Warm, supportive and transformative. Relationship-based coaching and counselling for caregivers and specialised playgroups for infants and toddlers.
Coaching and counselling for individuals and families
We want the best for our children, yet parenting today can be bewildering. Most of us live within unsupportive societal structures, and we’re inundated with conflicting advice and expectations to keep all the balls in the air at once. Every child is unique, every family constellation is different and there’s no map for navigating it all.
As a coach and counsellor, I will meet you wherever you are and help you find more confidence, fulfilment, resilience, joy and ease. Together, we'll identify what you want and where you are challenged.
I believe that the quality of the connection between a child and their parents and caregivers is the foundation on which children are able to build an understanding of themselves, how they relate to others and how they are able to experience the world.
Caregiving is messy and full of variables, and perfection is never the goal. However, intention matters. I support families in their process of creating more intentional relationships with their children. I do this by listening wholeheartedly and sharing evidence-based resources. My approach is grounded in the principles of infant mental health, early childhood development and education, dance movement psychotherapy and the caregiving principles of RIE®.
By starting with our most fundamental relationships, I believe the care we give can radiate outwards. Together, we can create more conscious and connected families, homes and communities.
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During one-on-one sessions, we'll meet over Zoom. We can address specific goals, process your parenting experience, or find a structure that works best for you. Some clients want short term support, and others prefer to meet weekly or bi-weekly. The number and frequency of our meetings is up to you.
I will listen wholeheartedly and ask questions, clarifying the path forward. I will also encourage you to find your way from a place of authenticity, and share evidence-based resources.
I’ll meet you where you are and support you and your child as you grow together.
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Locating your authenticity and family culture and expressing it through care
Balancing your needs with your child’s needs
Feeling empowered during your pregnancy, birth and postpartum
Sibling relationships
Healthy play and how to foster it
Gross motor development conversations
Finding daily and weekly rhythms that nourish your family
Creating loving boundaries
Understanding and working through challenging behaviours
Supporting your child during big transitions (such as the birth of a sibling, a move or change in care)
Authentically connecting and communicating with your child
Diapering and toilet mastery
Selecting and transitioning to a nanny or childcare centre
Attachment theory and tending to the child’s fundamental needs
Designing you and your child’s home environments and living well together
Care through a RIE® lens
Amber and her big sister Margot