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PARENTING intensive retreat

Over 2-3 days
1 Place every month

Investment: £3,600 ( plus accomodation)

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

My Parenting Intensive retreat is a solution focussed, pragmatic and effective approach to creating more harmony at home, and finally understanding your children, their behaviour, and knowing how to bring out the best in them.

Changing your parenting story is never a quick fix, but maybe you need a jump start to get yourself and your partner into action and by experiencing the impact some powerful consistent techniques can give you both, you’ll be motivated to continue to learn, as you finally create that united front.

My retreat is designed to gain immediate traction in such a way that most people progress through three months’ worth of parent coaching in two or three days.

Is this you?

Do you ever feel as if this is your day-to-day reality:

  • You feel like shouting or losing your temper is the only way to get your children to respond?

  •  You feel overwhelmed and exhausted to the point where you’re struggling to cope and don’t know what to do to change things?

  • You feel like you’ve got no control over your children, and the nagging, repeating and reminding is draining

  • You feel the tactics you’re using – like sending your child to their room or removing screens and gadgets– aren’t effective... it just escalates the situation, with both of you getting angry.

  • You worry you’re failing as a parent, and worry about the impact on your children

You’ve tried to tackle all of this and make things better.

But parenting is relentless. Parenting is tough.

Especially when you don’t have the support and guidance you need, and time is a scarce resource.

Would you like a calmer and happier home life as your children:

  • Become more cooperative, motivated and have increased confidence, less stress and more creativity.

  • Develop more emotional intelligence (self-awareness, empathy and resilience) and you and your child have close connection and communication.

  • Absorb good values and behave appropriately while still being true to themselves.

  • Become more independent and self-reliant, gaining valuable life skills and freeing up quality time for you and them.

  • Cultivate better sibling relations, squabbling less and being able to resolve conflicts.

    Wouldn’t it be good to finally get that parenting toolkit you wished you’d had from the beginning, and to absorb it over an intensive couple of days, with no distractions, shortcutting having to invest time over 3 months in my Signature Programme.

How does it work?

My Parenting Intensive Retreat is a solution focussed, pragmatic and effective approach to creating more harmony at home, and finally understanding your children and their behaviour, and knowing how to bring out the best in them.

Changing your parenting story is never a quick fix, but maybe you need a jump start to get yourself and your partner into action and by experiencing the impact some powerful consistent techniques can give you both, you’ll be motivated to continue to learn, as you finally create that united front.

My retreat is designed to gain immediate traction in such a way that most people progress through three months’ worth of parent coaching in two or three days.

Your 1-1 private sessions take place in a private location in West Wimbledon SW20, and you stay in a hotel of your choice.  

There are various options, all within a 10 minute drive, ranging from:

·       Hotel du Vin at Cannizaro House, Wimbledon Common

·       Dog and Fox Pub and Rooms in Wimbledon Village

·       Warren House, a hidden gem of a hotel within the exclusive Coombe estate in Kingston upon Thames, offering stunning accommodation within 6 acres of beautiful, landscaped gardens, with access to a pool and gym.

The retreat can take place on a half day Wednesday, all day Thursday and half day Friday or over two full days Thursday and Friday.

This is right for you if you’re ready to:

  • invest in your family

  • learn a new toolkit of parenting skills.

  • commit to improving the quality of your family life

  • be open-minded and willing to try new things

  • create a fulfilling future for you and your children

    This is right for you if you:

  • do not wish to wait and invest three months in my Signature Programme

  • are committed to changing your parenting story

  • are ready to devote uninterrupted time to focus on creating lasting positive change in your parenting

    Elaine Halligan, parenting coach, speaker and author, leads The Parenting Intensive Retreat and is the owner of The Parent Practice.

If any of these things resonate with you, it’s time to take action.

What will we cover on the Intensive Retreat?

This is bespoke to your own unique family and children’s needs

The process starts with your completing background information forms, so you have clarity on where the hot spot areas are in your family life and you are clear about what your concerns and goals are. You will have a full personalised assessment of your parenting style and we’ll spend time exploring each of your children’s temperament and make up.

The VIP Parenting Intensive Retreat will include what is described below and a lot more. We explore how to connect and communicate, how to validate children’s feelings, how to use discipline positively so that each mistake becomes a teachable opportunity and how to be in charge in a firm and positive way.

