Be your best
We are delighted to announce that an experienced parenting counsellor, Dinaz Engineer, has joined our team. Dinaz works at Gingerbread Corner on Mondays and Fridays, between 10.30 -1.30 p.m.
Dinaz has a wealth of experience, providing telephone help to parents, giving one-one support and holding group sessions. She worked with national charity Parentline for 12 years and was a pioneer in setting up their services in Croydon.Dinaz uses structured counselling to explore circumstances in detail, identify your issues and highlight ways to make your life easier. She counsels in short stages, at a pace that suits you, where her initial help leads to a set of clear actions and guidelines that you can use. She can also speak Urdu and Gujerati and understands the challenges facing parents living in extended families.
Every parent works towards the same goal – to nurture a child into a balanced young adult, ready to take on the challenges of living and thriving in our complex modern world. Dinaz covers all aspects of parenting, with understanding, experience and empathy, designed to make family life simpler and happier.
Dinaz specialises in:
• Teenagers, their behaviour and discipline
• Identifying problems in toddlers early and adjusting their behaviour
• Managing a work/life balance as a parent
• Getting support from family, friends and organisations
• Building family unity
• Understanding parenting within a cultural context
• Parenting in an extended family
If you would like to book a telephone session or one-to-one chat with Dinaz, please telephone Charlotte on 01942 446 437 or email info@gingerbreadcorner.co.uk to arrange an appointment.
Community, Business, Work!
Do you want to …
Become more confident? Get back to work? Develop your ideas? Be a more confident parent?
Do you want to understand …
Why we sometimes feel stuck in a rut?
How to access your resources?
Why communicating can be so hard?
How to develop your potential?
How to get back your motivation?
In September 2009, Gingerbread Corner will be launching a new programme of FREE support services, Be Your Best, for parents and individuals in Croydon who want to increase their motivation, knowledge, resources and self esteem to get the most from life.
Our Be Your Best programme offers the advice, support and practical help to enable you to make meaningful changes in your life, via a variety of routes, including:
Parent Pods
A parenting programme to help you to understand your own needs, and those of your children that will help you to communicate better, resolve issues and become a more confident parent.
