The joys & struggles of parenting with Cathy O'Byrne

Episode 95 and my guest this week is Cathy O'Byrne who is an experienced and accredited Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Play Therapist, now specialising in Compassionate and Empowering Parent Support. Cathy has worked as a primary school teacher, trainer and facilitator and psychotherapist in various settings. She works from a systemic integrative and humanistic perspective, using creative approaches to resource and empower parents towards great awareness, confidence, knowledge and presence in their parenting. Cathy has designed and delivered training and workshops for primary and secondary school communities as trauma informed ways of teaching, relating to and supporting young people who have experienced trauma and childhood adversity. Cathy advocates very strongly for the power of the relationship when working with young people and their families. She also lectures part-time on the Masters of Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy and Play Therapy at Children's Centre in Limerick. In this episode we spoke about Feeling the feelings Real life parenting Children mirror us Stay connected to your values Anxiety & emotional overwhelm as a parent Having a support network Having compassion for yourself Being honest with yourself & your children Quality time Parenting Pods - sharing and supporting Triggers & Fears Well-being & emotional awareness The power of acceptanceYou can connect to Cathy through her website www.theswallowstrail.com Follow her on Instagram Facebook & LinkedIn This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sharonfitzmaurice.substack.com