Supporting a child through an eating disorder, a chronic health condition, or significant mental health difficulties is one of the most demanding things a parent or caregiver can face. It can be frightening, exhausting, and isolating, and parents deserve support too, not just guidance on what to do. Claire works directly with parents and caregivers to build understanding, confidence, and practical strategies, drawing on experience across specialist eating disorder services, endocrinology teams, and broader mental health settings. This includes direct parent consultation and evidence-based approaches such as emotion coaching and systemic family therapy.

But parenting is also its own territory, separate from any difficulty a child may be experiencing, and one that Claire has a genuine interest in and clinical experience with. The transition to parenthood is one of the most significant identity shifts a person can navigate. Matrescence, the process of becoming a mother, is still poorly understood and frequently underacknowledged, and the gap between what parenthood was expected to feel like and what it actually feels like can be quietly destabilising, even when things are going well on the outside. The relational impact of parenting on couplehood, the way family of origin patterns resurface when we become parents ourselves, and the particular exhaustion of caring for others while trying to maintain a sense of self, these are all things Claire works with, and takes seriously.

The experience of the non-birthing parent is often overlooked in conversations about perinatal mental health and the transition to parenthood, and yet the adjustment, the identity shift, the relational changes, and the emotional weight of this period are real and significant regardless of how you came to parenthood. Partners, co-parents, adoptive parents, and others who are not the birthing person are equally welcome here. You don't need to have carried a pregnancy to find this work relevant, and you don't need to be struggling visibly to deserve support.

Whether you are coming as a parent seeking support for your child, as someone navigating your own experience of parenthood, or both at once, this is a space for that.