Coaching for Parents and Caregivers
When the child becomes the teacher
The way our children behave reveals, often painfully but always honestly, which themes, old wounds, or unconscious patterns within us are still asking to be seen. In my coaching, I accompany you as a parent – or both of you as parents – in recognizing these mirrors, understanding them, and integrating them with care.
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You receive a space where you can express and feel everything: pain, shame, anger, hatred, despair, overwhelm – everything that may have been unacknowledged, suppressed, or difficult to hold until now. Free from judgment, pressure, or blame. At the same time, we look at your child’s behavior as a meaningful guide. When something triggers you, touches you, or pushes you to your limits, it shows which inner parts of you are calling for attention. Transgenerational patterns and family imprints become visible, start to shift, and are given the chance to heal. Your child is your biggest teacher, opening pathways for you to release old entanglements and free yourself from trauma or violence.
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You receive practical yet gentle tools to navigate everyday challenges with more ease and to meet your child authentically – supportive communication strategies, including nonverbal ones, as well as ways to regulate your own nervous system and your child’s. Through this process, you become more grounded in yourself and can offer your child the safety and guidance they need.
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This coaching is for parents who sense that their child’s behavior is more than “just a problem.” It is a journey on which you rediscover your own strength, dissolve old family and relationship patterns, release inherited emotional burdens, and shape the connection with your child in a deeper and more conscious way.
On the way to diagnosis and treatment
Getting help to support yourself and your family
The thoughts slowly sneak in... and suddenly you notice more and more that "something is wrong" or that "my child is different".
When seeking for help, families often feel left alone and it can take years for a child to be assessed. There are too few specialised services that can provide individual help before the child is diagnosed. The difficulties are often not taken seriously or played down. It means that many children with autism, ADHD and other challenges remain untreated at first, which leads to a vicious circle.
Even when the diagnosis has been made, families often find themselves in extremely stressful situations and do not know how to properly manage their resources. Torn between bureaucratic demands and the desire to do as much justice as possible for the whole family, these new life circumstances require a lot of strength and patience.
If you or someone you know is in this or a similar situation, I offer support. I accompany you in person, by phone and online. Even small adjustments in everyday life, targeted techniques and an autism-sensitive mindset can bring about profound changes and lead out of the vicious circle.
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Feelings of anxiety and despair are very normal and part of the process. The basis for all further steps is a stable and at the same time dynamic environment, which we develop and establish together within the framework of the process work.
How do I approach my child who rejects contact?
A contact disorder does not mean that a child doesn’t want contact. On the contrary, connection, closeness, and a sense of belonging are fundamental human needs — for autistic children just as much as for anyone else.
However, connecting with an autistic child often happens on a different level than with neurotypical children. Many parents initially don’t yet have the specific “communication tools” needed for this. That’s why it is essential to first learn how to meet the child on this different level.
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In my coaching, I show you ways to:
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gently build access and connection to your child, and
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strengthen closeness, attachment, and trust step by step.
This creates a space in which you and your child feel seen and can meet each other with awareness and on equal footing.
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My work focuses on:​
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Autism-Sensitive Support: Guidance that respects the unique characteristics of the child and empowers parents to respond clearly and lovingly.
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Moving Families Forward: Activating resources and making family dynamics visible to enable positive change.
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Mastering Challenges: Practical strategies and support to make everyday life calmer and more stable.
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Deepening Relationships: Strengthening the connection between parent and child and fostering conscious communication.
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Developing Individual Solutions: Tailored tools for everyday life, designed to meet the needs of both child and parent.
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Mindfulness and Self-Care: Methods to reduce stress, find inner clarity, and maintain personal balance.
Those affected do not get the right help they may need from the start - instead,
the situation in the family worsens and hence the symptoms often aggravate as well.
A mother's story
"The road was hard and had many personal and economic consequences for our entire family. The hardships we took on were mostly completely unnecessary. Sometimes I wonder how things would have gone if someone had taken us seriously when our daughter was two years old.
We had the impression that the people we asked for advice didn't want to support us at all, but would have rather just sent us away. They often had no idea at all about disabilities, especially autism, but at the same time they were sitting in these important positions and deciding family fates. It was a never-ending farce. We had to constantly try to convince the caseworkers that our daughter needed support as soon as possible and that it wasn't due to a lack of parenting skills.
And suddenly you realise that you have spent all your energy trying to make the system work instead of helping your child.
Having a competent person to talk to in these circumstances means that we no longer feel so isolated as a family. I wish every affected family a person by their side who, through their knowledge and their own experiences, can take certain detours away from them and, above all, offer advice. The feeling of no longer being so alone and having the light shone in the right direction in the darkest moments really changes everything. It leaves us with the energy we need to support our daughter in her development in the best possible way."