My work and toolkit are based on deep psychological research, but I present it in an easy to understand and accessible way so you can implement the tools immediately into your family life.

Parents leave feeling optimistic and hopeful and able to look at the children with more empathy and understanding and secure in the knowledge they now have the tools to remain calm in the face of button pushing behaviour.

Course Content

Day 1

  • Understand your child's stage of development and temperament so that you can parent most effectively for this child in this moment.

    Result : You will be able to be more compassionate and understanding and maximise your child's potential

  • Understanding what pushes your buttons and how to defuse those buttons so that you can access your positive parenting skills when faced with provocative behaviour.

    Result : You'll discover how to find the holy grail of parenting -keeping calm!

  • How to develop your child's motivation, co-operation and confidence using Descriptive Praise.

    Result: your children will feel better about themselves, be happier and more confident

  • Improve your emotional bond with your children, encourage communication and good behaviour by understanding and helping children manage their emotions more effectively.

    Result: your children will develop better self-awareness, empathy and resilience. Improved communication skills will be key for all relationships.

  • How to make home life more harmonious and reduce stressful moments.

    Result: your children will feel more successful and ready to take on new challenges and family life will be calmer.

Day 2

  • Encourage self-reliance and thereby build confidence. How to train your children in those attributes that you think would benefit them as adults.

    Result: your children will be more independent and able to cope better with life's obstacles

  • How to formulate, communicate and follow through on rules consistently in ways that pass on the values you want for your children and encourage cooperation while preserving a child’s individuality.

    Result : A united front with everyone knowing what's expected= less arguing! Consistent structures at home result in less stress and better academic outcomes too.

  • Explore how to be authoritative without being over controlling or coercive or damaging your child's self-esteem or their ability to think for themselves.

    Result: You will develop a relationship with your children based on mutual respect - they'll still talk to you in their teen years and beyond!

  • How to respond constructively to unwanted behaviours in ways that teach children to take responsibility and learn from their mistakes without damaging self-esteem.

    Result : You will learn how to deal with misbehaviour without getting angry - better for you and your child

  • Other topics we can explore for example:

    -how to manage technology,

    -creating happy motivated learners

    -promoting sibling harmony

    -navigating anxiety

What’s Included in the intensive package?

If want to create a bright future for your children and improve your connection and communication within the family, maybe the time is right for you?

Frequently Asked Questions

  • This is VIP 1-1 bespoke coaching from Elaine’s base in West Wimbledon. You choose accommodation near by and then from 9.30am-5pm over 2 days, or 2 half days and one full day, Elaine will be your private parenting coach.

  • Due to the intense nature of the course, it’s advised that you have a neutral and clear space to devote the time and energy to the process. It is possible for Elaine to visit you, but her travel and accommodation expenses will be additional.

  • The intensive costs £3,600 and accommodation and travel expenses to come to West Wimbledon, London are additional

  • Elaine holds a space aporoximately once a month to carry out her Intensive VIP retreat

  • Post the Retreat, Elaine suggests a Monthly Check-In.

    Having invested in your family, many parents choose to keep the parenting toolkit filled, and choose to have a monthly dedicated time to have a bespoke parent session over a 6 month period. Consider it like a parenting MOT.

    These sessions can help you apply the core skills you’ve learnt to more complex areas such as siblings, managing homework horrors, or navigating anxiety.

    If these sessions are booked and paid for at the end of the retreat, there is a 20% discount.

  • Please book a discovery call with Elaine using this link and together we can explore if this is the right course for you, and indeed if am the right parenting coach for you.

  • As a result of doing this Parenting Intensive, parents leave feeling optimistic and hopeful and able to look at the children with more empathy and understanding and be secure in the knowledge they now have the tools to remain calm in the face of button pushing behaviour.

    However the transformation very much depends on PRACTICE. It’s no coincidence that Elaine’s business is called The Parent Practice, and it does take time to create new habits. The difference however is you’ll be more confident knowing what to do and why. Many parents report relationship quality improves immeasurably, by just using the core communication and connection skills Elaine gives you.

 

“To be allowed to drive a car you need to pass both theoretical and practical tests so that you don't become a danger to yourself and others. For all except the most rudimentary jobs, certain qualifications are required, and for the more complex jobs, years of training. Yet for one of the most challenging and vitally important occupations--parenting-no training or qualifications are required.”

- Eckhart Tolle, in his foreword in Susan Stiffelman’s book, Parenting with Presence

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