Practical and psychological support for parents and children Week 5: Beyond Words Using Art and Creativity to Support Emotional Expression and Regulation Sometimes children cannot tell us what they are feeling. Creativity can give those feelings somewhere else to go. Last week, we explored the role music can play in supporting emotional regulation, particularly forContinue reading “Supporting Big Feelings”
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Supporting Big Feelings
Practical and psychological support for parents and children Week 4: When Words Aren’t Enough Using Music to Support Emotional Regulation Sometimes children cannot tell us what they are feeling. Music can offer another way to connect, communicate and regulate. As parents, we often reach for words when our children are struggling. We ask what isContinue reading “Supporting Big Feelings”
Parents Matter Too
Psychological support for parents navigating neurodiversity Parents Matter Too — a weekly therapeutic reflection supporting parents of neurodiverse children. Week 8: Moving Forward — Supporting Yourself While Supporting Your Child Bringing the Series Together As we come to the final week of this series, it is helpful to pause and reflect on what has beenContinue reading “Parents Matter Too”
Parents Matter Too
Psychological support for parents navigating neurodiversity Parents Matter Too — a weekly therapeutic reflection supporting parents of neurodiverse children. Week 7: Holding Hope — Reframing the Future Without Ignoring the Present When the Future Feels Uncertain One of the most difficult aspects of parenting a neurodivergent child is not always the present moment — itContinue reading “Parents Matter Too”
Beyond “No”: Supporting Behaviour Through Safety, Connection, and Understanding
“Stop.” “No.” “Don’t do that.” These are some of the most familiar phrases used in classrooms, homes, and therapeutic spaces. They are quick, instinctive, and often spoken with urgency. Yet, in my experience as a psychologist working with children and young people—particularly those who are neurodivergent or have experienced trauma—these responses rarely bring the outcomeContinue reading “Beyond “No”: Supporting Behaviour Through Safety, Connection, and Understanding”
Trauma-Informed Awareness in the Workplace: Language, Policy, and the Culture of Care
Introduction Workplaces, like people, hold stories. Within every organisation are individuals who carry experiences of stress, loss, and sometimes trauma — experiences that may be invisible but deeply shape how they perceive safety, trust, and belonging. Trauma-informed awareness in the workplace invites us to look beneath behaviour and performance, to recognise that what appears asContinue reading “Trauma-Informed Awareness in the Workplace: Language, Policy, and the Culture of Care”
“Energy Vampires”: Who’s Draining You and Why It Matters for Your Mental Health
Often we don’t realise how much emotional weight we are carrying until we finally speak it out loud. Clients often come in describing exhaustion, burnout, irritability — but without a clear reason why. Their work might be manageable. Their sleep, sufficient. Yet they feel chronically depleted. As part of a session we trace this feelingContinue reading ““Energy Vampires”: Who’s Draining You and Why It Matters for Your Mental Health”
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