Parent Support

Parenting can be overwhelming.

Child with curly hair sitting on a dark tiled kitchen floor covered in spilled flour, playing with baking ingredients, with a green mixing bowl and a small green container nearby.

Sometimes it can involve feeling unenthusiastic, on edge, or just that things are too much.

Too noisy. Too messy. Touched out.

Stressed. Snappy. Resentful.

Frustrated at interruptions and constant demands. Overwhelmed with all the parenting advice online.

And maybe the last thing you feel like doing is playing with your child.

You definitely aren’t alone in feeling like this.

“I get it…

When I became a Mum, the noise, touch, and mess overwhelmed me. Using what I know about sensory regulation, I found ways to to stress less and enjoy more.”

Michelle - Occupational Therapist at Wattle Tree Therapy

Maybe you want to…

Cut through all the parenting advice, and find confidence in your own parenting style.

Explore practical ways to calm or energise your nervous system, to regulate.

Connect with your child, even when you don’t feel like playing.

Family walking on the beach with a woman carrying a baby, a little girl hugging her, and a man walking nearby, with sand dunes and the ocean in the background.

What does therapy involve?

Dedicated parent sessions can involve:

  • Time to focus on you, and your needs

  • Discovering your individual sensory preferences, through formal assessment and chatting with Michelle  

  • Understanding your triggers

  • Learning about nervous system regulation and stress responses

  • Managing your sensory needs to support your regulation

  • Reconnecting with your values so that you can sift through all the “shoulds” and parenting advice, and settle into confidence

  • Finding meaningful activities that bring you joy, and help you feel like “you”

  • Brainstorming ideas on how to manage clashing sensory needs at home (like busy kids, and parents who crave more calm)

  • Sharing ideas on how to connect with your child, when playing feels hard

  • Gentle support for a calmer, more connected family life.

  • In person therapy services are provided where you feel comfortable. This could be at your home, a cafe, walking and talking, outdoors, a library, or somewhere else of your choice.

    The Wattle Tree Therapy service area is the Western Suburbs of Adelaide.

  • Telehealth services are available online in Australia.

  • Discovery Call

    15mins | Free

    Chat to Michelle, have your questions answered, and see if you’re the right fit for each other.

    Parent Support Session

    In person, or Telehealth (Online)

    60mins | $190

    Includes an hour with you, and additional time for your OT to: complete your sensory assessment, and write a session summary.

    Check-In Sessions

    Telehealth (Online) or Phone Call

    30mins | $95

    A chat about what’s going well, and unpack any tricky things together.

    15mins | $48

    A check-in about what’s going well, and problem solve any little things together.

    Travel

    Telehealth services involve no travel fees. Travel to you is based on your location. Chat with Michelle for a quote.

    NDIS

    Fees for services provided under NDIA are billed according to the NDIS Pricing Arrangements.

    Medicare

    Please check with your GP to see if you are eligible for Medicare subsidised allied health sessions under a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan.

Chat with me

If you’re tired of feeling overwhelmed as a parent, reach out.

I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.