A Place to Land
The space where a parent or carer exhales. Private to you. The person in the next room cannot see inside it, and neither can we.
A guided space for families
Sometimes the people we love most become the hardest to reach.
Maybe you hardly recognise your relationship anymore.
Perhaps every attempt to help seems to push them further away. You are watching someone you love struggle and you do not know whether to step in, step back, say something, or say nothing at all.
You may have replayed conversations a hundred times, wondering what you got wrong and what on earth you are supposed to do next.
You do not need to know yet.
This is somewhere you can bring all of that.
A season is a gentle period of written support, shared one step at a time.
If you have laid awake, replaying conversations, wondering what you should have said or done differently, feeling as though you are losing the person you love most, you are not alone.
Your guide
The human behind The True Self.
I came to this work the way many parents do, through my own child, and through discovering how much our closest relationships can ask of us.
My training has deepened that understanding but the belief underneath it is simple.
I do not believe families need fixing. I believe we need somewhere safe enough to be understood.
That is what I hope to offer here. Not answers, but careful attention, gentle curiosity and space for your own understanding to emerge.
Why a room of your own
Honesty needs somewhere private to begin.
Most family conversations break down in the same place. In the moment, face to face, with no time to think.
The True Self changes where the conversation starts. It begins with A Place to Land, a private place to write, to feel things through, and to work out what you actually want to say.
No one is put on the spot. No one has to get it right first time. The hard part happens quietly, before anyone speaks.
The spaces and the stages
Private inside. Open outside. A guide in between.
In My Room
A room that belongs entirely to a young person. A place where they choose what to share, when to share it and whether to invite anyone else in.
The Threshold
A quiet pause with Teri, before any difficult conversations begin. A place to discover whether the time is right, rather than hoping it is.
The Clearing
When you are both ready, step out together. The shared space where two people begin witnessing one another, with Teri holding it.
How it works
Four quiet steps.
- 01
Choose a season and set up your space.
- 02
Write when life is actually happening. Teri reads every word.
- 03
If and when it feels right, your young person can be invited into a room of their own.
- 04
Pause at The Threshold, then step out to The Clearing together.
A season, not a subscription
Support is bought in weeks, and it ends when it ends.
Choose the length that fits where you are. Your season ends on a stated date, and you are invited to choose again rather than charged again. There is nothing to cancel.
One week season
£29
£29.00 a week
Three week season
£79
£26.33 a week
Where most parents begin
Six week season
£149
£24.83 a week
Twelve week season
£279
£23.25 a week
One week is a legitimate amount of help to ask for. If cost is what stands in the way, write to us and ask about a funded place. There is no form and no means test.
Every room is private.
What you write is yours. The person in the next room cannot see it, and neither can we. The only door is the one you choose to open. The True Self is not therapy and not crisis support. It gives a person a safe place, and a steady guide, to begin.
Somewhere safe enough for truth.
Begin a season with Teri
Seasons of one, three, six or twelve weeks, from £29. A season ends on a stated date. You are invited to choose again, not charged again.