulatory scrutiny

  • managing organisational change or transition

  • developing new services or new ways of working

  • facing workforce strain or sustained operational pressure

Systems & Practice

Here’s how we see things differently

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When Risk Outweighs Happiness

When risk management becomes the organising principle of a service, something has gone wrong. This article confronts the tension between safety protocols and a person's right to live a good life. .

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Lives Through Friends and Transforming Care

Moving people out of institutional settings into community placements is complex, slow, and often resisted. This case study shows what it takes to actually make it happen, and what gets in the way.

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Restraint and Seclusion
in Irish and UK Schools

Restrictive practices in schools are more common than most people acknowledge. This practitioner article examines the scale of the problem and makes the case for why schools need a better approach.

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Paul 
Dickinson

Clinical Director

If you like to learn more about clinical support services, please talk to Paul.

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Professor
Andy McDonnell

CEO

If you like to learn more about clinical support services, please talk to Andy.

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FAQ's from Organisations and Service providers

  • You don't need to replace everything. Studio 3 works alongside existing frameworks. The question is whether your current approach is reducing restrictive practices, or just managing them. That's where we focus.

  • Yes. Bespoke packages are available for organisations of all sizes, across residential, hospital, school, and community settings. Contact us to discuss scope and scheduling.

  • It gives you in-house capacity. Rather than relying on external training each year, your own accredited trainers can deliver the Low Arousal Approach internally — with Studio 3 quality standards maintained.

  • Yes. The LASER Approach is a whole-school programme designed for mainstream and specialist education settings. It includes ongoing supervision and is flexible by design.

  • Submit a training enquiry via the website and a member of the team will respond. For larger or complex requirements, we'd recommend a call first to scope what's needed.

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