Welcome Letter From Dr Ariyana Reddy

A Warm Welcome

I am very pleased to be joining YRCS as the Associate Clinical Lead and to be part of a service that places strong value on thoughtful, relational, and personcentred psychological work.

I have over five years’ experience working across NHS and private mental health services, supporting adults, children, young people, couples, and families. My work has involved supporting people with a wide range of experiences, including anxiety, depression, trauma, neurodiversity, emotional regulation difficulties, relationship challenges, workplace stress, and periods of significant change where familiar ways of coping begin to feel strained or no longer sufficient.

Alongside my clinical work, I have also been involved in the development of a new NHS service that forms part of a national programme, working within a wider team to help establish care for people impacted by complex, longstanding experiences. Being part of a service at its early stages offered valuable insight into how thoughtful leadership, collaboration, and careful listening shape services that feel safe, trustworthy, and responsive. This experience has strengthened my understanding of how systems can best support people when care is held with clarity, responsibility, accountability and genuine consideration to a person’s lived experience. It also informs how I approach my role at YRCS, with a focus on reflective service development, shared decisionmaking, and creating structures that support both clinical work and the people delivering it.

What has consistently shaped my clinical work is an interest in understanding how people’s difficulties make sense within the context of their lives. The challenges someone brings to therapy are often connected to patterns that have developed over time, ways of relating, coping, or responding that were shaped by relationships, responsibilities, environments, and past experiences. These patterns are rarely random; more often, they reflect what someone needs to do to manage, adapt, or stay connected during difficult or complex situations.

I see therapy as a journey we begin together; a collaborative process shaped through shared understanding. In sessions, I work alongside people to notice and explore patterns, to understand what has been helpful, what may now feel limiting, and how familiar ways of responding might be gently adjusted over time. I work at a pace that feels steady and containing, allowing space for reflection while supporting change that feels realistic and meaningful for the person I am working with.

Within YRCS, my role is to work collaboratively with colleagues to help shape and develop the service as it grows. I see YRCS as a centre built on shared thinking, reflection, and working closely together. My focus is on supporting a service that can meet people where they are at different points in their lives and in different ways, through individual therapy, group work or working with other professionals through training, supervision, and wider collaboration.

Looking ahead, my hope is to contribute to YRCS continuing to develop as a service that feels safe, thoughtful, a place where people feel listened to, where learning and reflection are valued, and where care is shaped around people as individuals, their values, and their relationships. Holding on to curiosity, collaboration, andgrowing together.

Warmly,

Dr Ariyana Reddy

Associate Clinical Lead

YRCS