Counselling in Cheltenham - Counsellor offering therapy for Gloucester and Tewkesbury

Counselling for Parents & Carers

Are you a Parent or Carer for a child with special needs or a Carer for a loved one... in Cheltenham or Gloucester?

How can counselling help me?

Parents and Carers have little time to think of themselves whilst caring for special needs children or a disabled, sick and dependant relative.
Counselling can give you an opportunity to be really listened to and deeply understood.

So often the cared for person is being well looked after by professionals, but you may feel you need someone to talk to.

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.

For some parents working through adaptation and adjustment to life coping with a disabled child is necessary, and more information can be given about this. I do believe by sharing your thoughts and fears and 'grieving' if necessary, then you will be making your own journey towards accepting yourself and your child in a different light.

Counselling is a way of giving support to someone going through an emotionally difficult and stressful time in their life, for whatever reason.

Parents can contact me directly and professional referrals also welcome.

Client Testimonials:

“I would not have gone to another counsellor”…. (Parent/ Carer experience).

“I don’t have to explain, you get it…”
(A Parent talking about experience of special needs child).