Talks & Trainings

I offer compassionate, evidence-informed presentations and group sessions for disability services, parenting organisations, and healthcare teams. Each offering is designed to deepen emotional insight and strengthen support for mothers—especially those parenting in complex, often misunderstood circumstances.

Whether your team is seeking reflective staff training or meaningful group programmes for service users, I’ll work with you to create something impactful, respectful, and real

Tailored events for those supporting families of neurodivergent children.

Kate Wallace, Family Support Worker - North West Cork CDNT

"Hearing Kirsten speak on parental wellness and parents caring for themselves while navigating caring for a neurodivergent child was a breath of fresh air. Her insight, vulnerability, and compassion resonated deeply with every parent in the room. She not only shared her own experience of navigating the challenges of parenting but also reminded us that one’s own wellness is essential—not optional. Her message offered hope, validation, and a sense of community. Parents left feeling empowered and understood."

I help professionals across sectors—CDNTs, early years services, and community organisations—better understand the internal load many mothers carry. These sessions combine matrescence theory, trauma-informed practice, and the realities of raising neurodivergent or disabled children.

Your team will leave with:

  • A deeper understanding of chronic stress and emotional overload in parenting

  • Practical tools for responding to maternal anxiety, identity shifts, and burnout

  • Clarity on how to hold boundaries with compassion

  • Space to reflect on your own nervous system and emotional sustainability

For Staff:

Training and reflective practice grounded in lived experience.

  • The Hidden Load: Parenting Under Chronic Stress

    Understand the long-term emotional impact of caregiving and the subtle ways it shows up in your service users.

  • Supporting the Parent, Supporting the Family

    Why seeing and supporting parents as individuals—not just caregivers—matters for the wellbeing of the entire family system.

  • Becoming: A Reflective Practice Session

    An experiential workshop for staff working with parents. Explore the identity work of motherhood, emotional resonance, and the stories we unconsciously hold about “good parenting.”

For Service Users

Group spaces that support the emotional lives of the parents you work with.

Professionally facilitated and emotionally grounded, these sessions offer support beyond the medical or behavioural lens—focusing instead on parental mental health, identity, and resilience.

Becoming: A Pilot Group Programme

A facilitated 8-week group coaching programme for parents of neurodivergent and/or disabled children.

Designed specifically for CDNT service users, this group offers mothers:

  • A safe space to explore identity loss, hidden grief, and emotional overload

  • Peer connection and a shared language for complex, often unspoken experiences

  • Weekly guidance rooted in matrescence, nervous system regulation, and self-trust

  • Reflective prompts, nervous system tools, and gentle mindset shifts to support long-term wellbeing

Format: Weekly 90-minute in-person sessions, plus optional journaling and community check-ins

Available: As a pilot partnership with CDNTs or relevant services