Parent support
Support for parents and caregivers.
Parents can attend appointments without their child. Parent support may be offered alongside a child or teenager's therapy, or as a separate service. It can be particularly useful when a child is not ready to attend, when the main changes need to happen around the child, or when parents need space to think through a complex situation.
Appointments may focus on:
• understanding what may be contributing to a child's behaviour or distress
• anxiety, avoidance and school participation
• emotional regulation and co-regulation
• neurodivergent family life
• family routines, transitions and demands
• parent–child relationships
• eating or feeding concerns
• responding to behaviour in ways that reduce escalation
• working with schools and other services
• adjusting after a diagnosis or assessment.
Parent support isn't based on the assumption that parenting is the cause of what your child is experiencing. We understand that parents and caregivers are the most important people in a child's day-to-day life, and are often best placed to create meaningful change. Our role is to help them make sense of what's happening, identify practical changes, and feel more confident in supporting their child.
Depending on the family's needs, parent work may draw on structured approaches such as SPACE, Collaborative and Proactive Solutions, Circle of Security or other evidence-based parent interventions.
Support through separation
We support families through separation, including child-inclusive work that keeps a child's voice and wellbeing at the centre while parents make new arrangements, so decisions are guided by what matters most to the child.
We can also work with parents directly, helping them provide the best possible care for their children through complex and changing circumstances.
Groups
Learning and support alongside others.
Group programs bring together people with similar experiences to learn, reflect and work things out alongside one another.
We run Craft and Connect, a fortnightly art and craft group for neurodivergent young people, led by Dr Melinda Williams. It's a relaxed, hands-on space to make something, meet others and connect at an easy pace.
We also run group programs during the school holidays, on themes such as:
• social connection for autistic kids
• parent support
• anxiety and avoidance
• adjusting after a recent autism or ADHD identification
• neurodivergent identity and self-understanding
• social and emotional learning
There's more to come, and our current and waitlisted families are the first to hear about new groups. Get in touch to find out what's on now or coming up.