Connected Minds services

We offer engaging, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming workshops designed for parents, carers, and professionals who support children. Our sessions focus on helping adults understand children’s needs, strengthen family connections, and build empathy within relationships.

Through a blend of practical strategies, reflective learning, and lived experience, we explore a range of different topics.  

Each workshop is designed to be interactive, compassionate, and deeply rooted in real-life experience, leaving participants with greater confidence and tools to help children thrive.

Our online training is designed for professionals working closely with children and families, including those in schools, children’s services, counselling and therapy, and the fostering and adoption sectors. These sessions provide a deep understanding of neurodiversity and trauma, offering practical, evidence-based strategies to create safe, supportive, and inclusive environments.

The training focuses on building professional confidence, enhancing empathy, and improving communication with children, families, and colleagues. Delivered flexibly online, each session combines research-informed material with real-life insights, helping professionals better support the unique needs of neurodiverse and trauma-affected children.

Our on-demand short courses are designed for busy professionals in schools, children’s services, counselling and therapy, and the fostering and adoption sectors. These flexible, self-paced courses provide clear, evidence-based learning on key topics including:

Each course combines accessible research, real-life insights, and practical tools that can be applied immediately in professional practice. With the flexibility to learn anytime, these courses help deepen understanding and build confidence in supporting children and families effectively.

We offer tailored training for organisations working with children and families, including schools, children’s services, counselling and therapy teams, and fostering and adoption agencies.

Our bespoke sessions are designed around your specific needs and can be delivered either face to face or online. Whether you want to deepen understanding of neurodiversity, explore the impact of trauma, or strengthen approaches to working with children and families, we create evidence-based, practical training that is relevant and immediately applicable to your setting.

Together, we can design a training package that supports your team to build confidence, empathy, and effective strategies to help children thrive.

Rachel is a qualified couples counsellor who supports partners navigating the challenges of parenthood and family life. She helps couples improve communication, rebuild closeness, and manage conflict in healthy ways. Whether you’re feeling distant, overwhelmed by parenting pressures, or struggling with anxiety, depression, or shifting identities, Rachel offers a compassionate, evidence-based approach to help you reconnect. Sessions are tailored to your needs and can be held online for flexibility.

Rachel also provides family therapy to support healthier relationships and stronger connections within the family unit. She works with families experiencing difficult dynamics, including conflict, unhealthy boundaries, or the impacts of trauma. Her approach helps family members better understand each other, improve communication, and create a more supportive environment for everyone. Sessions are collaborative, compassionate, and designed to meet the unique needs of your family.