Laura Thomas

09/07/2025

We’re so close to 2000 members!
If you have a pre-teen or teenager
Join Parenting Teens Hub!

06/07/2025

I am so excited to announced I'll be running 3 FREE online workshops over the summer:

Thursday 31st July - 6.30pm
What's really going on with your teen? Understanding mental health in teens in 2025

Thursday 14th August - 6.30pm
Simple ways to rebuild connection with your teen

Thursday 28th August - 6.30pm
How to stay calm when your teen pushes all your buttons!

I'll put out more details about each of them over the next few days but click the link to find out more.

Sign up here ⬇️ and get your one simple link for ALL of the workshops. Attend one, two or three!

Replays will be sent if you can't make the dates!

https://www.parentologyworld.com/summer-workshops
Join me 😊

Join three free online workshops for parents of teens. Understand the mental health challenges teens face, build confidence and re-connection over this summer. One sign-up, access to all sessions

18/06/2025

The diary is open for support calls. Free, no obligation, 30mins. Simply tell me what’s happening and I can offer a bit of advice or a way forward ☺️

https://calendar.app.google/YX5nJbkPEcrXpUx99

No catch, but a lot of reassurance 👍🏻

11/06/2025

BEDFORD PARENTS! Can you fill in this super quick survey about mental health support for teens 🙂
2 mins max!

Hi, I’m Laura a psychotherapist, doing some research in Bedford into how supported parents feel when it coms to raising their teens. I am working alongside the Family Hubs, Bedford Borough and I need to know what works and more importantly what doesn't! Tell me everything! With everything in the m...

09/06/2025

💚🧡 Why Do Young People Self-Harm? 🧡💚

Self-harm is often a way young people cope with overwhelming emotions, stress, or trauma. It’s not about connection seeking, it’s about expressing pain they can’t put into words.

🧠 Reasons may include:
• Anxiety or depression
• Bullying or peer pressure
• Family problems
• Low self-esteem
• Feeling numb or disconnected

There are healthier ways to cope, and help is available.

🛑 Supportive strategies to stop self-harming:
• Distraction tools (like our self-harm kits)
• Journaling or creative outlets
• Speaking to a trusted adult or professional
• Using grounding techniques
• Creating a “safety plan” for crisis moments

No one should suffer in silence. Let’s break the stigma and open the conversation. 💬💚🧡



www.harmdistractionkits.co.uk

07/06/2025

Fantastic bunch this morning with Team Beds Netball! Two groups of years 8 - we talked about naming to tame the feelings, different scenarios and how they make us feel before talking about what to do with those emotions! We even started throwing the netball around the room 🤣

And I got to play with my new projector 🎉

Thanks for inviting me!

05/06/2025

EPISODE 1 RELEASED 🎉 Completely unedited - join myself and Naomi Quinn as we introduce ourselves, what we do and why we do it!

Unfiltered. Unscripted. Professionally informed, personally lived.

The audio is BAD! But if you wait for things to be perfect you’ll never get any where!

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5M7LlZ5Tz8P2PYp4eH27hH?si=ioSKjqJsSaafJ8eGoi3-LQ

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mums-unedited/id1817632203

Watch here - https://youtu.be/mlPOBG03cUw?si=4ZUPImGKsWZzxdLv

😂💛