Description
Parenting is hard work, and this is particularly true when parenting a child with additional needs. You spend your time fighting the system for what they need and the demands can be relentless. There's never time to stop and reflect before the next crisis begin.
Over time, this takes its toll and you start to get used to feeling chronically stressed. Even when things go well, you can't relax. You are always tired, but you can't sleep well. You don't enjoy anything anymore. You feel like life is passing you by and it's hard to take joy in anything. You can't talk to anyone else, because it feels like they are on a different planet.
Parenthood wasn't meant to be like this. You're burnt out by the demands, and the thing is, you can't take a break from parenting. There's no option of taking some time off to recover. You can't renegotiate your hours.
In this new course, Dr Naomi Fisher, clincial psychologist, will talk about parental burnout. What is it, might you have it and how can you start to recover, whilst continuing to meet the needs of your children?
Drawing on her clinical experience of working with parents as well as the psychological theory, this course will help you feel heard and seen, and give you some ideas as to how to start to turn things around.
This course is available to watch for 12 months after purchase.
Agenda
- Welcome (1 min)
- What is Burn Out? (10 mins)
- How Does Parenting Lead to Burn Out? (16 mins)
- Falling in the Parenting Potholes (25 mins)
- What do we Need to Flourish? (14 mins)
- Finding a Way to Flourish (25 mins)
Total running time: 1 hour 31 mins
Presenter
Dr Naomi Fisher is a UK clinical psychologist registered with the HCPC. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology and a Phd in autism, both from Kings College London. She specialises in trauma, autism and alternative education. She is the author of several books, including The Teenager's Guide to Burnout with Eliza Fricker. She has over 18 years clinical experience in the NHS, third sector and private practice.
This course is not therapy and should not be used as a replacement for therapy.