Parent and Child support
What is this?
Our trauma-informed Parent-Child Support sessions help parents develop skills through effective relational interventions that aim to support both parent and child mental health.
- Sessions can develop the art of mental state talk, social joy and relational repair.
- Understand transactional analysis including being able to cross transactions and avoid psychological games.
- Use Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) interventions effectively e.g., speaking about the child/speaking for the child.
- Mentalize, attune to and engage with children at different developmental stages: infancy, middle childhood, the teenage years.
- Engage in conversations on delicate issues with children and teenagers, inspiring interactions rather than family members being in separate rooms/on their own devices.
- Stay regulated and contactful in the face of behaviours that challenge.
Support with boundaries. - Address own mental health and unprocessed trauma, recognising triggers and how to respond.
Who is it for?
Parents who are finding parenting challenging; either due to their own or their child’s mental health needs and/or trauma, or who are facing other difficulties in the parent-child relationship.
What is the package we are offering?
A package of 45-minute sessions offered at our centre in Berry Pomeroy or at your setting.
Who will be delivering this?
Adam Baxter has over fifteen years’ experience supporting neurodivergent children and adults, working closely with families to improve behaviour, engagement in education and therapeutic connection.
He is a Level 4 Child and Family Practitioner, Trauma-Informed Schools Practitioner, Team Teach trainer and Drawing and Talking practitioner, and is committed to a family-centred approach to high-quality support.
Adam is passionate about supporting children and families, working to help heal the emotional impact of early childhood trauma. He is committed to inclusive practice and has experience supporting people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, heritages, gender identities, neurodivergent profiles, and other Protected Characteristics.
Contact Us
The Waterside
Berry Pomeroy
Totnes
TQ9 6LH
- Mon - Fri
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- Sat - Sun
- Closed
07735 880651
ifs@runningdeer.org.uk