"Parenting a child with behavioural difficulties and emotional immaturity can be a very lonely journey. As a professional whose daily job involves fixing broken people, I felt powerless, guilty and frustrated not being able to help my own child.
When I contacted Jonno, I was hoping he’d do some emotion coaching sessions with my teenage son so I was surprised when he suggested he’d coach me instead. He explained that the aim of this approach was to provide me with skills to offer constant/consistent support to my child.
At that time, the atmosphere in the home was tense; I was physically exhausted and mentally shattered every single day thinking about the situation we were in.
I struggled to understand why my child couldn’t see what he needed to do and just conform.
Following my first meeting with Jonno, I very quickly realised that we were in a kind of School & Parents versus Child situation and this needed to change. Jonno gave me ideas for re-opening communication channels with my child and this marked a turning point for us. Things slowly began to fall into place once communication improved.
Jonno always gave me space & time to talk (many times I just waffled on), ponder and reflect. He never finished my sentences for me even when he knew exactly what I was going to say.
Something I found remarkable about my sessions with Jonno is the fact that he was always ‘totally there for me’. No matter what else was going on in his life, he was always just in the zone with me whenever we had a session. He stayed focused throughout the conversation and it was clear to see that he was genuinely listening and trying to understand what I was telling him.
Jonno never took any credit for the progress made; he celebrated every little achievement and this spurred me on.
We are now in a happy place as a family and I feel empowered to face the future with a renewed outlook to dealing with emotional immaturity.
Thank you Jonno, you have been awesome, really, you have!"
When I contacted Jonno, I was hoping he’d do some emotion coaching sessions with my teenage son so I was surprised when he suggested he’d coach me instead. He explained that the aim of this approach was to provide me with skills to offer constant/consistent support to my child.
At that time, the atmosphere in the home was tense; I was physically exhausted and mentally shattered every single day thinking about the situation we were in.
I struggled to understand why my child couldn’t see what he needed to do and just conform.
Following my first meeting with Jonno, I very quickly realised that we were in a kind of School & Parents versus Child situation and this needed to change. Jonno gave me ideas for re-opening communication channels with my child and this marked a turning point for us. Things slowly began to fall into place once communication improved.
Jonno always gave me space & time to talk (many times I just waffled on), ponder and reflect. He never finished my sentences for me even when he knew exactly what I was going to say.
Something I found remarkable about my sessions with Jonno is the fact that he was always ‘totally there for me’. No matter what else was going on in his life, he was always just in the zone with me whenever we had a session. He stayed focused throughout the conversation and it was clear to see that he was genuinely listening and trying to understand what I was telling him.
Jonno never took any credit for the progress made; he celebrated every little achievement and this spurred me on.
We are now in a happy place as a family and I feel empowered to face the future with a renewed outlook to dealing with emotional immaturity.
Thank you Jonno, you have been awesome, really, you have!"
