Qualified Psychotherapist
Bethan O’Riordan
Supporting parents, children, and teens to navigate life’s challenges with calm, confidence, and connection.
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Teen and Adult Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Parenting Support and Advice for a calmer family life
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Creating better relationships with yourself and those around you
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Registered with health insurance companies
Free parenting resources
Download your free (realisitc!) 5 Steps to Calmer Parenting, helping you to:
- Shout less
- Be a calmer parent in those challenging moments
- Be the parent you’d like to be
- Feel less guilty, knowing you’re giving it your best whirl
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The best phrases to use to help your teen and keep a good relationship (developmentally a teen is child age 9+)
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Communicate with confidence
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Demystify talking with teens
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How to be the parent your teen needs
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How to help an angry teen
How to work with me
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Appointments are available online or in- person to help you resolve the challenges you’re facing. I support couples, and individuals to create change
Parenting Consultation
A one hour Consultation to solve your parenting problems. Get clear, bespoke strategies to help you parent with ease and manage difficult behaviour, emotions or situations that are causing stress.
Raising Teens Parenting Course
This self-paced parenting course shares all you need to know to raise your teen with confidence. Buy the modules relevant to you or the whole course and get a 25% discount.
The Calm Parenting Community
My Online Parenting Community with the information and support to support parents and help your child’s development and mental health.
Not sure what you need?
Sign up to my Parenting Tips Email, where I share the information and tips you won’t get on Google to help you have a calm family life.
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Parenting Advice Blog
How can I parent my teen when they have no respect for me or anything I say?
The first word that comes to mind is respect, though not in the direction you may suspect. You must show your teenager respect. It’s so easy to get into a ding dong with pre-teens (and teens) and...
To be the parent you want to be it is possible to overcome childhood trauma, but it’s a path best not walked alone
Q: How can I unlearn the ways of my upbringing and acknowledge my childhood trauma? I want to assure you that it is possible to unlearn the ways of your upbringing. However, it requires you to...
How do I parent my teen when they have no respect for what I say?
The first word that comes to mind is respect, though not in the direction you may suspect. You must show your teenager respect. It’s so easy to get into a ding dong with pre-teens (and teens) and...