8 weeks · 6 sessions · Online / in-person
Emotional Regulation and Meltdowns
When explosive meltdowns are taking over family life, six 45-minute parent-only online sessions over 8 weeks help you work towards fewer, shorter and less intense episodes. Your child never attends, so you can talk openly and practise what fits at home.
- 6 sessions of 1:1 time (4h 30m)
- Booked at your own pace
- Save £120 on booking the sessions separately
- Switch specialist anytime
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This programme includes
Incident assessment and goal setting
- Map incidents, body signals and recovery time with your specialist
- Clear goals shaped around your family's meltdowns
Psychoeducation: the regulation model
- Explore stress, sensory load and consequences during meltdowns
- A clearer picture of how regulation works for your child
Trigger reduction and prevention planning
- Identify triggers, predictability gaps and demands you could reduce
- Practical ways to prevent your family's known flashpoints
Flashpoint planning: selected family focus
- Choose approaches for your family's main flashpoint
- A focused plan for the situation causing most strain
Meltdown de-escalation and repair plan
- Practise scripts, low-stimulation responses and repairing things afterwards
- A clear response to use during and after meltdowns
Review, early-warning and forward plan
- Review progress and identify your child's early warning signs
- An early-warning plan and clear next steps
The research behind it
Emotional Regulation and Meltdowns is informed by co-regulation research, by the research behind Ross Greene's Collaborative and Proactive Solutions, and by the research behind Zones of Regulation-style frameworks for the skills vocabulary. It is specialist coaching for parents, not a clinical service, and does not claim to deliver or hold accreditation in those programmes.
How we'll know it worked
You will look for fewer, shorter and less intense meltdowns, with faster recovery. A baseline from session 1 is measured again in session 6, and you keep the written before-and-after summary.
- Two or three goals in your own words, scored from 0 to 10 at the start, midway and at the end.
- A 30-second weekly meltdown log: how many, how long and how intense, rated from 1 to 5.
- The SDQ, a short standard questionnaire, completed before and after the programme.
Is this for me?
After-school hours, transitions or sibling flashpoints regularly end in explosive meltdowns rather than anxiety.
Nothing you try in the middle of a meltdown seems to help.
You have been told to punish the behaviour, but it only makes things harder.
You suspect your child is overwhelmed, not naughty, and you do not need a diagnosis to join.
You want practical steps for preventing meltdowns and for responding in the moment.
You want to measure what changes, so you can see whether the plan helped.
Just want one conversation about home life first? Behaviour & routines at home fits better.
No waiting lists, specialists on-demand
HCPC verified4.9Dr Helen Marsh
Educational Psychologist
Helps families understand assessments and build a clear plan, without the jargon.
RCSLT verified5.0Mei Chen
Speech & Language Therapist
Gentle, play-based sessions that build confidence and communication at home.
HCPC verified4.8Sophie Bennett
Occupational Therapist
Practical sensory and motor strategies that fit into real, busy family routines.
Ready when you are
A programme of 1:1 video sessions with a vetted UK specialist, with the same continuity throughout.
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Vetted before they ever meet your child
Enhanced DBS, qualifications verified against the awarding body, identity confirmed in person.
This is specialist guidance for parents, not diagnosis or treatment. Session 1 always screens for anything that needs your GP, NHS or CAMHS first, and we tell you straight away if it does.
Common questions
What if it does not work?
There are no guaranteed outcomes, and the final session says plainly if the goals have not been met. If the original understanding was wrong, you will be offered a different programme or specialist. If more time is needed, you can choose a top-up block at a discount. If the need is clinical, you will receive a written GP or CAMHS referral summary. Never a shrug.
Who attends, and is it all online?
You attend the six online sessions as the parent. Your child never attends. You can add an optional in-person home observation, where the specialist watches a real flashpoint, such as the after-school hour, and uses what they see to shape sessions 3 to 5.
Is this therapy or a clinical service?
No. This is specialist guidance for parents, not diagnosis or treatment. Session 1 includes a safety screen, so anything needing the GP, NHS or CAMHS is identified and routed to the right service.
Does my child need a diagnosis?
No. You can join while your child is awaiting a diagnosis, or without pursuing one. The work starts with the meltdowns your family is dealing with now.
Why are there 8 weeks but only 6 sessions?
Weeks 5 and 7 are deliberate practice weeks, not gaps. You run the plan in real life, keep the short meltdown log going and have a message check-in with your specialist before the next session.
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A programme of 1:1 video sessions with a vetted UK specialist, and a written summary after each.
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