Empowering Parents Through Family Centred Intervention
Sibylle Janert
...is a
* Psychologist
* Personal Consultant
* Parent-Counsellor
* Family-Mentor
* Autism Specialist
* Training Consultant
* Member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists and Allied Professions
* Bilingual English and German speaker, with also some French and Bengali
with Qualifications
* MA in the Psychology of Therapy and Counselling/ Regent's College
* MA Infant Mental Health/ Tavistock Clinic/ University of East London
* ESOL-cert.
* EarlyBird NAS-licensed trainer
with a Background in ...
* Different Approaches of Psychology
* Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
* Infant Mental Health
* Floortime
* Music Therapy
* Video Interaction Guidance
* Early Autism Intervention, including NAS-EarlyBird course for parents
* Therapeutic Communities and alternative mental health approaches to Psychiatry
* Teaching of ESOL, adult-literacy, Latin and German
is Committed to
* looking at every person/ child as a whole with unique strengths and weaknesses
* a growth-model for development, rather than a behaviourist model of input-output
* a psycho-dynamic model of the mind, rather than a mechanistic computer-model of the mind
* understanding and moving beyond labels and static diagnoses
with a Focus on
* emotions and the conscious/ unconscious thinking processes of the mind
* empowering parents to feel confident in supporting their child at home
* a relationship-based approach promoting primary attachments and interactions
Believes that
* we must not put a ceiling on any child's/ person's developmental potential
* that there is always a lot that can be done
* being able to think is more important than knowing facts and being certain
with Experience of working in
* Families with children with challenging, difficult and/or autistic behaviours
* Nurseries, main-stream as well as special needs
* Autistic Units/ Schools
* Parents' Groups focussing on Parenting Skills and Behaviour Management
* Situations of extreme Poverty/ Deprivation, e.g. HIV/AIDS issues, Bangladeshi families,
* SureStart, including being Chair of SureStart on the Ocean (trailblazer) for over 5 years
* Presentations and workshops in Britain, Germany, India, Bangladesh, Africa
Please note that We are based in Tower Hamlets (London) and normally work with families in the Greater London area, Oxford and Reading in the United Kingdom. We will travel to other areas by arrangement.