Ann Farrell Psychotherapist & Accredited Play Practitioner

21/06/2025

21/06/2021

It’s heartbreaking when your child is their own worst critic. With very little patience for mistakes, nothing they do is ever good for them. They spend more time erasing and re-doing than actually getting things done.

13/02/2020

from the album PASSING CLOUDS - Mindfulness Songs for Kids (and their Grown-ups)

08/12/2019

The life time impact of child hood attachment

Among our deepest and seemingly most natural aspirations is the longing to form stable, satisfying relationships: to thrive in partnerships that are good for both people. It doesn’t seem much to ask. A lot of people are looking for roughly the same thing. But the painful fact is that very large nu...

03/11/2019

This is very important even if you don’t feel like it because your child is in a difficult developmental stage. Connect with this child, love this child. Guide this child and hold those boundaries because you are the mature adult with life experience. 😍
If you have the attitude that you are going to raise this child to be a good human being, no matter what, then you will be committed to doing this! ❤️❤️

All of this is in the striving; we are not all perfect, we have ALL had times as a parent where we second-guess ourselves or wonder if we are doing the right thing, if we are “messing” our child up for life; yes, we have ALL been there!
But have confidence and joy in your parenting; with connection and boundaries for yourself and your family you will raise a healthy adult!!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hold-Your-Kids-Parents-Matter/dp/0375760288