Counselling sessions for parents/carers
31st October 2008
We are now pleased to be able to offer free counselling sessions to a limited number of parents, supported by two students from Nottingham University. Sessions will be held in our Nottingham office, and can be booked on Mondays to Thursdays, including some evenings. Students are required to cover 100 hours of counselling as part of their coursework and are closely supervised throughout by a qualified counsellor.
If you are interested in registering for counselling please contact Amanda Fletcher or Lorraine Fitzpatrick on 0115 9482888. They will also be able to give you further information about the sessions.
A parent's perspective, from a parent who has taken advantage of the counselling sessions:
"Often it is information, advice and support that parents need most from the Parent Partnership Service in order to get the best provision they can for their children, who have special educational needs.
There can also be strong feelings around the additional obstacles we face in raising youngsters whose needs are often not met easily by existing provision. At times we have been given the information and yet are still unsettled by our sometimes conflicting feelings. These are times when counselling may provide the space we need to recognise and explore those discomforts.
There are currently two student counsellors offering free sessions to parents through the Parent Partnership Service. I took advantage of this opportunity by arranging a series of six counselling sessions over a seven week period of major transition in the provision for my son. This gave me an opportunity to clarify and express my fears around that change and its consequences for me and for him.
If anxieties are intruding on your sleep and / or waking hours and you’re already doing the best you can to do all the practical things, it could be worth contacting PPS to check whether it may be appropriate for you to sign up for some free counselling sessions."
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