The Parent Book.
Therapist-written support for parents
Urgent help

Kensington Square TherapyFor parents

Parent Consultations.

A private conversation with a therapist, about your child.

Sometimes a chapter is enough. Sometimes what you want is to think it through out loud, with someone whose work is children, and who is not inside your family. A parent consultation is a single, private conversation with a qualified therapist at the practice: what you are seeing, what it might mean, and what would help next.

The consultation is for you, not your child. You do not need your child to be in therapy to ask, and asking commits you to nothing further. Parents bring the things this library is written about: the worry that is growing, the evenings that have stopped working, the quiet that has settled over a teenager, the question of whether this is a phase or something more.

Consultations take place online or by phone, arranged around your week. The practice works within the independent schools it partners with, and online. If more support would help, your therapist will say so plainly and point you to the right route, whether that is the practice or somewhere better placed.

Arranging one

Write to the practice, in your own words.

A few lines about your child’s age and what is on your mind is plenty. The practice replies personally, and anything touching a real family is answered with care.

Write to the practice

Or read about the practice at kst.ltd.

Consultations are with qualified therapists registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy BACP and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society NCPS.

And the library

The Parent Book is the practice’s library for parents: therapist-written chapters, read-aloud audio, and the podcast and film shelves, organised around the questions parents actually ask.

Browse the library
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If you or your child is in immediate danger999 · Call 999 · Go to your nearest A&E · 24/7
If you, or your child, is in mental health crisisNHS 111 · England, Scotland and Wales: call 111 and choose the mental-health option. Northern Ireland: call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000 · 24/7
If your child or young person is having thoughts of suicidePapyrus HopeLine 24/7 · 0300 102 2470 · text HOPE to 88247 · 24/7, every day · pat@papyrus-uk.org · Text and email replies may take up to 24 hours.
If your child needs to talk to someone themselvesChildline · 0800 1111 · 24/7
If you are worried that a child is being harmed or is at riskNSPCC Helpline · 0808 800 5000 · Mon-Fri 10am-4pm by phone; email 11am-4pm, seven days a week. An email sent when the service is closed is not received. · help@nspcc.org.uk · If the NSPCC service is closed and the concern cannot wait, call the police on 101. You can also contact the child’s local out-of-hours children’s social care, social work or social services team. If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
If you would prefer to text rather than speakShout · Text SHOUT to 85258 · 24/7
If you are struggling yourself and need to talkSamaritans · 116 123 · 24/7