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Parenting Service Providers We Recommend
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www.parent4success.com
Positive Parenting Courses and Workshops in Horsham covering the Sussex and Surrey areas.
Elizabeth O'Shea delivers 5 and 10 week Courses and yopic based Workshops based on the courses run by The Parent Practice.
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www.theparentcompany.co.uk
Learn essential first aid and basic life support skills on one of The Parent Company's small private paediatric first aid classes taught exclusively by NHS children's nurses. We have been teaching furst aid to parents and carers since 2001
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Services
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www.nappyvalleynet.com
The local online service to make your life easier by giving you the inside track on everything from the top local schools, sports, activities and childcare to fabulous party entertainers. Chat rooms, classifieds and top tips.
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www.londonmums.org.uk
mum-to-mum, baby-to-baby. The only free and independent peer support group for mums based in London
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www.netmums.com
Netmums is a unique local network for Mums (or Dads), offering a wealth of information on both a national and local level.
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www.familiesonline.co.uk/Locations/London-South-West
Website for the local magazine - packed with helpful information and insights
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www.lexingtongray.co.uk
Are you looking to balance your legal career with the demands of a family? Lexington Gray can help. We are a niche legal recruitment agency that specialises in placing lawyers into part-time, fixed-term or flexible positions both in-house and in private practice. Run by an ex-lawyer with two children, Lexington Gray understands the difficulties of returning to a legal career after starting a family and aims to provide the help and support necessary to smooth the return to work.
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Childcare
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www.bestbear.co.uk
Best Bear offers nationwide listing of vetted and recommended UK childcare agencies - covering both London and nationwide nanny agencies
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www.ghchildcare.com
Gwendolen House Childcare is based in South West London and operates all over the UK and overseas. We are affiliated to Gwendolen House Nursery in Putney, which is a Daycare Nursery.
Gwendolen House Childcare helps parents in the recruitment of childcare professionals to suit there childcare needs.
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Fitness and Wellbeing
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www.fitforaprincess.co.uk
No contracts, no annual fees & no membership hassle. Just wholesome workouts for women in the great outdoors!
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www.coachforperformance.co.uk
Frances King of MaxiMum Coaching is back to runs courses offering you the opportunity to think about what‘s important to you, what you want to achieve with your life and how to achieve balance whilst getting the important things done.
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Health
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www.kidsexercise.co.uk
Hundreds of articles written by experts giving advice on how to keep kids exercising.
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www.childsafezones.co.uk
Simple, sensible ways to keep children and families safe Child Safe Zones – family friendly places to visit? Child Safe Accessories – ensure that your child carries a contact number at all times?FamilySafePlus+ - safe & found sense for all the family.
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www.ot4kids.co.uk
Murina Adewalla, Paediatric Occupational Therapist provides occupational therapy for babies and children in London.
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Support Resources
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www.mill-pond.co.uk
The highly acclaimed Millpond Children’s Sleep Clinic has a 97% success rate in resolving children’s sleep problems. All of the team at Millpond are qualified health professionals with many years experience helping families solve their children’s sleep problems.
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Holli Rubin, MSW is a counsellor/Psychotherapist educated and trained in America and Canada. Holli has worked as a member of community mental health teams in London, New York and Montreal. Working with individuals, couples and families, Holli facilitates communication and teaches families how to cope with the particular challenges they are facing. Holli recognizes the challenges that face parents and works alongside the couple and family , tailoring each session, to meet their unique needs and to facilitate communication between them. Holli has a strong interest in helping families manage with children who have learning difficulties. Holli practices in South West London and can be reached on 07771 765 347.
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www.sabrinaweyeneth.com
Swiss born, Oxford educated and San Francisco trained, Sabrina is a psychotherapist who helps adults, teenagers and couples heal deeply ingrained patterns, whether they’re manifesting as recurrent anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, eating disorders or addiction.
Licensed as a psychotherapist in California (MFC 46963), and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP Accred), she started her private practice in 2005.
Her approach integrates mind, body and spirit and she is also trained in EMDR (useful for trauma), hypnotherapy and Imago Therapy (useful for couples). She’s based in London and works with clients internationally via phone and skype.
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www.counsellinginsurrey.net
I am a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor offering counselling and psychotherapy. I counsel adults, adolescents and children in my own private practice, and also at a GP surgery, local school and within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Occupational Health Dept. I also work for the parenting website Netmums.com as their Parent Supporter for Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health and offer telephone support and advice around issues relating to Antenatal and Postnatal Depression and a variety of parenting matters for Greatvine.com in partnership with Prima Baby and Net Doctor.
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www.babysecretsltd.com
Jo Tantum as a leading Baby Sleep Specialist and Twins Expert teaches parents how to get their baby's to love sleeping .With her bestselling book ,email/phone support and her home Rescue Packages she helps parents around the World.
Jo uses her Spaced Soothing technique ,and her gentle reassuring manner means there are no distraught babies or parents. Jo's mission is to stop all parents having to put up with sleep deprivation and be able to understand and enjoy their babies!
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www.divorcesurvivalexperts.co.uk
There are no quick fixes to move beyond the loss, pain and chaos that divorce or separation brings.Finding a clear way through the journey of divorce or separation can be the most challenging task a person faces in their lifetime. Divorce Survival Experts provide a single source of support offering professional advice, insights, strategies, resources and tools to meet your individual needs.
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www.wgs.co.uk/services/family-1.htm
Separating? Need legal advice? WGS can give you any help you may need in Matrimonial and Family law.
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www.divorceandchildren.com
When parents part, family life doesn’t end but it definitely changes. How it changes is up to you. Whether it’s the first day after separation or years down the road, divorce and children is here to help you bridge the gap by providing information and support you can trust. Hosted by internationally renowned divorce coach and parent educator, Christina McGhee, parents not only gain skills to tackle tough parenting issues but to see possibilities while managing change.
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www.cressidaburnet.co.uk
Cressida Burnet is a Specialist Family Mediation Consultant who used to practise as a Barrister and now works exclusively as a Mediator working with families in mediation dealing with all issues that arise when a couple either separate or divorce. Cressida works on her own with clients as well as a co-mediator within another consultancy Mediation Works. Cressida is a founder member of the London Divorce Experts Group. Her expertise include agreements involving children and finances as well as 'one off' exploratoty mediations to determine the issues in dispute.
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Liz Sorton
Teenage Coach
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www.youthcoachliz.com
Liz Sorton is a trained coach specialising in working with teenagers. Working face to face and on the telephone.
Helping young people in the areas of goal setting, motivation, time management and homework planning, building self esteem, anger management, supporting through parental divorce and challenges at school.
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www.bullies2buddies.com
Resources and tools for bullying in school, at home and at work.
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www.noreenboyle.com
Early Years Specialist. Offering home visits and nursery observations on child development and behaviour. All visits to include written report and/or individual education plan as required. Group training on a range of topics including child development; theories of learning; writing individual education plans with 'SMART' targets; developmental and learning difficulties; Use of 'BrainGym' and Social Interaction Groups in early years. 20 years experience of working within LBM Merton as Head of Portage, Early Years Inclusion Co-Ordinator and Quality and Standards Manager Early Years in Wimbledon.
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Schooling and Education
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