Parent Coaching

Creating tailored approaches that meet your family’s needs

Supporting Your Parenting Journey

Working with me can boost your confidence and build your skills.

Parents and carers I support often feel that family life has become challenging and stressful. They want to enjoy their time together more and feel less guilty and conflicted.

Starting from your child’s strengths and unique challenges, we will address your greatest concerns as a parent in a supportive and structured way.

We will increase your understanding of the situation, together with knowledge of your unique child and develop insight into your particular parenting approach.

Together, we’ll develop manageable ways to meet your family’s specific needs; improving communication and enhancing relationships.

I have been a successful child psychologist for over 25 years and have supported many families to thrive.

As well as my knowledge of child development and my passion for bringing out the best in people, I’m an accredited executive coach, enabling people to focus on what is truly important to them.

I can enable you to

Manage Competing Demands

Balance work-life and differing needs.

Develop Confident Identities

Support neurodivergent children or those exploring gender identity.

Understand Diagnoses

Use comfortable language and manage other people’s expectations.

Break Difficult News

Share challenging news constructively.

Recover as a Family

Heal from traumatic events or life changes.

Experience You Can Trust

I love coaching and supporting parents to understand their unique child better and find confidence and ease.

In twenty-five years of working with parents I’ve enabled many families manage key challenges. I have been the lead psychologist for two different London boroughs and have led specialist teaching and parent support services for autism and other additional needs.

I have extensive expertise in:

Parenting in the early years

Post-diagnosis support

Special educational needs

Mental health recovery

Neurodiversity including autism and ADHD

Trauma-informed practice and school attendance issues

What parents say about working with me...

Barley brings a wealth of experience and skills. She has helped my daughter and me so much. The impact of her knowledge, techniques, skills and support have been incredible and invaluable. I had no idea at the beginning how her work would be so helpful and good- due to my lack of understanding about this vitally important role. We need more professionals like her.

Dr Barley is amazing and does a fantastic job. She is a credit to herself and her profession. She is calm, kind, focused. I found the written summaries really helpful too to reflect on the work in progress.

Thank you so much for all your help, support and kindness. You do a brilliant job and I am so grateful to you for everything and to have met you on this difficult path. You have heard, listened and helped me (and my child) tremendously.

Through working with Barley I have transformed my understanding of my child, and their responses, and how to manage these better. I know so much more about goal setting and spectrums, achievements, perspectives, and managing my family’s needs.

I hold psychology degrees from Oxford, London and Essex Universities and a teaching qualification from Cambridge University. I'm an accredited Executive and Leadership Coach and video interaction guidance practitioner with AVIGuk.

Let’s work together to create a happier more balanced family life.

Reach out to arrange a complimentary consultation and I can guide you on the next step of your parenting journey.