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
The people closest to us can be the hardest to talk to.
Parents and carers get a private place to land and find the words. When the time is right, there is a shared space to finally say them. Gently, in your own time, with Teri alongside you.
One week with Teri is £29. A season ends on a stated date. Nothing renews behind your back.
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. Parents and carers have A Place to Land, and young people have In My Room. A private place to write, to feel things through, and to work out what you actually want to say.
Teri reads every word and replies on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. When readiness is worth considering rather than assuming, there is The Threshold, a quiet pause with Teri. And when you are both ready, there is The Clearing, where the three of you can talk openly.
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. Theirs alone, chosen by them, never decided on their behalf.
The Threshold
A quiet pause, one to one with Teri, where readiness for a shared conversation is considered rather than assumed.
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
When it feels right, invite your young person into a room of their own.
- 04
Pause at The Threshold, then step out to The Clearing together.
Your guide
Meet Teri.
The True Self is guided by Teri Potter, a therapeutic coach trained in Compassionate Inquiry and Conscious Parenting. She came to this work the way many parents do. Through her own children.
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
£29
£29.00 a week
Three weeks
£79
£26.33 a week
Six weeks
£149
£24.83 a week
Twelve weeks
£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.