Further Services
In addition to child & teen psychotherapy, ChildandParent offer parent consultations and school staff training.
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Parent Consultations
Every parent wants to be the best parent they can be, but there is generally no training or support for what is often the most challenging work of a lifetime.
Therapeutic parent consulting involves thinking with a psychotherapist about all manner of day to day challenges e.g sleep, food, separation, siblings, friendships, conflicts, saying 'no', emotional outbursts, social media, homework etc. etc. Learn to decode behaviour and build the strongest possible relationship with your child.
School staff training
I have worked in schools for almost ten years and offer staff training sessions on child/adolescent mental health or parent trainings in schools.
INSET trainings are bespoke to specific schools and nurseries and can include topics such as: EBSA, Autism, adolescents, becoming therapeutic teachers, managing classroom dynamics, supporting child mental health, behaviour management, building self-esteem and resilience.
I also offer staff reflection groups which provide a regular space (every half-term) for staff to reflect on their experience as teachers. This provides a space to consider their own stress levels and mental health as well as understand classroom dynamics and behaviours.
Please email isabel@childandparent.org to discuss.
One-off consultations
If you want some help to make sense of your child’s behaviour and are looking for some new strategies to support your parenting, I offer one-off consultations to support you as parents. Some parents may find one session enough but others may choose to work together for a few sessions.
Courses and webinars
If you are interested to learn more about becoming a therapeutic parent, follow me on my instagram page, which provides daily nuggets of therapeutic gold. You may also want to subscribe to my newsletter where I discuss a therapeutic topic in more depth. I also offer subscribers and Instagram followers discounts to courses I run. Previous courses have included: Boundaries/Getting to Know your Child Better/Building Self-esteem and Resilience.
“I am profoundly grateful for Isabel’s insight and experience. And also for her calm and reassuring manner, there was lots of information but I don’t feel overwhelmed, I feel energised but more importantly empowered”
Parent after primary school training session ‘Building self esteem + resilience’