Joanne Whitton - Emotional Self Regulation
Certifications:
Emotional Self Regulation Care Professional
City / Country: Newton Abbot, Great Britain
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.invisiblethreadpc.com
Phone: +44 7917784307
About: Hi, I’m Jo, I am a Mum to a pre-teen and Step Mum to teenagers and the founder of Invisible Thread. After working for two decades in the field of wellbeing consultancy and training I have finally pursued my passion for parent and child wellbeing and have fulfilled my dream of becoming a Parent Coach. I know that parenting can be hard and I love helping parents find the balance and joy that they desire and deserve. I have a natural affinity with children and have worked with them in a voluntary capacity since my teens in both educational and recreational settings. Children bring so many gifts for growth and they help me tap into my silly, playful and creative sides, I remain open and curious about the lessons that children can bring us. Giving support to families is my passion without a doubt but gardening comes a close second and I can often be found knee deep in weeds in our very wild but heavenly garden. I often relate raising children to tending a garden especially the need to focus on the roots not the fruits. I support parents, like gardeners, to create loving, safe and nurturing environments for their children in which they can develop their sense of self through imitation, play, exploration and using their imaginations. At Invisible Thread I work in partnership with the wonderful parenting support community Great Parenting Simplified which is a social care not for profit organization that works internationally supporting parents through 1:1 coaching, parenting programs and longer-term parenting support groups. I am well read in the Simplicity Parenting Approach, I discovered both Great Parenting Simplified and Simplicity Parenting myself after finding our blended family in need of tailored support that we could not find anywhere. The dynamics of a blended family is a unique situation and in those early years I found myself disoriented and often anxious and overwhelmed, after turning to ‘shelf help’ in the form of books and social media I really lost touch with my intuition and felt the joy of being a parent start to slip away. This is a pattern that I hear time and time again from the parents I work with. The support I gained from coaching was so empowering, our family would not be the same without the insight and support that coaching gave me. Coaching gave me back the gift of my intuition and confidence and got me back into flow with all my family relationships. As a result of reaching out and receiving parent coaching, I have strengthened the 'invisible thread' of attachment with my children but also with my husband and between my children and their siblings. I have been involved with the ‘Great Parenting Simplified’ community for many years now and have gained my coaching certification and invaluable experience with them during this time. I am also an experienced trainer and facilitator. To date, my work as a parent coach has involved both meeting individually with parents and hosting group support calls where I have guided parents through parenting programs. In addition, I have experience working in the field of family support for the charity Homestart and a fostering organisation. I have provided guidance and support to parents of looked after children and developed therapeutic parenting training courses. I am now proud to launch Invisible Thread Parent Coaching here in the UK offering support to parents on all types of issues with specific experience of helping parents move their children forward from Anxiety.
