parenting
coaching programme
Our online coaching programme is designed to empower parents, helping them to navigate difficulties experienced when raising children and dealing with cancer. The sessions provide parents with a deeper understanding, new skills, and way to connect with others who ‘get it’.
We welcome parents who are on active treatment, post treatment, in palliative care and co-parents without the diagnosis.
“It turned my perception of me as a parent and as an individual with health concerns on its head. I am bolder and braver ”
“It made me feel less alone going through cancer as a parent, and taught me that I am doing a good job and to be kind to myself”
“The group was a beacon of light during a dark time of my life and I am so thankful to have been a part of it. ”
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8 weeks x 90 minute sessions. We avoid school holidays, half term breaks etc for obvious reasons!
If you can’t commit to 8 weeks for some reason, we recommend waiting until you can.
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UK residents only (at the moment).
Anyone who is a parent to children/young people under 18 years. It doesn’t matter if you are now cancer free as anxiety has a habit of lingering.
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Click on ‘Register your interest’ which will take you to a form. Fill it in and submit it.
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You’ll get a short phone call from our lead facilitator, who will chat through what your family needs are. You will then get sent a coaching kit which contains a workbook, and some other goodies. You will be sent the link to access the sessions, and a WhatsApp group.
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Groups begin at the beginning of a new school term typically a couple of weeks into the term and we take a break for half term.
Our sign up form is typically recruiting for the next term's delivery.
We deliver groups on a weekday evening or Friday morning.
The programme is evolving to offer specific support to different family dynamics and the sign up form will provide the details of each group. Select the one that best suits you and your family.
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We have found that both parents attending the groups can enhance the impact for the family. We have learnt that having both parents attend the same group sessions can be difficult for parents to manage with parental responsibilities and life!
So we recommend that if both parents want to do the course you:
- sign up to different groups
- one attend one term, the other the following
- if you really think that it is possible to both commit to attend one group together, we recommend that you join from different devices and rooms in your home, to enable being in separate breakout rooms for discussions.
Both parents must complete a registration form as this helps us to manage group sizes.
Coaching Programme Content
Self care & compassion
Acknowledging & validating feelings
Identifying your support networks
Understanding needs behind behaviours
Exploring being child-led
Parenting styles & communication
Healthy parenting relationship
Dealing with fears, worries & uncertainty
Family routings & household rules
Supporting children as carers
Recognising & managing stress