Neurodivergent Parenting Support with Dr Rosie Gilderthorp
You aren’t broken and neither is your child. You are doing enough. It’s time we built a world that allows us all to thrive.
I see the same pattern in the families I support and the professionals I coach. Capable people struggling not because of personal failure, but because they are navigating systems (healthcare, education, or toxic work cultures) that don’t work for them.
My mission is to help you stop firefighting and start building a life you love, even in difficult circumstances.
Parents
For Parents & Families
Neuro-affirming support, writing, and trusted resources for parents raising children with additional needs, including support around trauma, burnout, and family life under pressure.
Psychologists
For Psychologists & Therapists
Coaching, resources, and practical guidance for psychologists and therapists building sustainable, ethical, flexible independent practice.
Are you parenting an Autistic or ADHD child and feeling stuck in survival mode?
Are you parenting an Autistic or ADHD child and feeling stuck in survival mode?
You are not alone. We live in a culture that blames parents instead of offering support and the toll it takes on our mental health is just as important to acknowledge as the price our children pay.
I don’t believe we can therapise away the pain caused by a broken system that heaps pressure on parents when they most need help. But I do know from clinical and personal experience that there are evidence-based steps we can take to improve our mental well-being.
Find the joy in family life again.
Are you a psychologist or therapist building an independent practice that fits your life and your values?
Are you a psychologist or therapist building an independent practice that fits your life and your values?
My MBA (masters degree in business) wasn’t just for fun. I wanted to understand the mental health system we operate in so I could come up with innovative ways of working that might make a real impact on how mental health is perceived and “treated.”
If you are striking out in private practice, feeling close to burnout and fed up with the broken systems around you I’d love to support you to build a fulfilling, impactful, and rewarding practice.
Speaking and corporate workshops
Talks and workshops on supporting parents through adversity and supporting parents of children with additional needs in the workplace.
My book: You are doing enough
Parenting neurodivergent children in a broken system.
You would think being a Clinical Psychologist would have helped when my children started to struggle. In reality, the shock and grief of the diagnostic process hit me just as hard as it hits the families I support.
This book is my attempt to make sense made ink. I put words and psychology around the confusion and frustration of the experience of the diagnostic process and the challenges of navigating broken health and education systems.
If you have ever cried alone in your car or on the bus from the sheer exhaustion and loneliness of feeling your children are on the outside of everything, I hope this book will leave you feeling less alone, more certain that you not to blame and more able to fight for what you and your children deserve.
About Dr Rosie
I support parents and professionals who feel like they’re barely holding it all together.
I know from my experience as a Clinical Psychologist and lived experience as a Mum to three neurodivergent children that your struggle is not a personal failure; you are already doing enough in systems that too often fail you.
My work is about challenging the guilt and blame and helping families and professionals to thrive.
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Latest writing
Can’t Not Won’t Prepare For September
Realising that my kids actually couldn’t do it saved our family
Why it’s OK to Dread the Family Holiday (Especially if Your Kids Are Neurodivergent)
Low-demand ideas for a summer that actually works for your family
What does being a parent-carer mean?
Its carers week next week and I’m wondering where parenting ends and caring begins
At least…
How we shut down mothers who ask for help (and why its even worse for neurodivergent mothers)
Masking: Part 2 – Why won't you help me?
The problem with masking and what we could say instead (need help making it catchy)
Masking: Part 1 what are we missing?
Why masking might be an unhelpful concept and what might be better...
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