Resilience
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts“
(Winston S. Churchill)
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Parenting the Child with Autism: The Fine Line Between Gentle and Permissive Parenting
A reflective exploration of the difference between gentle and permissive parenting when raising an autistic child, highlighting the importance of empathy, structure, and emotional regulation. Over the years, many parents of autistic children have sat across from me in my consulting room carrying a mixture of love, exhaustion, and uncertainty. Parenting is never simple, but…
Parents Matter Too
Psychological support for parents navigating neurodiversity Parents Matter Too — a weekly therapeutic reflection supporting parents of neurodiverse children. Week 5: Rebuilding Emotional Steadiness — Why Parents Need Regulation Too When the Nervous System Has Been Under Pressure for Too Long Over the past few weeks in this series, we have explored some of the…
When Acute Stress Becomes Collapse: A Clinical Reflection on Cumulative Trauma, Maternal Guilt, and Misunderstood Breakdown
Dr M’s Thoughts When she eventually sought help, she did not describe herself as someone who had “walked out” on her family. She described a period in which everything converged. Within a very short space of time, she was carrying the emotional and practical weight of her family, managing significant work pressures, grieving the death…
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