My Approach

Therapeutic parenting enables parents and caregivers to provide their children with a sense of safety and predictability; something especially important for those who’ve been through trauma, neglect, or early disruptions in their relationships. When children feel safe, they can start to make sense of their past experiences, which helps to reduce anxiety and fear.
This approach also supports children to manage their emotions. With a calm, steady adult helping them to co‑regulate, they gradually learn how to handle stress and build their own self‑regulation skills. As this develops, many children show fewer big outbursts and more settled behaviour.
Therapeutic parenting strengthens the bond between you and your child. It helps them feel seen, valued, and secure, which in turn supports healthier social skills and more positive relationships.
Parents and caregivers often find that their own confidence grows too. As you begin to understand your child’s needs more deeply, it becomes easier to build trust, connection, and a more peaceful family rhythm.
I offer a 20 minute phone consultation free of charge for you to ask questions and decide if you would like to book a session.

About Me

I am an integrative child psychotherapist, currently offering supportive and therapeutic sessions to parents and carers online.
I have 30 years of experience of working with children of all ages and from a wide range of families and backgrounds. I have worked as a childminder, nursery worker, nanny, teacher and baby massage instructor before training as a child psychotherapist.
My work is driven by my passion to support children and their families to feel emotionally safe, regulated, confident and valued.
I currently work with children who have been adopted but I do not offer child sessions privately.
I live near the coast in Sussex with my 2 teenage children.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Integrative Child Psychotherapist