Calm, connected parenting, even when family life feels overwhelming
Parenting is one of the hardest jobs we’ll ever do. When you’re facing additional challenges, it can feel almost impossible.
You don’t have to navigate it alone.
Led by
Angela Gregg
Role
Connective Parenting Specialist
Parenting support that makes space for real family life
Warm, connective support for families living with overwhelm, big feelings, complex behaviour, and the strain that can build around them.
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This is for you if…
A simpler, steadier path starts with recognising the pressure your family is under.
Maybe you’re facing additional challenges, such as trauma, family changes, neurodiversity, child or parental health issues, or your own stress and overwhelm.
You’re not failing. You’re parenting in complex circumstances and you deserve support that understands the landscape of your experience.
How I can help
Practical support that stays anchored in connection, regulation, and everyday family life.
I help parents move from stress, disconnection and loss of control to confident, connected parenting.
Together, we can focus on:
- Understanding your child’s behaviour in a deeper way
- Supporting emotional regulation, for both you and your child
- Strengthening connection while holding clear, consistent boundaries
- Helping you feel more confident, grounded, and in control
- Helping you build and use your support network, so you and your child aren’t doing this alone
This isn’t about “perfect parenting”—there is no such thing. It’s about finding what works for your family.
Support that helps you feel calmer, clearer, and less alone.
The goal is not perfect parenting. It is building a steadier relationship with your child and more confidence in how you respond when things feel hard.
About Angela
Experienced, relationship-based support rooted in direct work with children, young people, and families.
Support informed by long experience with children, young people, and the families around them.
This section keeps Angela's full background in one place, including her therapeutic work, training, and the professional settings that inform her parenting support.
Read more about Angela's professional background, training, and the values behind Ascend Parenting.
Read the full about pageI’m Angela, a Connective Parenting Specialist with over 20 years’ experience supporting children and families.
I work with parents who are navigating additional challenges: whether that’s big emotions, complex behaviour, or simply feeling overwhelmed and unsure what to do next.
My approach is warm, practical, and grounded in real life. I’m here to help you feel more confident, more connected, and more in control of your parenting. I’m also here to help you get the joy back into the relationship with your child.
Something that makes my work different is that I don’t just support parents. Alongside my connective parenting work, I am also a certified Therapeutic Life Story Worker. Within this role I continue to work directly with children and young people who have complex histories, helping them to make sense of their lived experiences and develop healthy identities.
The children and young people I work with are my greatest teachers.
This means I bring a deep understanding of:
- How children think and experience the world
- What behaviour is really communicating
- How to bridge the gap between parent and child
This work is often commissioned through children’s services, allowing me to stay closely connected to the real, complex experiences children and families face.
Professional Background
- Children’s safeguarding
- Child and adolescent mental health
- School-based family support
- Post-adoption and kinship care
Training & Certifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development
- MSc Social Work
- Levels 1 and 2 Dyadic Developmental Practice
- Connective NVR – Non-Violent Resistance
- Certification in Therapeutic Life Story Work
- Additional training in Solution Focused Therapy and Theraplay
How we can work together
The structure is simple: individual support, group support, and a clear next step from either.
1:1 Parent Coaching
Personalised support to help you make sense of what’s going on in your family and move forward with clarity, confidence and support.
- Online sessions via Zoom
- Tailored to your child, your family, your situation
- A safe, supportive space to reflect and grow
Group Parenting Programmes
Learn alongside other parents in a supportive, structured space.
- Practical tools you can use straight away
- A sense of community, you’re not alone
- A deeper understanding of your child and yourself
The Ascend Approach
A relationship-based framework that keeps compassion and clear boundaries together.
My work is grounded in a connective, relationship-based approach to parenting.
At its core:
Connection comes first
Children thrive when they feel safe, accepted, and connected.
Regulation before reaction
We focus on building awareness of our own parental state so we can be present and steady, even in challenging moments.
Strong, compassionate boundaries
You can be both nurturing and hold strong, clear boundaries. You don’t have to choose.
Supporting you as a parent
Your wellbeing, self-awareness, and regulation are important and you deserve to feel cared for.
This approach draws on evidence-based models including:
- Attachment theory
- DDP
- PACE
- NVR
- Nervous system regulation
Our work is always tailored to your real life, with you as the expert of your children and what works for your family.
Change becomes more possible when everyone feels safer, steadier, and better understood.
This approach stays practical. It helps you make sense of what is happening, respond with more clarity, and protect the relationship while holding the boundaries your family needs.
Final Word
A simpler closing section with a clear invitation to connect or stay informed.
Parenting is hard. And when you’re facing additional challenges, it can feel overwhelming and isolating.
But change is possible. With the right support, you can feel more connected, confident, and calm.
You don’t have to figure it out on your own. Let’s connect and take that climb together.
Take the first step today
- Book a 1:1 session
- Or explore upcoming programmes