“Initially we asked for support because we were struggling to understand our child’s emotional difficulties and needs. Our child was having problems controlling their emotions which resulted in violent outbursts and erratic behaviour which we as parents found very difficult to deal with. We now have a better understanding of how to parent our child due to using more therapeutic techniques than traditional parenting. Our family is now much less stressed as a whole, we have the confidence to deal with our child’s outbursts in public and are enjoying family life together much more.”

“Our psychologist was extremely patient with our child who can be very demanding. She was very friendly and professional. We cannot thank her enough.”

“All our needs were met with the intervention provided. The psychologist even suggested some extra literature for us to read which was very helpful.”

“Our psychologist helped with a solution to every scenario we came up with and went out of their way to provide us with as much support and techniques as they could.”

“This (intervention via TCPG) has given me a new lease of life as how to work as a parent. I was sceptical at the beginning and did not feel it should be us [parents] that got support. Now I understand we needed help to find a different way, our way, of working as a family.”

“Previously we had helped raise nieces and nephews, but this [parenting adopted child) is different. We learnt new things and how to be available to her in the way she needs us to be. It was more helpful than I thought it would be to have space to think about things more carefully and work through strategies again that before weren’t working (like reward charts).”

“I feel my confidence has really improved in my ability as parent.”