Coaching for parents and carers

• parenting support in tough times

• children's anxiety

• facing climate and ecological crisis

• children's needs when parents separate

• loss and grief     

Would you love some support with…..

• supporting children with school

• foster care

• parenting without punishment

• choosing home education

• neurodiversity in the family

How I work

My approach is warm, empathic, compassionate and non-judgmental. I have worked with children and families, schools and other professionals for 25 years. I offer friendly accompaniment in life's difficult times, listening deeply and supporting you to think and feel through the issues you are facing. Underpinning my work is my knowledge and experience of arts psychotherapy, ceremony, trauma, interpersonal neurobiology, mindfulness and connected parenting.

How we might work together

We will start with empathic listening, exploring the situation and working out where to start. The experience of being deeply heard and accepted in itself empowers people to find the right way forward for them. I may also suggest things to try, powerful parenting strategies that strengthen relationships in the family. I will share information about the latest research in child development and family functioning. I can help you to develop your own support system, using creativity, resilience practices and community building. We may identify where your own childhood experience impacts your relationships with the children that you love, and how to find ways to do it differently for your family.

Practicalities

I work flexibly. Some people meet with me at the same time each week, some come for a one off session or occasionally when needed. We will find a time that works for us both. I work online on Zoom or phone.

We can start with a free 15 minute conversation to see if I am the right person to support you. After that I charge £70 for an hour session. Sometimes I am able to offer reductions for those who cannot afford it otherwise. Sometimes people pay me more to support others in having the same opportunity.

Would it be great to have someone to talk to about your parenting/caring challenges?

Contact me to chat about how I can support you

Sometimes life gets overwhelming and stress makes it difficult to see a way forward. We just need someone to sit with us and relieve some of the burden. Someone who will listen, empathise and help us work out what to do next, what is most important.

• new partners/step parenting

• repairing relationships with adult children

• understanding and responding to troubled behaviour

• new and expectant parents

• parenting teens