Testimonials
See and hear what parents and carers say about working with Gill
Kerry & Nic
The course has completely surpassed our expectations – it has saved our lives! We were at rock bottom – both depressed, stressed, and feeling hopeless and pessimistic about the future. We had just had a traumatic evening with our son when we logged on for our first session. By the end of even the first session, my husband looked and sounded more like his old self – we looked at each other and agreed that we had some hope again.
Gill has been just amazing – so professional, knowledgeable, patient, kind and non-judgemental.
We saw results immediately, with our son’s behaviours changing before our eyes. The violent behaviours are now pretty much eliminated, and we are all so much happier and united.
We now know that this approach really works, and we feel equipped to parent our son through many more difficult parts of life. We feel so safe and supported knowing that Gill is around should we ever need her wisdom and guidance!
Sarah Gibbons-Ertel and Ertel
Gill is a very competent and insightful coach who brings her vast experience and knowledge to the course so that parents have the ability to relate their personal challenges to the material and examples that Gill provides. Gill went to great lengths to understand the challenges our children present with and then made sure that the content and examples used during the sessions would help us to understand and address those challenges better.
Steve
We found Gill to be excellent. She brought a very real and personal side to the especially using example from her own experiences. It exceeded what we expected. Gill, having lived child to parent violence had such insight it felt she had tailored to our individual needs. We feel this is an excellent course that should be given to all adoptive parents.
Anon
This course has enabled me to get back the confidence I once had parenting my child. With this new found confidence we are now living in a more tranquil home where everybody is able to safely express their needs, wishes and feelings.
Single Mum
I honestly can’t say thank you enough. I feel this has been life changing for my son and I. I feel like I have the tools and skills and knowledge to handle what life throws at us. I know I won’t always get it right, I know at times we will slip, but I also know I have the power to get us back on track again when this happens. I have gone from feeling unsafe and unsure most of the time, to in control and feeling safe all the time – in just 3 months with Gill’s course and weekly inputs. I absolutely love NVR and plan on making it my default of how I parent in our life together.
Sarah Read, single Mum and foster care social worker
I feel that the NVR has been transformative for me, and my parenting. It has really empowered me, has helped me feel like a parent again instead of a doormat or servant. I am able to enjoy time with my daughter and not feel scared of consequences of saying no or being a parent to her. It has genuinely been such a brilliant course for me and would highly recommend Gill as a supportive and encouraging, knowledgeable and insightful trainer.
Kevin and Sarah Cobbledick
The NVR course has been enlightening and empowering in bringing about positive changes within our home. Gill has provided us with a toolkit of ideas and guidance on how and when to use them in our situation. The atmosphere at home has improved hugely and now, when there are behavioural incidents, the way in which we deal with them has changed and they are over almost as quickly as they begin. It feels like we are now pulling together rather than working against each other.
Mark
Gill has really helped us to manage our daughter’s behaviour. We realise now that we had fallen into the trap of giving in to our daughter’s demands and at the same time losing any respect she had for us. With Gill’s calmly delivered and non-judgmental suggestions, we have developed our “parental presence”, and now feel we have got our daughter back – at the age of 20!
Angie
This course has enabled me to get back the confidence I once had, parenting my child. With this newfound confidence we are now living in a more tranquil home where everybody is able to safely express their needs, wishes and feelings.