Our unique approach
We have combined advanced coaching and emotional literacy techniques to create respectful relationships in families, enabling participants to trust their instincts.
Dr Tanya Byron, leading clinical psychologist, who used to produce ‘The House of Tiny Tearaways’ and parenting programmes recently said “I'm not doing any more parenting programmes as a clinician at all. I think it's important that parents find their own way with their children that advice is helpful, but you need to trust your own instincts. I do still do one day a week clinical work and I find a lot of parents come to me feeling completely disempowered, because there's a lot of advice and they don't know what to use.”
What a great advocate for our approach.
Two huge accolades
Our family coaching work has just been featured in the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, CCYP Journal, see it here. The tinted panel has been corrected from the printed issue.
Also we are now included on the new Commissioners Toolkit database. The government has instructed every local authority Commissioner of Parenting Programmes to only use those on the database which is managed by National Academy for Parenting Practitioners. We are on the first page if you search 'view all programmes'.
"I stumbled across DYC initially from www.commissioningtoolkit.org where I found the Family Coaching Course. This was the one course, from more than 100 available, that really lept off the page! Having read the abstract, it addresses the issues that I'm responding to every day here in Jordan and previously in Thailand. I have booked on the training course" Spencer Bragg, Head of Primary, International Academy, Amman, Jordan
DYC at Children's Centre's
Parents attending our 'Empowering Families' course are creating exciting tranformations in their families, see more details here.
Family Coaching Cafe
Our most exciting project to date is taking our unique approach onto the High Street, see more details here.
Listen to Alan's interview
Hear Alan's advice for parents in an interview with Chantal Cooke of Passion for the Planet radio.
Latest training dates
We have just announced our latest training dates for the DYC Family Coach Certificate see details here. Also our all new Authorised Coach training programme see details here.
Social Justice Policy Group
We were invited to give evidence at the Houses of Parliament to the Social Justice Policy Group, Family breakdown and Education working parties, see the details here. From the news it looks like the Labour and Tory parties are putting 'the family' at the top of their agendas.
Every Family Matters - Stop Press
Great news - we've just been awarded another grant for Every Family Matters, the charity established to take our work into families and the community. The grant is from Awards for All (part of the Big Lottery Fund) to take our Parent Champions project into the community. Click here for more details.
