I work with expertise and great care to understand the lens through which young people experience the world around them. My aim is to bring strengths into the light whilst sensitively addressing barriers to being and feeling understood both at home and school. My approach is child and family-centred with the ultimate goal of restoring joy to life and learning.
Parents come to me with a range of education-focused questions, issues and dilemmas. For example:
- 'My daughter is very academic. She seems confident to her teachers but underneath, she is highly anxious. Can you help us and her teachers to better understand how to support her?'.
- 'My son is autistic and has ADHD. He will be starting boarding school soon but we are unsure what support and adjustments he needs to thrive. Can you provide advice to us and his school?'.
- 'Owing to illness, my child is unable to physically attend school but still very much wants to engage with learning. Can you advise us on the options available?'
- 'We are considering home-education for our child. Can you design a package to enable her to thrive?'
- 'My child is struggling but I don't know why and how to help'.
- 'After a period out of school, we would like to know how to best support our daughter in a successful return to education'.
Although I principally work with parents, young people and schools, I also work to enhance understanding with other individuals who are important to the young person. This includes other family members, nannies, household staff and tutors.
Whilst I am an independent practitioner, I regularly work in tandem with other leading experts such as clinical psychologists, paediatricians, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists (amongst others). Where required, I can tailor the specialist team around the young person and their family and I co-ordinate the professional input. This multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach is invaluable and is often an integral feature of how I work.
Parents located in the UK and overseas are usually referred to me by other parents or through their school, doctor or other specialist, however they can directly self-refer. I only take on a small number of families in order to provide the very highest level of bespoke attention.
What sets me apart is not simply my expertise and experience or my extensive specialist network, but the level of support that I provide to young people, parents and educators. It is important to build real relationships, offering specialist advice and considered action, but also immense compassion and care.
