Parent Consultation

About this session

Parent Consultation sessions can provide focused support for a difficulty related to your child, a parenting issue, or to work on your own well-being. I typically offer Parent Consultations with an initial three-session arc so that we have enough time to fully understand the issue that you bring. It also ensures you have enough time to put our discussions into practice; so we can troubleshoot any road bumps you encounter; and to ensure any information or strategies are properly tailored to you and your family. In our first session we will discuss the particular problem or dilemma that you bring, as well as understanding more about your child, you as a parent, your family as a whole, and any wider context. By the end of the first session, we will have formed an initial psychological understanding of the issue; discussed ideas about what further information may be needed; and agreed at least one action to try before the next sessions. In the following two sessions, we will discuss further strategies and recommendations to support you and your child, based on our shared psychological understanding of the issue. By the end of the three sessions, you will feel confident in implementing our action plan and understand what next steps may be. Parents often like to book this initial 3 session arc in fortnightly sessions to allow for time between meetings to trial strategies. Parent Consultation sessions can be continued after this initial package, either in an open-ended way, or in batches of three sessions.