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What is Parent Support?

Parenting and caregiving can be deeply rewarding, but it can also feel overwhelming, uncertain, and at times isolating. Support sessions provide a reflective and collaborative space where you can pause, be heard, and explore new perspectives. The aim is not to offer a one-size-fits-all approach, but to work alongside you to strengthen relationships, build confidence, and create space for greater connection within your family.

“Children require guidance and time, but above all, they require our full presence and empathy.”

‍ -Dr Tina Payne Bryson
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Collaborating with Parents

Parent and carer support can be especially helpful if you are:

  • Feeling overwhelmed or uncertain in your role

  • Managing family transitions such as separation, divorce, or relocation

  • Supporting a child with anxiety, grief, or behavioural challenges

  • Struggling with boundaries, routines, or emotional regulation at home

  • Wanting to build confidence and connection in parenting

  • Seeking support as a foster carer, kinship carer, or adoptive parent

  • Navigating parenting while living abroad or in a cross-cultural context

My Approach to Parent Support

Working with parents is collaborative, practical and reflective. Rather than offering a prescribed approach to parenting, I draw on different therapeutic frameworks according to your family, your child and what is happening for you.

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My approach is informed by Positive Discipline, Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT), Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) and Theraplay®, alongside my wider training as an integrative psychotherapist and play therapist.

Together, we can make sense of what may be happening beneath difficult behaviour, notice patterns within relationships, and explore ways of responding that support both connection and clear boundaries.

Having worked internationally for many years, I also understand some of the particular challenges of parenting and family life across cultures, countries and periods of transition.

Foundations for Growth and Connection

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    Understanding Children

    Understanding what may be happening beneath your child’s behaviour can change how you respond to it. We consider your child’s development, emotions and individual needs, helping you make sense of difficult moments with greater confidence and compassion. This can create more space for connection, while supporting your child’s emotional wellbeing and development.

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    Co-Regulating

    Children often need support to manage big feelings before they can do this for themselves. We explore ways to stay connected and responsive during difficult moments, while noticing what helps both you and your child feel more settled. Over time, these experiences can help your child develop their own capacity to understand and manage emotions.

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    Reflective Parenting

    Parenting can bring up feelings, expectations and patterns shaped by our own experiences. Taking time to reflect on these can help you understand what happens for you in difficult moments and how this may influence the way you respond to your child. In a supportive and non-judgemental space, we can explore these patterns and consider responses that feel more intentional and aligned with the parent you want to be.

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    Finding Balance

    Parenting often means finding a balance between connection, boundaries and growing independence. We explore ways to set clear and consistent limits while remaining responsive to your child’s needs, without losing sight of your own. The aim is not to avoid conflict or get everything right, but to build relationships where both connection and boundaries have a place.

Frequently Asked Questions?

Contact

  • Yes, I offer both in-person and online sessions for parents and carers.

    In-person sessions take place near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, and are suitable for those within a 45 to 60 minute travel radius. This includes parts of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, and Essex.

    Online sessions are delivered via a secure video platform and are available to clients across the UK.

    Both options provide a supportive, attuned space tailored to your needs.

  • Yes, I offer online sessions for parents and carers living in Europe or the Middle East, provided we’re within a 4-hour time zone difference from the UK. If you're parenting abroad and looking for support, you’re very welcome here.

    Online sessions are delivered via a secure video platform and are available to clients across the UK and internationally, with flexible scheduling across different time zones.

  • The number of sessions depends on what feels right for you and what you’d like to achieve. Some parents find a few sessions sufficient, while others prefer ongoing support. We can decide together what is most supportive for you.

  • Sessions are relaxed, reflective and focused on what feels most important to you and your family. We might explore a particular difficulty, think together about what may be happening within a relationship or pattern, or consider practical ways of responding differently. There is no prescribed formula; our work is shaped by your family, your circumstances and what you would like support with.

  • To book a session, please start by submitting an initial enquiry with a brief outline of what you’re seeking support for. I will email you back as soon as I can — usually within 2–4 business days. From there, I offer a free 20-minute consultation so we can talk more, answer any questions, and see whether I’m the right fit to support you.

  • Yes, but not with me directly. To maintain clear boundaries, I cannot provide both play therapy for a child and support sessions for their parent or carer. If your family would benefit from both, I can recommend trusted colleagues so that each of you receives the support you need.

Parent Testimonials

“Kahturah has been an invaluable resource and reassurance to me as a parent. She is a willing listener, keen to brainstorm with me about my son's learning and strategise about ways to support that learning as well as my own as a parent.”

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“Kahturah treats children and their families with respect and offers a caring and kindness carefully calibrated to fit the cultural context of each family.”

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"Kahturah is committed to helping children and their families navigate through the difficult waters of relationship development, and for this I have been so very grateful.”