Consultations
When is it worth choosing an online consultation?
A personal consultation is worth choosing if you have come up against a difficulty in parenting
that you feel you cannot solve on your own, and you need clear, expert guidance.
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If you do not know how to handle tantrums, aggressive behavior, or defiance.
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If you no longer know how to deal with conflicts between siblings.
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If you feel that communication with your child is not going well, they are not cooperative, and this is causing everyday difficulties.
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If you feel guilty because you feel you cannot meet the challenges of raising a child — of being a parent — and you find yourself becoming impatient.
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If you would like to create more peace at home, but constant, everyday parenting problems are making this difficult.
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If you would like to make as few mistakes as possible, raise your child consistently, and help them grow into a successful, happy, ethical, and honest adult.
What should you know about the consultation?
A personal consultation is worth choosing if you have come up against a difficulty in parenting that you feel you cannot solve on your own, and you need clear, expert guidance.
The length of a personal consultation naturally depends on the particular problem we would like to solve. It may be something simpler, which can be discussed in one 45-minute session, or it may be more complex and require several sessions. It is not usually the case that more than one or two consultation sessions are needed. My aim is to help as many families as possible within the time available.
During the consultation, you will not receive generic answers. Instead, you will receive specific solution-focused suggestions for the problem you describe — something you can start applying straight away in order to bring about change in your child. In simpler cases, this may take one to two weeks; with more complex issues, or as your child approaches the teenage years, it may take 2–3 months.
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Further information about the consultation
Which online platform is used for the consultation?
For the online personal consultation, you will need an active internet connection. The
consultation takes place via Google Meet, or another application. You will be notified by email no later than the day before the consultation exactly which platform will be used.
Only you, your partner, and the Consultant will take part in the consultation.
How does the online consultation work?
The consultant prepares for the topic in advance, as you will have the opportunity to briefly outline the difficulty you are facing when booking your appointment. Usually, the consultant will need some further information about the situation, so they will ask about this at the beginning of the consultation.
After this, you will receive a brief explanation of the basic principles relating to the problem — but only as much as is needed to make the practical steps clear. You will then discuss the actions to take in detail. If these involve several parts, it is worth taking notes step by step.
If the problem is not something that has been going on for a very long time, then in most cases one online consultation session is enough. In this case, once the consultant has made sure that you understand what needs to be done and that you feel comfortable with it, the consultation comes to an end.
When is a second session needed?
There may be a more complex problem, or one that has been present for such a long time that it cannot be resolved within a single consultation session.
In these cases, it may not be enough for the consultant to make suggestions for solving the problem during the first online consultation. Instead, they may need to develop a personalised programme tailored to your specific situation.
In such cases, either a further online consultation may be needed, during which you discuss the proposed solutions, or the consultant may prepare a written personalised programme for you.
You will receive this programme and can use it to manage the particular problem.
A consultant is most effective when they can equip parents with practical tools as quickly as possible, because this allows them to help more parents within the time available. The number of consultation slots available each month is very limited. The demand for consultations far exceeds the time the consultant is able to dedicate to them. This is one of the reasons why the aim is not to hold more consultations than are necessary for success.
Can I request regular consultations if needed?
If the situation is more complex, or has been going on for a long time and resolving the problem may take longer, or if it would simply feel reassuring for you to receive regular advice and support with parenting — even with daily follow-up — you can request a personalised service proposal for this.
100% money-back guarantee If you are not satisfied with what was discussed during the consultation, you may request a refund of the consultation fee in writing within 3 days of the consultation by emailing us at info@joyfulparenting.co.uk.
The fee will be transferred back to the bank account provided within 5 working days of receiving your email.