Parents who have children with a disability or special educational needs often face particular challenges and stressors. It can be both distressing and traumatic to learn your baby or child has a disability or a long-term health condition. And there’s often a big learning curve as you discover what kind of care and adaptations your child requires – this, too, can create additional stress.
Life can feel relentless and exhausting, and there is often a huge amount of uncertainty about what will happen as your child grows older.
Life can feel relentless and exhausting, and there is often a huge amount of uncertainty about what will happen as your child grows older.
If breaking point feels perilously close, it’s time to get support. That said, I appreciate finding the right support for yourself is not always easy when the all the focus has been on finding the right support for your child.
Counselling provides a space to process your emotions; it’s also 50 minutes in the week you can have to yourself.
I have extensive professional and personal experience supporting parents who have children with disabilities and/or special educational needs, whether or not there’s a formal diagnosis. I have also delivered training with Respond to NHS professionals, focussing on family trauma when there’s a family member with autism or learning difficulties.
Please note I work with adults only.
Counselling provides a space to process your emotions; it’s also 50 minutes in the week you can have to yourself.
I have extensive professional and personal experience supporting parents who have children with disabilities and/or special educational needs, whether or not there’s a formal diagnosis. I have also delivered training with Respond to NHS professionals, focussing on family trauma when there’s a family member with autism or learning difficulties.
Please note I work with adults only.
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