Collaborative-consultation is the name given to a relatively new way of working for educational psychologists. It is a collaborative process that moves the psychologist away from a "hit and run" approach to an emphasis on working collaboratively to work out what is happening and what needs to change to make things better.

Collaborative-consultation consists in a special kind of conversation: one which facilitates solutions.

The process of collaborative-consultation is about initiating changes that the participants will build on to unlock situations. Various psychological approaches to change provide the means for change, such as therapeutic models and systems psychology. I also bring to the process a breath of specialist 'technical" knowledge, particularly in the form of sophisticated psychological models that help to make sense of what is happening from a psychological perspective. In this way of working the emphasis is on a collaborative process, in which schools involve their "person(s) most concerned" with the issue.

Collaborative-consultation is relevant to issues concerning individuals, groups or the whole school.

I use a range of frameworks that support the collaborative process. These frameworks capture the emerging understandings and check for progress towards goals. The collaborative process can involve teachers, parents and children, and other agencies. I have extensive experience of working in this way. For example, I ran a large educational psychology service using this model as a basis deliver fort service delivery. I have also taught and trained psychologists in this way of working, and, conducted research into how collaborative-consultation offers a "unique contribution" that educational psychologists can make. I have over 10 years and thousands of hours of experience working through collaborative-consultation.

Schools, Local Authority Services and parents, can commission this service.