Therapeutic Parenting is recommended for children who have experienced early trauma, family challenges, or situations where traditional parenting ideas and strategies have proven ineffective.

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Therapeutic Parenting Support will help you to understand that your child's behaviour serves as a form of communication. The goal is to help them move from an emotionally dysregulated state to a regulated one, without involving punishment or isolation. By replacing reward and punishment-based methods with empathy, you will grow your capacity to emotionally connect with your child, especially in the face of challenging emotions.

You will learn about the PACE approach to parenting which invites you to parent with playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy. This model is the cornerstone of Therapeutic Parenting and a way of being. It will help your child  establish a sense of safety and connection with you and plays a fundamental role in the development of strong and secure attachment.

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Parenting children who have experienced early trauma and challenge can be incredibly hard. Often they emotional and behavioural difficulties which makes the task of caring for them a particularly demanding one and is likely to stretch the resources of even the most stable and caring families. 

You will understand how difficulties in early childhood can affect your child's development, behaviour, and regulatory capacity. Through enhancing your knowledge about psychological concepts, you will be better able to support your  child's emotional, social, and cognitive development, as well as to navigate challenging situations effectively.