Support for parents in neurodivergent families

I work with parents who are worn down by daily friction, constant problem-solving, and systems that don’t fit neurodivergent family life. Together, we make things calmer, clearer, and more workable at home — without trying to change who anyone is.

This work is for families and parents in neurodivergent households, where children, teenagers, or adults experience the world differently — and where everyday family life carries extra complexity.

Neurodiversity-affirming, family-systems focused support delivered via telehealth.

What families are dealing with day to day

Many parents arrive feeling worn down rather than in crisis — not because they don’t care, but because everyday family life requires more thought, more energy, and more negotiation than it should.

Often, the strain is not located in one person, but in the space between people: in routines, expectations, communication, and the wider systems families are navigating.

Common experiences include:

• repeating instructions and reminders across the day, with growing frustration on all sides

• tension building around routines, transitions, and shared expectations

• mornings and evenings becoming predictable pressure points

• parents unsure whether to push, accommodate, step back, or hold the line

• children and teenagers feeling constantly corrected or misunderstood

• family members responding in ways that escalate rather than soften

• external systems placing demands on families that don’t fit their reality

Over time, families can become stuck in patterns no one intentionally chose — yet everyone is affected by.

This work starts from the assumption that families are not broken. The difficulty usually sits in how the family system is organised, how meaning is being made, and how much strain the current setup is carrying — not in any one person needing to be fixed.

How this work helps

This work focuses on how family life is organised: how people relate, how expectations are communicated, and how patterns take shape over time.

Rather than targeting one person, we look at what is happening between people and within the wider context the family is living in. Small, thoughtful shifts at this level can reduce strain across the whole system.

Parents often notice:

• less escalation and fewer power struggles

• clearer, softer communication

• routines feeling more supportive

• parents feeling steadier and more confident

• children and teenagers feeling less scrutinised and more understood

• family life moving out of survival mode and into a more workable rhythm

When families make sense of what’s been happening between them, responses change — and patterns that once felt stuck begin to loosen.

The aim is not a “perfect” family, but one that is more sustainable, more connected, and better fitted to the people within it.

Ways to work with me

I offer a small number of ways for parents and families to work together.

Parent and family work

For parents and families who want to make thoughtful, sustainable changes within the complexity of neurodivergent family life, using practical, context-sensitive strategies that reduce ongoing strain.

This work focuses on shifting everyday patterns — communication, routines, expectations, and points of friction — so family life becomes calmer, clearer, and more workable for everyone involved.

The focus is on the family system as a whole, rather than on any one person needing to change.

The Quirky Parenting Project

I offer The Quirky Parenting Project, a short-term, group-based program for families in neurodivergent households, running several times each year.

Scheduled intakes:
February · April · June · August · October

Families join from home, work within a six-week timeframe, and commit around two hours per week. The program is designed to fit into real family life, with change supported through small, cumulative shifts rather than intensive or disruptive interventions.

This work is for families and parents in neurodivergent households, where difference shapes everyday family life and where families want to reduce ongoing strain by changing patterns, not people.