Next Steps Life Skills and Training

17/11/2025

If our friend was upset, we’d sit with them, support them, hold space.
So why do so many believe children should be ignored when their emotions feel too big?

Children don’t need to be “left to deal with it.”
They need co-regulation — an adult who shares their calm when they can’t find their own.

Co-regulation isn’t rescuing or giving in.
It’s offering warmth, modelling coping, and guiding them through the overwhelm so they can learn to understand and express their feelings in healthy ways.

Simple to say… not always simple to do.
Especially when their meltdown triggers your own nervous system.
But connection teaches skills that isolation never will.

✨ More support in my new book Guidance from The Therapist Parent
Available at www.thetherapistparent.com and on Amazon

09/11/2025

Supporting young people to develop life skills.

03/11/2025

03/11/2025

Gonadarche marks the biological beginning of puberty — when the te**es start to mature and produce testosterone. For most boys, this happens between ages 9 and 14.

Alongside physical changes, this stage can bring surges in energy, irritability, sensitivity, or confusion — all signs that the brain and body are adjusting to new hormone patterns.
Supporting emotional regulation through these shifts helps boys feel grounded and understood as they grow.

There’s a separate post for girls — as their timeline and hormonal changes begin earlier.

Explore our Managing Big Feelings Toolkit for practical ways to guide emotional regulation through puberty and beyond. Link in comments below ⬇️ or via our Linktree Shop in Bio.

FOLLOW for a child friendly explanation of gonadarche to use with young people.

08/09/2023

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

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08/09/2023

We've updated our Three R's resource inspired by Dr Bruce Perry. Download for free here: www.beaconhouse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The-Three-Rs.pdf

22/06/2023

This is so true!!

22/06/2023

14/06/2023

Zoteria is our LGBTQ+ hate crime reporting app. 📱

If you see or experience LGBTQ+ hate crime, with Zoteria! Together we can make our communities safer for all. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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When you with Zoteria, you’re also helping to build a more accurate picture of LGBTQ+ hate crime across the UK, which could ultimately help drive social and policy change.

Zoteria is not linked to the police and is not an emergency app.

Learn more. ➡️ https://www.stonewall.org.uk/zoteria

12/04/2023

Dyscalculia Symptoms
- difficulty recognizing patterns
- copies numbers out of order
- map reading difficulties
- difficulty with math tasks
- reverses numbers
- uses fingers to count
- difficulty counting objects
- guesses math answers
- gets into trouble to avoid doing math
- struggles to remember multiplication
- difficulty reading charts and graphs
- frequent headaches while doing math
- difficulty understanding math word problems
- poor self esteem and doesn't feel smart
- confuses math symbols - or +
- struggles to count money or make change
- remembering basic math facts are challenging
- struggles to count in two's, three's or five's
- difficulty understanding math words
- has trouble learning and naming numbers
- gets emotional while doing math
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