We, Maria Papadima, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, and Sofia Rentzi, Parenting Coach and Children and Families’ Social Worker, have spent many years working alongside families in pressured situations – in NHS mental health teams, social services, and community settings – and, like most people, have faced our own periods of upheaval and uncertainty.

From our experience, we firmly believe that working together as two practitioners allows us to bring different lenses: one grounded in psychotherapy and emotional understanding; the other grounded in family systems and practical problem-solving. We both know that in intense situations, thinking together and adopting a team approach can support the kind of collaboration families themselves are trying to recover.

We have developed a targeted four session intervention for parents navigating a crisis, as well as offering follow up or standalone parent work/coaching that can be short or long term support for parents.