It’s time to rewrite the fairytale of fathering and create a more harmonious home

ONCE UPON A TIME

There was a story about fathers. It was a story about stoic providers, protectors and disciplinarians. It was a story about emotional distance and unspoken expectations. But that story is no longer serving us.

IT’S TIME TO REWRITE THE FAIRYTALE

Uncover how your early relationship with your father is shaping your story

HELLO I’M JENNI

I’m a relational psychotherapist and I like to look at things differently.

Traditional psychotherapy puts mothers in the spotlight, but my decade’s experience has taught me this: our relationship with our father shapes us just as much as our relationship with our mother – and that includes absent fathers, too.

Regardless of your gender, orientation or relationship status, your relationship with your father impacts your life in profound ways. It influences your choice of partner, how you communicate and connect, and the emotional health of your family.

Outdated norms about fathers being providers and protectors are holding us back. We need a new narrative.

READ MORE ABOUT ME HERE

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The story isn’t over. Let’s write a new chapter together.

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HERE’S HOW

PSYCHOTHERAPY

Learn how I can help support you in therapy and help you create lasting change and profound growth. We will work holistically, intuitively and compassionately.

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COACHING

Therapeutic coaching is for you if you identify as having a Father Wound as a result of a difficult relationship with your father.

DISCOVER THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMES

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QUIZ

Take the quiz to join the dots between the challenges in your partnerships, career or parenting and your relationship with your father. You’ll then receive expert insight and personalised tools.

JENNI’S INSIGHTS INTO SELF-EXPRESSION AND THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE WERE INVALUABLE. BY SHEDDING LIGHT ON THESE PATTERNS, JENNI EMPOWERED ME TO CHALLENGE MY DEFAULT WAYS OF OPERATING AND EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO COPE WITH STRESS AND CONFLICT AT HOME.

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