Parent Coaching & Counselling for Neurodivergent Kids
Parenting Support for When Your Beautifully Wired Cherub Doesn't Come With a Manual
You're tired of advice that doesn't fit your kid. Exhausted from strategies that work for "typical" children but completely miss the point for yours. You love your child fiercely, but some days you're just trying to survive, and the guilt about that is crushing.
You're not failing. You just need support that actually understands neurodivergent brains.
I Get It —Because I've Lived It (and continue to)
I'm Leanne, an accredited mental health social worker, neurodivergent and a mum who's raised two very different neurodivergent sons to adulthood. I've lived the school phone call dread, the supermarket meltdowns, the judgmental family comments. This isn't textbook advice, it's real-world support from someone who's been there and recognises that it's not a one size fits all approach to parenting.
What We Can Work On
The daily chaos: Sensory meltdowns, hyperactivity, PDA power struggles, RSD emotional storms, school refusal ("school can't"), morning battles, supermarket trauma, sleep issues, routine breakdowns
Understanding your child: What's happening in their brain, why traditional discipline fails, how to stop taking behaviour personally, recognizing dysregulation vs defiance
Your wellbeing: Stopping the guilt, school phone call PTSD, managing judgment, protecting your mental health, loneliness, finding your village
Complex dynamics: Co-parenting after separation, managing family responses, parenting a neurodivergent trans or non-binary young person, navigating systems that don't get it
Coaching, Counselling or Training (Or All Three)
Coaching = Practical strategies and tools for right now ("How do I handle morning meltdowns?")
Counselling = Processing your experience, guilt, grief, burnout, trauma ("Why do I feel like I'm failing?")
Training = Building your skills and knowledge to support your child's development and manage challenging situations
We don't have to choose. Most parents need all three at different times. Flexibility is key and we go where you need to go.
Parenting Stress & Your Relationship
If you're parenting with a partner or co-parenting, neurodivergent kids can add an extra 'interesting' layer. We can work on staying connected, getting on the same page, stopping the blame cycle, and protecting your relationship while being present for your kids.
What To Expect
Non-judgy (believe me I am the last to judge a parent of a neurodivergent child), down-to-earth space. Practical strategies you can use immediately, validation that you're not doing it wrong, and someone who actually gets it.
Sessions can be one-off or ongoing, whatever works for you.
Appointments:
Format: 50-60 minute sessions (Family sessions: 90 mins $280)
Location: In-person in Brookwater or telehealth across Queensland
Frequency: Typically weekly or fortnightly, depending on your needs
$200 per session
Medicare rebates available with a Mental Health Care Plan and GP referral for counselling
NDIS funding accepted under Capacity Building supports (talk to your support coordinator or LAC)
Ready To Get Started?
Book a session below via email or a call
You don't have to keep doing this alone.
Family Based Therapy
A further option might be to bring everyone together in a safe space.
When a teenager is neurodivergent, it can sometimes feel like they're the source of every argument, every meltdown, every exhausting Thursday. Spoiler: they're not, but they definitely know you think they might be.
That's why working with the whole family, not just the teen with the "problem" is important. Because families are systems, and when one part of the system is struggling, the whole thing wobbles. Your teen doesn't need to walk in carrying all the weight of that wobble.
Working with families means your teen gets to just be a person, not a diagnosis to be managed, not the reason things are hard, not a project to fix up before they're acceptable. They get to feel like a valued part of the family, full stop.
Parents, this is your space too. Not to be told you're doing it wrong, believe me there is not judgement here, but to get real support, explore what's actually going on for your kid, question some of the parenting scripts you inherited, what your hopes for your family are, and figure out what's worth keeping, what needs a tweak, and what you can cheerfully chuck out the window.
Every family member gets to be heard, not just about what's hard, but about what it actually feels like to be part of this family, navigating this life together.