Therapy space for parents and parental couples.
Begin a parent is one of the most important and complicated jobs in life, yet its challenges are often over-looked, under-represented and unsupported.
Some parents feel very unprepared for the challenges of parenthood and others, may be unexpectedly knocked-off course by uncertainty they hadn’t anticipated. Many parents struggle to find the emotional support they need and seek a confidential and private space, away from wider family expectations and pressures.
All parents have been children themselves and have been parented. Many parents are very appreciative of their own parents and equally, many parents recognise that experiences they had as children were not helpful to them and may have caused suffering in their lives, even as adults. Many parents wish to remedy this and ensure they parent their children differently.
Our children are growing up in a very challenging world and helping them to grow up safely, to enjoy their childhood whilst preparing them for independence in the world is a huge responsibility for parents. Today’s parents are navigating many unchartered territories – in particular 24/7 access to online worlds, environmental threats and exponential rises in anxiety states. Parents are striving to love and support children who may be often over-whelmed, dysregulated, withdrawn or hyperactive, impatient, demanding, sometimes aggressive. There is an unprecedented rise in diagnosis of neurodiversity and conditions such as ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Parental separation and divorce is unfortunately very common and many children now grow up between blended families. Step-parenting brings different challenges of its own and pressures upon parental relationships, particularly in step-families, very often, sadly, can result in further break-ups at times when stability is most needed.
Therapeutic space for parents, step-parents and parental couples, provides a thoughtful and non-judgemental confidential space for parents to talk about, and understand differently, what may be happening in the relational dynamics within the family, families and sometimes the wider environment of school and community.
Parent Psychotherapy happens without your child or young person present. Using psychodynamic and systemic approaches, we will reflect together on the issues you wish to discuss about your child and your emotional experience of parenting. We will sensitively explore your relationship with your child. Our work together aims to deepen your understanding, strengthen emotional connection, and support you through difficult moments or recurring patterns you can’t seem to avoid. Whether you are facing day-to-day challenges, struggling with transitions, or navigating more complex family issues and relational dynamics, accessing therapeutic support for parents can be a valuable investment to increase emotional well-being and family harmony.
Parent Psychotherapy helps with:-
- Deepening your confidence in connecting with your child’s emotional world
- Understanding how your own experiences as a child may influence your current parenting
- Examining difficult family patterns which keep recurring
- A non-judgemental space to explore anxieties or guilt related to parenting
- Supporting your child with change and loss such as separation, illness, accidents or bereavement
- Navigating co-parenting, step-parenting or complex family dynamicsmat