How can counselling help me?

Parents and Carers have needs too!

Parents sometimes have little time to think of themselves whilst caring for special needs children or a disabled, sick and dependant relative.

Counselling is an opportunity for you to think and gain clarity and say the things you can't tell someone else and be really listened to and deeply understood.

•  Are you a Parent or Carer of a child who is ill or has special needs?
•  Are you struggling with being a Parent and a Spouse?
•  Are you the husband, wife or carer of a relative or loved one?
•  Are you a Young Carer looking after your parent/sibling?
•  Maybe you are going through a stressful and emotional time with your relative and feeling there is nobody to listen to you.
•  Counselling can be a particular source of help around the time of a child’s diagnosis, or a time of  transition or change as your child gets older.
•  Or when you feel overwhelmed and it feels hard to tell friends or relatives.
•  Or perhaps when you need space to acknowledge you are an individual and a parent as well as a carer.
•  Feeling really listened to can help relieve stress and move you towards feeling more able to think about your priorities, decisions and choices, thus improving your own development, needs and future goals, leading to action planning if required.

Added benefits for Parents and Carers

Julie has personal experience of caring for a special needs child. She also supports the need for Statementing for Special Educational Needs and can signpost Parents to various contacts within education, health and advisory services. Julie has professional knowledge of Autistic Spectrum disorders and especially Fragile X Syndrome.

Julie Wales' counselling service for Parents & Carers offers a much deeper understanding and specialist service than a general counsellor, without this unique life experience.