About the Consultancy

With over 25 years experience of working with adults, families and young people, Eileen Murphy Consultants & Associates work with the clients of, and train staff within Social Services, Criminal Justice, Education and Mental Health.

The Consultancy also works with the commercial sector to resolve conflict and achieve change. All of the team have Management experience in Social Services, Education and the commercial fields.

The Consultancy also offers a specialism in training Mentors including Learning Mentors and Peer Mentors.

The three models used by the Consultancy; the “Examine, Repair & Move On” Approach (Murphy ‘93, the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Model (de Shazer ‘85) and Optima Communication Skills (Murphy '06) are non-damaging, client-centred and focus on working collaboratively to bring about change.

In 1993, Eileen Murphy created the first Prevention & Intervention Programme, a whole-team, structured resource for working with families to prevent breakdown, which has been implemented by nineteen Local Authorities.

Our Solution Focused Preventing Disaffection & Exclusion training (see Schools & BIP page in th eMenu Bar)is implemented with Teachers, SENCOs, Behaviour Support Staff and Learning Mentors, nationwide including Northern Ireland. Our Education Consultant, Kevin Foley BA (Hons) Econ. PGCE has over 25 combined years of working within inner-city schools.

Our Solution Focused Secure Unit programme was utilized by Gladstone Secure Unit, Liverpool - making it the first of its kind the UK.

Our Affecting Early Years programme has been commissioned by Dudley Police Authority and utilized in their collaborative work with primary schools in one of the most deprived ward in the UK.

Eileen Murphy is a member of:
- European Therapy Studies Institute
- Children Law UK
- Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government
(all-party House of Commons Society)
- Parenting UK
- National Association for Youth Justice
- NASEN - National Association for Special Ed Needs
- Mentoring & Befriending Foundation
- Affiliate Member of National Council for Voluntary
Organisations
- NCVO Approved Consultant 2010

As well a providing short and long-term courses - we offer a full Project Management consultancy to Local Authorities who wish to implement a change of ethos within its Children & Families structure as both a preventative and crisis intervention strategy: The Prevention & Intervention Programme Prevention & Intervention Programme