Parenting anxious highly sensitive children

If you have a highly sensitive child between the ages of 5 and 18 who is coping with more than average amount of anxiety, this workshop could be helpful to you. Spend the day with Barbara Allen-Williams and Rosie Leigh exploring what high sensitivity is, how anxiety manifests and what we as parents can do to help. There will be plenty of information, plus time for discussion and tools to take away with you.

Tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch and a notebook, an open mind and sense of humour. This will be a small group so as to give enough time to explore your hopes for the day and to think about questions you may have about your child, high sensitivity or anxiety. Please be aware that there is an expectation that participants will respect the privacy of others on the workshop.

Barbara Allen-Williams is a highly experienced professional in the field of high sensitivity and has received training from Elaine Aron PhD. She is semi-retired, having spent thirty years in the personal development field as a therapist, specialist in high sensitivity, a group worker and supervisor. She currently hosts events for HSPs, training for professionals, is a mentor for highly sensitive people and a speaker on the topic of high sensitivity.

Rosie Leigh is a certified NLP practitioner and member of the NLP Association of Excellence (NLPEA). She is a coach and mentor and has a background in trauma informed practice, supporting highly sensitive children and adults. She has compassion focused training, and has worked in custodial settings with substance misuse and behaviour change around unhealthy behaviours within relationships. She works in education with students aged 16 and over, and in private practice with children, mentoring, empowering and supporting mental health and wellbeing. Rosie is also a safeguarding consultant and trainer for various companies.

The workshop fee is £70, concessions are available, please ask.

The workshop takes place in Andover. It is approximately 1.5 miles from Andover station, there are taxis nearby. There is parking available at the venue for 6/7 cars. This is a private domestic venue, there are two steps up into the training area, the toilet is on the same floor.