About Ascend Parenting

Ascend Parenting offers warm, relationship-based support for parents who are trying to care for their children through complex circumstances.

The work is led by Angela Gregg, a Connective Parenting Specialist and qualified social worker with more than 20 years of experience alongside children, young people, and families.

Angela's approach

Angela works from a connective, human-first model of parenting support.

• Connection comes first
• Regulation matters for both parent and child
• Boundaries can be clear and compassionate at the same time
• Support needs to fit real life rather than idealised advice

This means sessions focus on understanding what behaviour is communicating, reducing overwhelm, and rebuilding confidence in everyday family life.

Professional background

Angela's experience includes:

• Children's safeguarding
• Child and adolescent mental health
• School-based family support
• Post-adoption and kinship care

Alongside parenting work, Angela is also a certified Therapeutic Life Story Worker, continuing to work directly with children and young people who have experienced complex histories.

Training and qualifications

• Bachelors 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

What families can expect

Families can expect support that is:

• Warm and non-judgemental
• Grounded in evidence-based practice
• Tailored to their circumstances
• Focused on practical change, not perfection

Ascend Parenting exists to help parents feel calmer, more connected, and more confident in the relationship with their child.