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A library from Kensington Square Therapy
A therapist-written library for parents, from the same practice that works in schools. Parents subscribe for all of it. Schools read it free, and send a chapter to the parent who needs it.
The film
The film from theparentbook.com: who the library is for, what it holds, and how a parent finds the page they need. It plays only when you press it.
On screen: A chapter from the library, When They Stop Talking to You, for ages 11 to 18, with its plate, a pair of headphones.
For parents whose teenager hardly talks to them any more.
On screen: A second chapter, The Hour Before Bed, for ages 4 to 11, with a candle just blown out.
Whose child’s bedtime has turned into an hour of worries, questions and meltdowns.
On screen: A third, When the Best Friend Moves On, for ages 8 to 11, with an empty bench.
Whose child’s best friend has drifted away, with no falling-out to explain it.
On screen: The camera draws back to twelve of the library’s chapters, and over them comes the title: The Parent Book. From the therapists at Kensington Square Therapy, London.
The Parent Book is written by therapists who see these families every week.
On screen: A contents page lists the library’s subjects under the question “What’s happening at home?” Friendships and bullying is chosen.
Start with what’s worrying you.
On screen: The book opens at the chapter When the Best Friend Moves On.
There’s a chapter for when you have twenty minutes,
On screen: A quick tip is laid on it, When the Best Friend Drifts: two minutes, with two things to try.
a quick tip for when you have two,
On screen: Then an activity to do together, The last half-hour before bed: thirty minutes, with a sheet to print.
an activity to try together,
On screen: Then the card that is on every page, Where else to find help: your child’s school, your GP, and the charities that know their field best.
and on every page, where else to find help.
On screen: The book closes. Its navy cover fills the screen, and gold is laid into its mark.
It doesn’t replace your child’s school, or your GP. It sits alongside them, there whenever you need it. All of it written plainly, by people who know that you know your child better than anyone.
On screen: The end card: The Parent Book. Therapist-written support for parents. Read your first chapter free. Subscribe for the whole library. theparentbook.com. Written by qualified therapists registered with ethical bodies.
Read your first chapter free. If it helps, subscribe for the whole library, at theparentbook.com.
Inside the library
Some evenings call for a chapter. Others call for one thing to try before bed, a sheet to print for the fridge, or the right organisation to ring. The library holds all of it, across 41 subjects, from sleep and screens to friendships, anxiety, exams and grief.
The longer pieces, to read slowly and come back to.
A minute or two to read, and something to try the same evening.
Plans to make on a calm day, cards for the fridge, and notes for the meeting with school.
What each one is for, how to do it at your child’s age, and your part in it.
Every subject has two pages open to anyone: one on what to do first and what helps, the other on the organisations outside the library that can help, and when each is the right call. Twelve of the sheets are free to print, and the first chapter a parent opens is free to read in full.
Everything above, nine tools for looking after yourself, and the books, podcasts and videos we recommend: 447 books, 98 podcasts and 138 videos.
Two ways in
The same writing either way. The route is whichever fits.
£129 a year. The whole library is yours from the day you join, with new chapters through the year.
Free to read. Pastoral staff at your child’s school can send you a chapter, in full, whenever it would help.
If your child’s school does not use The Parent Book yet, its pastoral lead can sign in free to the teachers’ shelf at theparentbook.com/staff, and you can suggest it to the school. Subscriptions are what fund the writing, which is why the shelf can stay free.
A taste of the writing
From the chapter on friendships. Every chapter is short enough to read in 5 to 12 minutes, and considered enough to come back to.
Chapter · Friendships · 12 minute read
There is a particular kind of parental grief that arrives without a name. The child comes home from school on a Wednesday, drops the bag in the hall, and is quieter than usual at supper. Asked if anything is wrong, she says nothing is wrong. By the second week, the name of the best friend, the one who has been mentioned across every meal for two and a half years, has stopped appearing in conversation. By the fourth week, the parent realises that the playdates have not been requested, the texts have gone unanswered, the friendship has ended.
In our work with parents at the practice, this conversation comes up often. It is one of the most painful, and one of the least dramatic, things that happens in a primary or early-secondary school year. There is no incident to point to.
Why parents subscribe
Most parenting apps are loud. The Parent Book is, by design, the opposite.
You remember some of them, and come back to them when something happens.
One email when a chapter is published. Otherwise, your inbox stays your own.
School pressure runs alongside everything else, and you would like a steadier voice in your head as you hold it.
You want something slower, made by therapists, with a clear line back to professional support if you need it.
£129 a year, billed annually. No upsells, no tiers and no in-app purchases.
Every page is written by Kensington Square Therapy’s therapists, each registered with the BACP, the NCPS or an equivalent body.
The shape of the year
The school year has its own emotional weather. New chapters arrive through the year, following what tends to be on families’ minds in each season. Everything stays for you to come back to.
A counselling practice, not a content team
Every page is written by qualified therapists at Kensington Square Therapy. The chapters are shaped by the conversations we have with families week to week, anchored to NHS guidance, the Anna Freud Centre, and the BACP and NCPS ethical frameworks. The clinical work and the writing sit side by side, by design.
For schools
Your pastoral team meets these conversations before anyone else does. The Parent Book puts the whole library in their hands, free, so that when a parent stands in the doorway at pick-up, the person they trust has something careful to give them.
Any member of staff signs in with a school email address at theparentbook.com/staff and reads the whole library. Nothing to arrange first.
A link, pasted into an email the teacher was already writing. No new system, no roll-out, and no login for the parent.
The chapter ends with a note that it comes from a library written by therapists, and an invitation to read the rest. Whether they subscribe is entirely their choice.
Free for every member of staff with a school email address.
Questions
Your school’s pastoral team can send you individual chapters, free, whenever they are useful. A subscription is different: it gives you the whole library, any time, without waiting for a chapter to be sent. If you would rather rely on the chapters your school sends, you can cancel any time, and access runs to the end of your paid year.
At any time. Access continues until the end of your paid year. Within the first 14 days, we refund you in full. After 14 days there is no refund for the current year, but you can choose not to renew.
One short note when a new chapter is published. It is optional, and you can turn it off in your account settings.
There is no free trial; we have chosen a single, considered price instead. Your first chapter is free to read in full, and some of the library is open to everyone, with nothing to join: two pages on every subject at theparentbook.com/help, and twelve sheets to print at theparentbook.com/printables. You can get a feel for the writing before you decide.
Yes. There is one library, written by the same therapists. A chapter a teacher sends you and a chapter you open as a subscriber are identical, with the same NHS, charity and professional signposting. A subscription simply gives you all of it, any time.
There are no passwords. Enter your email and click the link we send you. Sessions last 90 days, and if you ever lose access you can ask for a new link.
If you or your child is in immediate danger
999Call 999
If either you or your child is in a mental health crisis
NHS 111England, Scotland and Wales: call 111 and choose the mental-health option. Northern Ireland: call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000
If your child is under 19 and needs to talk to someone themselves
Childline0800 1111
If you are worried that a child is being harmed or is at risk
NSPCC Helpline0808 800 5000
If you would prefer to text rather than speak
ShoutText SHOUT to 85258
If you or someone you are worried about needs someone to talk to
Samaritans116 123
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Whichever route fits, the writing is the same and so is the work behind it.
