PARENTS
&
CARERS
When you’re caring for a child or young person who is struggling, it can place a huge demand on your own emotional and physical resources.
You may be dealing with high levels of stress and anxiety, navigating challenging behaviour, or supporting a child who feels overwhelmed, distressed, or disconnected. You might find yourself on the receiving end of anger or withdrawal, while also trying to work out how best to help.
Over time, this can take its toll and you may begin to feel overwhelmed yourself, notice physical symptoms such as headaches, digestive issues, or have difficulty sleeping. Even finding the right support can feel exhausting.
Your wellbeing matters, too
It’s easy to become so focused on supporting your child that your own needs are pushed aside. When you feel more regulated, grounded, and supported, it has a powerful impact, not only on your own wellbeing, but on your capacity to support those around you.
How I can support you
I offer therapies to help you feel more resourced, balanced and better able to cope with what you’re facing.
This includes:
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Space to focus on your own needs
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Practical tools to help regulate your nervous system
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Support to navigate challenging situations with more clarity and confidence
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Relief from stress, anxiety and tension
I also offer workshops focused on self-care and co-regulation, giving you techniques you can use both for yourself and with the children or young people in your care.
I feel like it's helped me in every way - physically I'm so much more aware
of my body than I was before, and instantly know when I'm starting to fall into
a stress response, something I'd have never even noticed before.
Thanks to Jane I now have several really effective tools I can use straight away to
regulate my body and bring myself back into a much calmer, happier state.
Anna
Get in touch to discuss how I can support you.
WORKSHOPS
Functional Reflex Therapy Rainbow relaxation Routine - techniques to support a sense of calm and connection.
These workshops provide parents, family members and primary carers with an easy to learn, structured relaxation routine for the hands and feet, to use with their families or those in their care.
Developed from reflexology, the sequence may be especially helpful for children and adults with high levels of anxiety, special educational needs and disabilities, and autism, promoting calm, relaxation and aiding sleep. It is also an enjoyable beneficial experience for more vulnerable adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Sessions are practical and easy to follow and are offered 1:1 or in small groups, over consecutive weeks. All resources are included and often people find it as relaxing to give as it is to receive!
Self-care and co-regulation - supporting you to feel more able to navigate the challenges you are facing.
When you’re supporting a child or young person, it’s easy for your own needs to be pushed aside. If you are able to take some space to care for yourself, and to support your own emotional and physical wellbeing, you’re better able to respond to what’s happening around you without becoming overwhelmed or burntout.
Young people take their cues from us. They notice our facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice. Co-regulation is about creating a shared sense of safety and stability. When you feel more grounded and regulated, it becomes easier for the young people in your life to feel calmer too. From this place, communication opens up, and challenges can be navigated with more ease.