Supporting Children & Families

When a child is experiencing anxiety, overwhelm, big emotions or difficulty regulating, it can be easy to focus solely on the child.

At Nurtured Spaces, I take a whole-family approach. I believe children are best supported when the adults around them first have an understanding of their own nervous system and feel equipped with practical tools for regulation, connection and responding with greater awareness.

For this reason, the Getting to Know Your Nervous System workshop is the starting point for accessing individual support for your child. This provides parents with the opportunity to understand their own nervous system, explore practical regulation tools and consider how their responses can influence the wider family system.

From there, I can support you and your child with gentle, developmentally appropriate nervous-system education and regulation practices, with the focus on understanding rather than “fixing” the child. For parents who have completed the Getting to Know Your Nervous System workshop. Enquire about child & family support