Supporting parents and children to thrive.

Early Years Psychologist.

Gold-standard therapies for parents and/or children under 5.

Based in Hove, or online (UK-wide).

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Are you struggling with aspects of your baby or child’s behaviour, your relationship with them, or your own mental health?

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Dr. Jesse Ofori, PsyD

Jess specialises in the psychological well-being of parents, and children in the early years; drawing on a range of gold-standard evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for the whole family, now and well into the future.

Psychological interventions across aspects of parent and/or child wellbeing, including:

Bonding and attachment
Behavioural difficulties inc. biting
Autism and/or ADHD-related difficulties
Post-natal depression, anxiety, OCD, and anger
Separation anxiety
Birth trauma
Excessive crying or anger
Low self-esteem and self-criticism
The fertility process
Tokophobia (fear of childbirth)
Bereavement and loss
Co-parenting and relationship disharmony
Intergenerational trauma
Adjusting to the transition to parenthood
And many more...

Gold-standard, evidence-based interventions, including:

Behavioural Therapy and Positive Parenting Interventions

Helping parents to build strong bonds with their children whilst promoting respectful behaviour. These approaches focus on understanding children's emotions, setting clear boundaries, and using gentle, consistent discipline to guide them positively. This may be in the context of suspected ADHD, or general difficulties.
Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches

There are a wide-range of CBT therapies. Most involve identifying patterns of beliefs (cognitions) and coping strategies (behaviours) that may be keeping problems stuck, and supporting families to experiment with new ways. Tends to be somewhat focussed on practical strategies in the 'here and now', though can benefit from looking at the past, and relationships too.
Parent-Infant Psychotherapy

Working with parent and child to understand the patterns in the relationship and how this may be affecting their wellbeing. Valuable in identifying patterns that may have been passed down through generations, and empowering parents to relate to their babies in new ways.
Trauma-Focussed Therapies

Building a foundation of safety and stabilisation, and systematically reprocessing the memories using Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (CT-PTSD) and Eye-Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Depending on the situation and personal preference, this may or may not involve talking in depth about the traumatic event/s.
Observation and Video-Assisted Therapies

Using infant or child observation, and sometimes videos of parent-child interactions, to understand a baby or child's cues and notice a parent's strengths and attuned responses. Helps parents to see things they are doing well and build on these.
Systemic Family Therapies

Helping families to understand relationship patterns in the family, including between parents, and how these may have been passed down. Helps each family member to understand their individual background, and the family as a whole to find a new, united, way forward.