Parenting Courses

In this one day workshop for parents with children age 3-7 we'll look at how children's needs change as they grow beyond toddlerhood. We will give guidance on staying in a healthy relationship with your child(ren), giving the necessary support, understanding and love as they grow, and continuing to meet your own needs as individuals and as a couple.

The day will be a combination of presentations, experiential exercises and role play, with time for questions to be answered.

We'll adapt the content of the day to meet the needs of the parents present, and will include:

• Psychological development
• The changing parent-child relationship
• Play, boundaries and discipline
• Socialisation, education, childcare
• Sibling rivalry
• The parents' relationship

Although it's not an essential requirement, we highly recommend that you come on Babiesknow 1: The Foundation, before this course, which is suitable for parents of children of all ages.

Price: £95 per person, £170 per couple
(limited concessions available by contacting us)

Dates for 2012

• April 14
• Sept 29

We meet at 10am for a 10.30 start.
We end at 5.30pm.

Book or reserve a place online now.

If you're interested but can't make the date, why not come along to Babiesknow 1: Foundation Weekend, which gives a comprehensive overview and advice for all stages of parenting.

NOTE: If the course you would like to book is full we operate a waiting list in case a place should become available again. To join the list please use the contact form to send us your details: name, contact number and course with dates.

'Babiesknow has been the only place that I have felt listened to as an individual and observed with my son and then been given personalised information and advice, backed by research and professional wisdom.'

Every Friday 10.30am - 12 noon, at Helen's Home, W10

Run by experienced child and family therapist Helen Biscoe-Taylor, a weekly group for parents in London W10 where you can share tips and stories, prepare for every stage of your children’s development and get advice.

The group is open to anyone expecting or with a baby, including grandparents. You’re very welcome to bring your baby or toddler. It's a combination of an antenatal group and a postnatal group, with a focus on how to meet your child's needs, and your own, and build great relationships.

We share: common-sense tips on sleeping, feeding, weaning, difficult behaviour (adult and children’s), education, childcare, introducing a another sibling, sibling rivalry and other parenting issues.

You don’t need to arrive with an issue, but those who do tell us they leave feeling more informed, with reduced anxiety. It’s an excellent way to support health, happiness and fulfilment in your family. Helen, one of our team of parenting experts, combines the latest scientific research on babies and children with psychological and parenting knowledge, and practical advice.

If you have already been to a Babiesknow workshop, you may meet familiar people here as you reflect on what you’ve learnt. This space is ideal to exchange stories and tips, whilst staying in touch.

Price: £10 (concessions available)

Time: 10.30am - 12noon

Last Session of Every Month focuses on Toddlers

Book or reserve a place online now.

Or call Helen Biscoe-Taylor for more details, on 07876 594336

“The course has given me permission and strength to follow my own instincts. I am so much happier this way and I know that by being happy it is more likely that my baby will be happy.” Olivia

This one day workshop focuses on life with an older baby: emerging language, trials and 'tantrums', choices about going back to work, nurseries, sleep arrangements, and more.

It's an ideal follow-up to Babiesknow 1, The Foundation Weekend, and/or Babiesknow 2 (Birth - Age 1). We highly recommend that you attend the Foundation Weekend before you come to this follow on course. It's not an essential requirement, but it lays the foundation for the Babiesknow approach to parenting, and is suitable for all ages.

You'll discover tips for communicating effectively with your child even under the strain of a tantrum; how to lay down boundaries; how to master a loving 'No' and many loving 'Yes's'; how to deal with changing needs around sleep and food, and how to stand up for what really matters to you and get your own needs met, as an individual and within your parental relationship.

Each workshop reflects who attends: we respond to your queries, and give you information and guidance about issues relevant to this stage. Led by Kitty Hagenbach and Helen Biscoe-Taylor.

Common topics include:

• Developing speech and language
• Behaviour, including tantrums
• Bonding and Play
• Sleep and bedrooms
• Childcare and parents at work

Would you like to bring your baby?

We love having babies with us on the courses, but we do have guidelines: we welcome babes in arms and babies who are not yet walking.

We've found through experience that if a baby is walking, or pulling herself up a lot, it's really hard for the parents to focus. If a baby is crawling, it's much less distracting; crawling babies tend to become part of the group and take part in the day, they happily explore the room and engage with the other parents who are there. We have a selection of toys which prove very popular with babies and young children.

Dates for 2012

• Oct 13

We meet at 10am for a 10.30 start.
We end at 5.30pm.

Price: £95 per person, £170 per couple

(limited concessions available by contacting us)

Book or reserve a place online now.

If you can't make the date - why not come to Babiesknow 1: Foundation Weekend?

NOTE: If the course you would like to book is full we operate a waiting list in case a place should become available again. To join the list please use the contact form to send us your details: name, contact number and course with dates.

Healing Early Imprints is a self development workshop, offering you a personal process to boost self empowerment, wellbeing and freedom. Through a safely guided exploration of your early experiences, you’ll deepen your self-understanding and discover new ways of engaging with yourself and others.

“I’ve found my voice, and am more able to say what I truly mean.”
“I feel more connected to my heart.”
“For the first time I feel like I belong.”
“My perception has changed! Now the glass looks half full.”

The workshop runs over three days, in a small group, and is facilitated by Charisse Basquin. The experiential nature of the work and the emphasis on safety and spaciousness allows you to go at your own pace, and experience profound transformation.

What are early imprints?

Early experiences shape the development of the brainand nervous system. From conception to the age of 3, many neural pathways are formed, laying down patterns in areas of the brain involved in social and interpersonal relationships. This is the foundation for bonding and attachment.

Memories and styles of relationship are woven into your body; they are like ‘imprints’ in your nervous system. They continue to affect your behavior, relationships, self-esteem and expectations, as well as your physical and emotional wellbeing.

The ideal is for a child to feel nurtured, loved, accepted and affirmed. Where there has been too much stress, upset or poor bonding, resulting imprints may make it difficult for a person, in adulthood, to manage stress or to fully enter into relationship.

Creating new imprints

The nervous system, including the brain, is malleable, and can develop new pathways throughout life.  

It is possible to create new imprints that are conducive to forging strong, loving and stable relationships, and support health and personal growth. The process tends to be deeply healing and empowering.

What happens on a workshop?

The workshop is experiential, and will be attended by 4-6 participants. The atmosphere is safe, nurturing and intimate.  Facilitator Charisse Basquin has many years experience of body-centred psychotherapy and pre and perinatal therapy and has worked with small intimate groups in the UK and USA for around 20 years years. She is well known for her exceptional sensitivity and skill.

Using a sensitive approach that taps into body-held memories of your early life, it is possible to access and alter patterns that inhibit full self expression or cause you difficulties today. You can create new imprints.

Each person in the workshop receives an individual session that varies in lengthfrom one to three hours. The group setting provides an opportunity for a great deal of support, and for deeper exploration than would be possible during one-to-one work. The group can mirror original familydynamics, providing revelations about early influences, and because the group is supportive, both exploration and healing can take place in a safe and therapeutic way.

Requirements

This process workshop involves some deep exploration, so you will be required to have already engaged in some therapeuticwork, and have access to follow up therapeutic support after the workshop.

To support clarity and safety, each participant is also required to refrain from the use of recreational drugs, including alcohol, for 24 hours prior to andduring the course of the workshop.
It's important to attend the entire workshop; this is an agreement required by all participants.

Next Workshop  25-27 June 2012 in Surrey 

To talk to Charisse as you make your decision about whether to book, please contact us to request a telephone call from Charisse.